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    Posted: July 20 2020 at 08:25
Having listened to Feelings are Good, John Mitchell's (Lonely Robot) newest release multiple times, I think it's great. He keeps improving at everything he does. Can't say the same about all artists. Sure some of his songs sound samey, but I can overlook that when the music is so engaging. 

So what do you think of Lonely Robot? One of the most overlooked bands on PA?
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Good band.  I have enjoyed his first three albums.  I've not heard the new one yet though.
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John Mitchell has put out one of my favourite albums of each year since 2015.

Please Come Home (15)
Falling Satellites (Frost*, 16)
The Big Dream (17)
Radio Voltaire (Kino, 18)
Under Stars (19)

That is an exceptional track record. I haven't got Feelings Are Good yet, but the track record inspires confidence.
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^The new album was great on first listen. Keeps getting better each time through. I know he is a killer guitarist, but this release shows how good his keyboard and bass skills are. And John's recording and mixing of this album is masterful. Is there nothing he can't do?
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John Mitchell is usually pretty good at whatever he does. Only played this album once so far but it seems pretty good so will be giving it a few more plays.
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Dampener alert !! I bought Please Come Home upon release and was unimpressed. Great guest-list though.
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Originally posted by Tom Ozric Tom Ozric wrote:

Dampener alert !! I bought Please Come Home upon release and was unimpressed. Great guest-list though.
Have you heard the new one? Don't dampen until you listen.
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Well, I listened to it, after I read the rave reviews on the Dutch Progressive Rock Pages. I was very disappointed. We've heard all this before. Unoriginal melodies and songwriting IMHO. I am not a fan of his singing either (which is subjective, of course) and find the playing really uninspired, clinic. We have 13 in a dozen of this.

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^Sorry it's not for you. What new music do you recommend?
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From what I understand Lonely Robot was supposed to be a concept band with a series of three concept albums making it a trilogy. Trilogy means three so I'm not sure why there is a fourth one. 
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Originally posted by AFlowerKingCrimson AFlowerKingCrimson wrote:

From what I understand Lonely Robot was supposed to be a concept band with a series of three concept albums making it a trilogy. Trilogy means three so I'm not sure why there is a fourth one. 
Well, four is better than three. Have you heard it?
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Originally posted by Grumpyprogfan Grumpyprogfan wrote:

Originally posted by Tom Ozric Tom Ozric wrote:

Dampener alert !! I bought Please Come Home upon release and was unimpressed. Great guest-list though.
Have you heard the new one? Don't dampen until you listen.
I haven’t heard sny since Please Come Home.
I love The Mute Gods though.

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Originally posted by Tom Ozric Tom Ozric wrote:

I haven’t heard sny since Please Come Home. I love The Mute Gods though.
Cool. John is not in that band.
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Originally posted by AFlowerKingCrimson AFlowerKingCrimson wrote:

From what I understand Lonely Robot was supposed to be a concept band with a series of three concept albums making it a trilogy. Trilogy means three so I'm not sure why there is a fourth one. 
Maybe they did not go to skool and caint do good arifmatic?
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Originally posted by Grumpyprogfan Grumpyprogfan wrote:

Originally posted by Tom Ozric Tom Ozric wrote:

I haven’t heard sny since Please Come Home. I love The Mute Gods though.
Cool. John is not in that band.
I know. Nick Beggs is
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Originally posted by Grumpyprogfan Grumpyprogfan wrote:

^Sorry it's not for you. What new music do you recommend?

Don't be sorry, we all have our preferences. Smile
Re recent music, I would recommend Lazuli. Or Sonar, e.g.


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John Mitchell is one of the best guitarists in prog and a massively underrated vocalist . For me his best moment will always be the It Bites - Tall Ships album especially The Wind That Shakes the Barley. The latest album is extremely 'MEH' compared to his other work. Its like ELP - Works Volume II . Just putting an album out of the sake of it although it's not terrible. The recent releases by Magenta , IO Earth , Kansas and Glass Hammer are considerably better imo.
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I originally thought John Mitchell was Joni Mitchell.
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Ok i can without any conviction that i haven`t heard any of John Mitchell`s work...So which album/albums would you say was a good place to start 
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The new one
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