Napier's Bones (UK) for Crossover Prog

I didn't care much for the vocals either, it must be said - 'distinctive' was how I described them earlier...but I thought musically the album was excellent (albeit, as has been correctly pointed out, very derivative of other bands who used a lot of mellotron back in the day - such as BJH, The Moody Blues, early KC etc.) Let's see if anyone from the Prog Folk team comments first (I can't personally see the band being admitted there tbf though), and if nothing transpires I'll ask someone from the Crossover team to have a listen to it. That way at least the band will get its chance - and the team will either vote them in, or they won't. 

It's hard to put into words, it's just that for me it has the feel of a demo tape. There's nothing particularly wrong with it, it's just that there are a lot of bands around who are so much better.

Svetonio wrote: ExittheLemming wrote: ^ one of the cornerstones of PA is that even irredeemably sh*te Prog has to be admitted i.e it's never a qualitative appraisal He knows that.

chopper wrote: Svetonio wrote: ExittheLemming wrote: Svetonio wrote: ExittheLemming wrote: Thought they sucked hugely but it certainly ticks many of the Prog boxes (including the war crimes against good taste and economy disclaimer) Didn't hear many 'folk' elements though. more kinda pastoral, early Crims, BJH, Moody Blues, Mellotrons R'Us, symph thang y'all. I'm beginning to think that we are entering a time period in music where artists such as Wobbler, Black Bonzo, Transatalantic, Steven Wilson, Big Big Train, Flower Kings, Pond, Taproban, Areknames et al being avowedly and referentially progressive in texture and influence, are culpable in the artifice that imitating say, a French accent makes you French (It doesn't) and we all should know that yeah/oui? Which sub-genre you suggest?  Just curious. If forced to choose, probably Crossover but that seems like a rather fudged cop out What's the problem with this music exactly? IMO, it's a magnificent prog album, especially for 'tron lovers as me. Exactly, it's just your opinion, I thought it was fairly amateurish. Of course, my opinion won't stop them being added if you can find a team to accept them.

Edited by Svetonio - July 04 2014 at 11:07

^ one of the cornerstones of PA is that even irredeemably sh*te Prog has to be admitted i.e it's never a qualitative appraisal

I loathe the singer and it sounds derivative of everything this band would probably profess to love in 70's Prog music i.e. like I said before , even though you might adore the French accent, adopting same doesn't make ya French.

Svetonio wrote: ExittheLemming wrote: Thought they sucked hugely but it certainly ticks many of the Prog boxes (including the war crimes against good taste and economy disclaimer) Didn't hear many 'folk' elements though. more kinda pastoral, early Crims, BJH, Moody Blues, Mellotrons R'Us, symph thang y'all. I'm beginning to think that we are entering a time period in music where artists such as Wobbler, Black Bonzo, Transatalantic, Steven Wilson, Big Big Train, Flower Kings, Pond, Taproban, Areknames et al being avowedly and referentially progressive in texture and influence, are culpable in the artifice that imitating say, a French accent makes you French (It doesn't) and we all should know that yeah/oui? Which sub-genre you suggest?  Just curious.

If forced to choose, probably Crossover but that seems like a rather fudged cop out

Thought they sucked hugely but it certainly ticks many of the Prog boxes (including the war crimes against good taste and economy disclaimer) Didn't hear many 'folk' elements though. more kinda pastoral, early Crims, BJH, Moody Blues, Mellotrons R'Us, symph thang y'all. I'm beginning to think that we are entering a time period in music where artists such as Wobbler, Black Bonzo, Transatalantic, Steven Wilson, Big Big Train, Flower Kings, Pond, Taproban, Areknames et al being avowedly and referentially progressive in texture and influence, are culpable in the artifice that imitating say, a French accent makes you French (It doesn't) and we all should know that yeah/oui?

I listened to this yesterday and had to turn it off after a few minutes, sadly not that impressive, but from the little I did hear, I wouldn't call it folky at all.

Yep - this is a superb find indeed! Not sure where it would best fit though. Certainly plenty of mellotron here - and some pretty juicy guitar solos too...Take away the quite distinctive vocals and I could imagine these compositions as part of a vintage Barclay James Harvest album. We have those boys in Crossover - which is where I imagine this might eventually find its home too. Added to progfreak main database anyway: http://progfreak.com/Napier-s-Bones-159310.html. It's down to the evaluation teams now.