Most underrated prog band?

100% The Tea Club. Seriously always surprised with how underrated they truly are, I would have thought that by now after If / When released they would be a bit more recognizable outside of this website, but they're still very underrated.

This could also go for Fren, though that band is very new (their first album released in 2020) so it kinda makes sense that they wouldn't be as well known. Still I hope they end gaining a lot of appreciation within the wide world of progressive rock.

What do you think about Deyss? Their debut album At-King has a very low PA average score but IMHO the arrangements, songwriting etc. are quite good and I guess people rate it unfairly low due to the ridiculously cliché jester cover art and the fact that it's a neo prog album.

Cristi wrote: Hrychu wrote: What do you think about Deyss? Their debut album At-King has a very low PA average score but IMHO the arrangements, songwriting etc. are quite good and I guess people rate it unfairly low due to the ridiculously cliché jester cover art and the fact that it's a neo prog album. Never heard of them. I think maybe they're obscure (not well-known) rather than underrated.

Maybe both, and maybe just not very good. It also has a pretty low score at Rate Your Music The debut has a 2.43 with 76 ratings and 11 reviews.



I actually enjoy it.

Cristi wrote: Logan wrote: Cristi wrote: Hrychu wrote: What do you think about Deyss? Their debut album At-King has a very low PA average score but IMHO the arrangements, songwriting etc. are quite good and I guess people rate it unfairly low due to the ridiculously cliché jester cover art and the fact that it's a neo prog album. Never heard of them. I think maybe they're obscure (not well-known) rather than underrated.  Maybe both, and maybe just not very good. It also has a pretty low score at Rate Your Music The debut has a 2.43 with 76 ratings and 11 reviews. I actually enjoy it. If only the vocals were better...

And if you get past that, there's the synths, sound-effects and drums to deal with... Some object to the term, but I would describe this as very cheesy. Not a problem for me as I like cheese.

Family. They had a great run of albums; the first two (Music in a dolls house and Family Entertainment) were very influential and successfully transitioned from Psychedelic/ Proto to Progressive rock. Even when they moved towards a more 'mainstream' sound (Bandstand) they still maintained that diverse, textured quirkiness to their sound. And Streetwalkers who came later, despite being a boogie-blues rock band of sorts had that fantastic control of tension which Family cultivated in their sound and came from excellent musicianship, great song-writing and, of course, Roger Chapman's voice!

Saperlipopette! wrote: ^Fully agree in regards to Vangelis who "out-progs" most bands and artists on PA.  I'm not an expert but my understanding is that the albums that are the reason Mike Oldfield is on PA at all, are the ones resembling Symphonic Prog? So that's where I would place him.