Your Greatest Prog Discoveries of 2021

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I think I've seen this topic posted end-of-year(s) 
before, at least a couple of times, but haven't seen it for 2021.  So 
just decided to start the thread. 

List
 (primarily) bands and/or albums you hadn't heard prior to 2021. Mention
 any particular albums and/or tracks you really liked. Doesn't have to 
be new albums from 2021, but can be.

Here's mine:

Cherry Five and Arti E Mestieri, Tilt (great 70's Italian Prog, among several other 70's Italian albums I've been collecting, these sounded the best to me)

Older Anekdoten albums, especially Vemod (don't like it as much as Until All the Ghosts are Gone, but very good nonetheless).

Rachel Flowers (she's kind of like a female Stevie Wonder, but Proggier. Dawn Points (from the album Listen) was the first in a long time to go into my "achingly beautiful" playlist.)

Bent Knee (Shiny Eyed Babies, in particular)

Bi Kyo Ran (as part of my effort to explore more Asian prog--very King Crimson-esque).

French TV (Violence of Ametures--cool, mostly up-beat quirky Avant-Prog) 

Finally acquired Amarok and Exposed by Mike Oldfield, which I now consider two of his best albums.

Psychotic Waltz (might have gotten Into the Everflow in 2020, but finally listened to it all the way through--impressive!)

Zopp (Wow! this is just too cool--modern Canterbury at its finest!)

Il Bacio Della Medusa (Epic; wish I could understand the lyrics)

All Traps On Earth (while I still like Anglagard more, I sense that this can grow on me significantly with more listens)

Magick Brother and Mystic Sister (excellent throw-back psychadelic stuff; from Spain??)

And
 plenty more. In all, upped my collection by about 80 albums and did 
quite a bit of sample/online listening, but the above are what come to 
mind first. Most (but not all) were acquired/listened to after 
researching on PA.

Edited by zwordser - December 28 2021 at 19:10

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