Tarantula

Hmmm.... I'll notify the Psych team, but these guys may have an even better case in Proto-Prog, so you'll have to get the support of a Special collab. That is if they don't pass for Psych.

For me they sound less Proto-ish than 13th Floor Elevators. 

great song   the Roxy Music reference fits - and a jazzy Chicago or Blood, Sweat & Tears touch
this is not psych/space prog in any case - probably proto prog

Decent band, on the border of progressive rock/progressive pop; the real issue is a single track is simply insufficient to sponsor for Proto.   I would say the same for the even less progressive (and crippling) 'Billy the Birdman'.   Further, the cut on the whole is not unusually progressive, which is to say easily 75% of bands between about '68 and '73 were at one point or another doing "prog" or had done "protoprog", and this track, though surely psychedelic and para-progressive, is not distinguished from other similar acts of the time that are not on PA (though that does not disqualify an artist for inclusion) .

At this time I'm unconvinced, but if the rest of the album is more progressive (Proto), I'd be willing to listen.





Edited by Atavachron - May 14 2012 at 21:03

Thanks, now we can all judge with confidence