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Found yet another new Norwegian band, Shamblemaths. These guys are eclectic to say the least mixing avantguarde angular riffs together with RIO like vocal segments, metal and a sort of modern prog rock vibe that I personally don't care for that much.
This tune sports all of these qualities:
I wish the whole tune would have extrapolated on the first couple of minutes. Sounds so interesting.
“The Guide says there is an art to flying or rather a knack. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss.”
Yeah they sorta remind me of Chrome Hoof in their eclecticism. I just don't get the current infatuation with metal in prog rock...at least not in the way it's done 90% of the time. I hear it in a lot of modern RPI groups, symph and Neo acts - this clean DT like production with added guitar riffs and the inevitable double pedal drumming.
“The Guide says there is an art to flying or rather a knack. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss.”
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Posted: May 27 2016 at 08:41
Shamblemaths was offered to our team just a few weeks ago and I voted yes. Good stuff especially those few first minutes with their good mixture of zehul. I need to give it another go see if it will get stuck.
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Posted: May 27 2016 at 08:54
Guldbamsen wrote:
Yeah they sorta remind me of Chrome Hoof in their eclecticism. I just don't get the current infatuation with metal in prog rock...at least not in the way it's done 90% of the time. I hear it in a lot of modern RPI groups, symph and Neo acts - this clean DT like production with added guitar riffs and the inevitable double pedal drumming.
Probably because they want to do 70's-like music but not sound retro
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Posted: May 27 2016 at 09:23
The Shamblemaths album is very good, though maybe a tad too long. Definitely a band to watch out for. Don't remember hearing a lot of metal in their music, but I need to listen again more carefully.
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Posted: May 28 2016 at 03:39
I really recommend the new album by Moulettes, 'Preternatural'. They're an English kind of quirky art pop/art rock band with female vocal harmonies, cello and bassoon, who have moved into a bigger, proggier (at times), more fuzzed-out sound on this new record- probably particularly of interest to fans of some of the current wave of female-fronted prog-pop bands like Moetar, Bent Knee, etc.
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Posted: May 28 2016 at 04:29
my picks so far
Bent Knee - Say So
Panzerpappa - Pestrottedans
Gogo Penguin - Man Made Object
Deus Ex Machina - Devoto
King Crimson - Live In Toronto 2015
Santana- Santana IV
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Posted: May 28 2016 at 05:28
Guldbamsen wrote:
GoGo Penguin - Man Made Object
Sean Trane wrote:
Gogo Penguin - Man Made Object
As a British jazzer it warms me cockles to see the Penguin boys making an impression on you guys. And I'd like to draw your attention to a couple of other releases from this year which are worth your hearing.
Latest album from Worldservice Project, For King And Country:
And the latest from Phronesis, Parallax:
The WSP album in particular is one of my favourites this year. And the album launch gig, with Chris Sharkey added on guitar for about half the set, was smoking.
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Posted: May 28 2016 at 08:14
Looking forward to hearing new Neal Morse. Also getting new Arnioe - The Teen Years that pays tribute to some of the great PROG albums such as Close to the Edge and Aqualung.
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Posted: May 31 2016 at 09:40
The Enid - Dust, it's until the moment the best album form this year for me, really, and probably one of the best since this decade, one of the most beautiful mixture of classical music and rock that i've heard!
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Posted: June 21 2016 at 13:38
I'll have to check that Daevid Allen album out.
I've quite like A Moon Shaped Pool, Blackstar, The Glowing Man. I listened to the stream of Plastic House on Base of Sky, and it's definitely going to require more listens, very dense, but promising.
Maybe the first time in a while that almost all the albums that are topping my list are on PA.
Definitely need to explore more releases from this year, though. I'd normally check rateyourmusic for suggestions but I've been banned for seemingly no reason and it's not looking like they're going to get to lifting said ban anytime soon.
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Posted: June 23 2016 at 14:25
I still have to do a once over of the albums that have been released already this year, but I have to say that at this point in the past four or so years I had at least one album that I'd rank as a 5 star album...not the case with 2016. There have been some good solids but nothing that is lightening up the tree at this point.
Yugen's DBW probably comes the closest.
Dig me...But don't...Bury me I'm running still, I shall until, one day, I hope that I'll arrive Warning: Listening to jazz excessively can cause a laxative effect.
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