2017 albums!

Raff wrote: One of my Top 5 favourite albums = Charlie Cawood's exquisite The Divine Abstract - was released in late October. You can listen to it on the Bad Elephant Music Bandcamp page. Charlie plays bass with Knifeworld (among others), and is an extremely talented individual. If you haven't heard the album, give it a listen - or two, or more. Sheer beauty!

This is lovely. Thank you for the tip Raff.

Edited by Mascodagama - November 24 2017 at 14:05

Mascodagama wrote: Mascodagama wrote: Guldbamsen wrote: I know I've recommended this album before but Angles 9's Disappeared Behind The Sun is the real deal if you're into the experimental big band sound. Jazz for a slightly bonkers outlook on life. Adds that little bit of elephant-in-a-skirt to the mix. This sounds just up my alley, thanks David. I do love a post-modern big band. Or just one that is really silly. I checked it out - excellent! Clean Feed is a really good label. In similar vein (and continuing my obsession with Finland) there are a couple of albums by the Markus Pesonen Hendectet that you might fancy, Hum and Padme.  Though they are not from 2017.

I absolutely recommend the new Vespero 

I trust you've got the new one as well? If not then feel free to drop by bandcamp. It's free http://kinggizzard.bandcamp.com/album/polygondwanaland

"Charlie Cawood's exquisite The Divine Abstract "

Not sure if it's been mentioned here, but King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard are having a great year, four releases so far of which I've heard 3 and all are pretty good. "Murder of the Universe" in particular stands out to me and has a lot of prog leanings (3 long suites of songs each with a thematic concept / story it tells).

Edited by TheGazzardian - November 24 2017 at 06:58

^  Sweet!

I recently picked up three 2017 albums that are really kicking my arse:

Mumpbeak - Tooth. Keyboard power trio playing heavy avant jazz prog. Roy Powell mainly on snarling distorted Clavinet (played through guitar effects pedals), Lorenzo Feliciato on electric bass, Torstein Lofthus going nuts on the drumkit.

Reflections In Cosmo - s/t. Kjetil Moster (saxes), Snah (guitars), Stale Storlokken (keys), Thomas Stronen (drums) - so, a proper supergroup, then. Like you would expect with these names this is a Crab Nebula of freeform interstellar heaviosity.

Bobby Previte - Mass. Gregorian plainsong goes head to head with vicious sawtooth guitar riffs (courtesy of Stephen O'Malley, Jamie Saft and others) whilst the cathedral organ wails and Previte’s bombastic tribal drums kick everything into overdrive.

All on RareNoise who seem to be having a vintage year.


Edited by Mascodagama - November 23 2017 at 12:39

I know I've recommended this album before but Angles 9's Disappeared Behind The Sun is the real deal if you're into the experimental big band sound. Jazz for a slightly bonkers outlook on life. Adds that little bit of elephant-in-a-skirt to the mix.