Yes sound-alikes
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Topic: Yes sound-alikes
Posted By: Big Ears
Subject: Yes sound-alikes
Date Posted: September 28 2011 at 14:23
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A few years ago someone started a thread on bands that sound like Yes, but despite using the Search function I could not find the thread. Anyway, I thought i would start another, until the original shows up.
Bands that sound like Yes:
1. Druid - one of the first moderately successful Yes-copyists
2. Dicken and Mr Big - particularly in their vocals
3. Karmakanic - also sound like Genesis
4. Glass Hammer - also sound like ELP
As Yes (and ELP) have virtually started their own sub-genres, there must be many others that I have forgotten/omitted.
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Posted By: rushfan4
Date Posted: September 28 2011 at 14:25
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Starcastle is probably number 1. ------------- 
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Posted By: rushfan4
Date Posted: September 28 2011 at 14:28
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And to help out:
http://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=58256&KW=clones&PID=3257049#3257049" rel="nofollow - http://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=58256&KW=clones&PID=3257049#3257049
http://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=48156&KW=clones&PID=2825806#2825806" rel="nofollow - http://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=48156&KW=clones&PID=2825806#2825806
http://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=27888&KW=clones&PID=2153701#2153701" rel="nofollow - http://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=27888&KW=clones&PID=2153701#2153701 -------------
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Posted By: Big Ears
Date Posted: September 28 2011 at 15:17
| Thanks for the links. |
Posted By: Slartibartfast
Date Posted: September 28 2011 at 19:19
Yes actually sounds like Yes sometimes these days. 
------------- Released date are often when it it impacted you but recorded dates are when it really happened... 
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Posted By: Big Ears
Date Posted: September 29 2011 at 05:17
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Slartibartfast wrote:Posted By: Warthur
Date Posted: September 29 2011 at 05:22
| Ruphus' second album, Ranshart, saw the album try their damnedest to replicate Yes' pre-Fragile sound. |
Posted By: Big Ears
Date Posted: September 29 2011 at 05:23
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BruceBanner came up with this in 2005, is he still around?
Druid
Akritas England - Garden Shed Starcastle Glass Hammer Cathedral (US symph band, not the Neo one), True Myth Yezda Urfa Welcome, Alaska, Blue Shift Spock's Beard - V has two Yes-like epics on it. The Flower Kings Wobbler Beardish Belgian prog band "Now" album "Spheres" Espiritu: Crisalida from Argentina Simon Says "Tartigrade" Bacamarte - Depois do Fim Step Ahead, Aleph Kayak's first album,'See See the Sun' |
Posted By: zravkapt
Date Posted: September 29 2011 at 06:42
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In an alternate universe somewhere Yes sounds like this...
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Posted By: oliverstoned
Date Posted: September 29 2011 at 06:44
Yes. |
Posted By: O666
Date Posted: September 29 2011 at 08:42
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Posted By: Big Ears
Date Posted: September 29 2011 at 11:36
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More from Bruce Banner's thread: - The immaculate One by Stanley Snail (aka Mike Keneally and Kevin Gilbert) - S/T by Moth Vellum - Fish out of Water solo album by Chris Squire sounds very Yes-like - Garden Shed by England, released in 1977, is an album that sounds a lot like Bruford-era Yes. - Metamorphosis by the welsh band Magenta sounds like a band covering Yes songs. You would swear you can hear Yes as the band backing the vocalist Christina Booth. - Pentuuater can also be compared to Yes, essentially in the vocal harmonies, but their music features influences from adventurous artists like Gentle Giant and Frank Zappa. - Babylon is another fine US band with a strong Yes-influence. - Lady of Shalott by Atmosphera ............... tszirmay's thread has: - Fluid Druid by Druid - Le Morbier by Atoll from France - Citadel by Starcastle - Flower Kings show Yes influences - The Tangent show Yes influences - Ad Infinitum by Ad Infinitum - Glass Hammer - Flame Dream from Switzerland - Blue Shift released an album on which the singer sounds quite a lot like Jon Anderson. There are some similarities in the music. They also cover Led Zeppelin's Immigrant Song, so if you have ever wondered how that might have sounded with Jon Anderson singing, you should check it out. - Atlantide by Atlantide (1976), especially the title track - Alaska, a two-man band with no guitar, all synths and drums. The lead singer Al Lewis has a very high pitched Anderson-style vocal. Lewis is now Starcastle's lead singer. - Albatross by Albatros (1976) - Lift (USA) are Yes-inspired - Cherry Five (Italy) are Yes-inspired - Glory of the Inner Force, the first album by Finch (Holland) is Yes-inspired - Taurus (Netherlands) are close to Yes - Relayer (USA) - Welcome from Switzerland ............... Tormato's thread has - Multistory - Ring of Myth - The Anchor Drops by Umphrey's McGee borrows a lot from Yes because, even though the lead singer sounds nothing like Jon Anderson, the guitarist is heavily influenced by Steve Howe. - Phish is another band with a Yes influence. You Enjoy Myself sounds a lot like The Fish. - Musiciens – Magiciens (1974), L'Araignée-Mal (1975) and Tertio (1977) by Atoll from France - Rockpommel's Land by Grobschnitt (1977) from Germany (but not all albums) - Badger's first album - First two albums by Flash - Seven by Magenta - Toward the Sun by Druid - Nektar - Into the Epicenter/ Starlight Tales by Episode - Tai Phong/ Windows by Tai Phong - Chronomotree and Shadowlands by Glass Hammer - The Book of the Dead by K2 - Mass Media Stars by Acqua Fragile - Libre Y Natural by the Argentinian band Espiritu. The vocalist has a tone similar to Anderson's, but is slightly nasal and the lyrics are in Spanish. The track 'La Fabrica Del Suenos' definitely has a Yes-like sound to it. |
Posted By: Formentera Lady
Date Posted: September 29 2011 at 12:59
And here we go again.
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Posted By: ghost_of_morphy
Date Posted: September 30 2011 at 10:31
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Posted By: theRunawayV
Date Posted: November 15 2011 at 09:37
| Like someone already mentioned, Glass Hammer. They are basically a YES clone in my opinion. But nothing wrong with that! |
Posted By: Big Ears
Date Posted: November 15 2011 at 14:51
| Rockpommel's Land by Grobschnitt sounds a lot like Yes, instrumentally, but not at all vocally. The vocals are a bit erratic and strange to me. |
Posted By: snibbomot
Date Posted: November 15 2011 at 15:19
| I've always thought that "Soul Meets Body" by Death Cab for Cutie sounds very Yes-like...(I used to manage an FYE store and it was on one of those mindless instore play discs they used to force us to play). |
Posted By: lucas
Date Posted: November 15 2011 at 15:52
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The first two Argent albums are very Tony Kaye era inspired :
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Posted By: Gerinski
Date Posted: November 15 2011 at 15:52
| Surprised nobody mentioned Wobbler's Rites At Down, the most Yes-sounding album in recent years besides Glass Hammer's If (within my limited knowledge at least). |
Posted By: Aussie-Byrd-Brother
Date Posted: November 15 2011 at 16:04
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Wobbler's `Rites At Dawn' is a knockout! Amongst all the Yes elements, there's touches of Canterbury and Genesis thrown in, as well as traces of their previous album `Afterglow' (which is a bit of a classic).
I do think it deserves far better than to be dismissed as purely a Yes-clone/knockoff as it sort of has been. Certainly wipes the floor with `Fly From Here'! 
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Posted By: Gerinski
Date Posted: November 15 2011 at 16:29
Fully agree, Rites At Down is great and should not be considered as a simple clone but rather as a (wonderful) tribute album, and it does contain other influences apart from Yes.
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Posted By: cyggy
Date Posted: February 11 2012 at 04:32
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A great thread ! is there a thread like this for Rush ? |
Posted By: ExittheLemming
Date Posted: February 11 2012 at 04:37
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I've always though the excellent US band Ethos carried a clear influence from Yes (bass and guitar especially are Squire/Howe flavoured) BTW Ethos are not flagrantly derivative c/f Starcastle ------------- 
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Posted By: rdtprog
Date Posted: February 11 2012 at 05:25
No because we have never heard a band that is a Rush sound-alikes!  |
Posted By: cyggy
Date Posted: February 11 2012 at 05:53
Have a Listen to TILES :) -------------  Sat 06 Steve Hillage - UK, Leicester, University w/National Health <b |
Posted By: octopus-4
Date Posted: February 11 2012 at 09:14
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Is it only me or Spock's Beard's "Snow" sounds a bit YES, too? ------------- I stand with Roger Waters, I stand with Joan Baez, I stand with Victor Jara, I stand with Woody Guthrie. Music is revolution |
Posted By: rdtprog
Date Posted: February 11 2012 at 09:51
I know Tiles, Enchant and all those bands that are so called "Rush sound alike" and i have never been completely satisfied. I can name numerous bands that sound a lot like Genesis and Yes, but not Rush. |
Posted By: TODDLER
Date Posted: February 13 2012 at 14:39
| I personally couldn't handle any emulation of Yes. Bands like PFM during the period when they released "Chocolate Kings" especially. There were so many great bands from the 70's who obviously adapted the YES style in their playing. I thought the whole concept to be a waste of time when clearly these particular bands had released albums in the early stages of their career which were so original and different from the big 5. Alex Lifeson was influenced by Pete Townsend in the specific area of chord voicing. The big open chord sound in Rush was very much like "The Who" in many ways. The melodic and clean guitar style in 2112 for example. Lifeson used the same triad chord voicings that Townsend played in the 12 or 14 minute medley of "My Generation" from "Live At Leeds". When Lifeson plays this section of 2112...it sounds as if he may have reversed the chords or perhaps shifted them around to form a new idea. Some of the more modern chord progressions with open twang effect ...which can be found on "Moving Pictures" derive from what Townsend was producing on "Who's Next". If you don't hear the distinction between the 2 guitarists..then it is always good to learn the chords and practice them yourself. Then you may make the definite connection between the 2. |
Posted By: rdtprog
Date Posted: February 13 2012 at 14:48
I didn't say that i can't hear similarity of sound in some Lifeson playing with others guitarists, but i have never been completely satisfied with the comparison with others bands on the overall sound. |
Posted By: TODDLER
Date Posted: February 13 2012 at 14:51
Yes ...I agree with you and Rush developed a very original and distinctive sound for sure.
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Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: February 15 2012 at 07:25
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Somehow I don't mind so called clone bands, especially if they were active during their 70's counterparts, this was Pre from US. |
Posted By: Slartibartfast
Date Posted: February 15 2012 at 09:48
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I'm not a huge Rush fan but if you want something Rush influenced try The Gourishankar - 2nd Hands.
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Posted By: DiamondDog
Date Posted: February 17 2012 at 15:19
| It was only Pete Banks that saved Yes from being a Clouds soundalike in the first place. |
Posted By: ExittheLemming
Date Posted: February 18 2012 at 15:41
That's a brilliant album (5 stars from me) but yes, there is a trace of the influence of Rush, but it's very subtle and it's the contemporary electronic elements that are more prominent IMO -------------
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Posted By: someone_else
Date Posted: February 18 2012 at 16:01
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If you are after Yes sound-alikes, I would recommend Hamadryad's debut album http://www.progarchives.com/album.asp?id=547" rel="nofollow - Conservation of Mass . Singer Jocelyn Beaulieu's voice is strongly reminiscent of Jon Anderson's and some passages, especially on the second (and best) half of the album, sound like good Yes songs. ------------- 
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Posted By: brainstormer
Date Posted: February 18 2012 at 17:42
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This would make a really cool YouTube playlist. I am hoping someone with some spare time could put together one with some of these more obscure Yes-inspired bands, preferably two, one classic and one post 1985 or so. -- np Anonymous Procurans Oduim ------------- -- Robert Pearson Regenerative Music http://www.regenerativemusic.net Telical Books http://www.telicalbooks.com ParaMind Brainstorming Software http://www.paramind.net |
Posted By: ProgressiveAttic
Date Posted: February 18 2012 at 18:46
I'm sorry but no one can beat Atmosphera at Yes cloning
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Posted By: Sagichim
Date Posted: February 19 2012 at 11:21
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i don't like yes cloning bands , not because they are a clone but because i haven't heard something that is really good, i haven't heard them all that's for sure. but atmosphera is something else , even if influenced by yes and sound like them , the high quality music and songwriting are dazzling and i can not categorize them as yes clones , influenced yes but not clone. i find their album to be no less than a masterpiece!! |
Posted By: soundslikeorange
Date Posted: April 01 2012 at 08:06
I got into Glass Hammer before I ever listened to Yes, so I would say Yes sounds like Glass Hammer. 
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Posted By: Sagichim
Date Posted: April 01 2012 at 08:27
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How about ANDERSON BRUFORD WAKEMAN & HOWE ? ../artist.asp?id=803" rel="nofollow -
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Posted By: ghost_of_morphy
Date Posted: April 01 2012 at 13:08
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Posted By: Ivan_Melgar_M
Date Posted: April 01 2012 at 13:39
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- Starcastle - Abbhama (Yes clones made in Indonesia) - Relayer - Drama (France) - Drama (Uruguay) - Tempus Fugit: They have an album named "Tales from a Forgotten World" - Flame Dream - Glass Hammer (They are good though) - Yezda Urfa - Hamadryad Plus the already mentioned Iván
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Posted By: lucas
Date Posted: April 01 2012 at 14:18
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Thinking Plague's 'In extremis' owes a lot to Yes : and as I mentioned some pages before, Argent's 'ring of hands' reminds a lot of Tony Kaye era Yes. ------------- "Magma was the very first gothic rock band" (Didier Lockwood) |
Posted By: lucas
Date Posted: April 01 2012 at 15:34
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Other bands (sorry if they were already mentioned) : - Cathedral (the 70's band) - England - Sahara - Aquaplanage - Sinkadus ------------- "Magma was the very first gothic rock band" (Didier Lockwood) |
Posted By: kenethlevine
Date Posted: April 01 2012 at 16:01
| Two groups that sound like Yes mostly because of the vocals - Step Ahead and Clepsydra. Also, I have played AMENOPHIS first eponymous album to a couple of people who felt it sounded like YES |
Posted By: ghost_of_morphy
Date Posted: April 02 2012 at 14:01
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Posted By: Ivan_Melgar_M
Date Posted: April 02 2012 at 16:04
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One of my favourite Yes alike bands is ABBHAMA from Indonesia: This is the song that sounds less than lkike YES, but there are very few samples in Youtube Still you can listen the voice Iwan Madjib (Male) is similar to Join Anderson's If you notice, even the logo uses similar letters to the ones by Roger Dean. Iván
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Posted By: ghost_of_morphy
Date Posted: April 03 2012 at 15:48
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Oh, and let's not forget Genesis. Yes's influence on their early sound is well documented. :) -------------
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Posted By: Snow Dog
Date Posted: April 03 2012 at 15:57
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^Say what? ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Snow_Dog" rel="nofollow"> 
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Posted By: Ivan_Melgar_M
Date Posted: April 03 2012 at 16:12
What? Iván -------------
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Posted By: Sagichim
Date Posted: April 04 2012 at 01:02
| Can i join on that what? |
Posted By: someone_else
Date Posted: April 04 2012 at 05:27
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This one (my favourite prog song from the 90's) certainly has some Yes influences.
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Posted By: Horizons
Date Posted: April 04 2012 at 06:23
Glass Hammer's only good/tolerable album is Shadowlands, imo. ------------- Crushed like a rose in the riverflow. |
Posted By: Snow Dog
Date Posted: April 04 2012 at 06:25
It's nice to find a fellow Magellan fan. ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Snow_Dog" rel="nofollow">
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Posted By: cstack3
Date Posted: April 04 2012 at 08:40
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Magenta clearly channels Yes....I like the use of a woman's voice in place of male countertenor. Yes blew a marketing opportunity by passing by a qualified female vocalist for Benoit David. They could have opened up a new audience demographic (besides fat, white, aging, balding 70's Yes fans like myself!). Let's face it, female vocalists are hot these days. |
Posted By: akaBona
Date Posted: April 04 2012 at 15:49
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[/QUOTE=cstack3 Yes blew a marketing opportunity by passing by a qualified female vocalist for Benoit David. They could have opened up a new audience demographic (besides fat, white, aging, balding 70's Yes fans like myself!). Let's face it, female vocalists are hot these days. [/QUOTE] You're absolutely right!
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Posted By: zumacraig
Date Posted: April 04 2012 at 15:51
i thought the same thing.
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Posted By: ghost_of_morphy
Date Posted: April 04 2012 at 22:37
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Posted By: cstack3
Date Posted: April 04 2012 at 23:21
I wasn't around the London scene at that time (damn it!), but it appears that these bands "cross-pollinated" each other with musical ideas, instrument selections etc. I've never specifically read that Genesis was influenced by Yes, but stranger things have happened. Bob Fripp and Peter Banks were flat mates, as were Ray Bennett & Chris Squire! I think that, by hanging out at each others' shows, lights went on. Banks' comments in this interview make me wonder if this old Syn act might have influenced Gabriel a bit? (Interviewer) The Syn has been credited for being the first band to play a rock opera onstage. In 1967, you presented 'Flowerman' at The Marquee, which included a performance with flower costumes and stage props. What happened to Chris Squire during one of the mock fights? (Banks) Oh that!, I've told this story many times... We actually did an opera before that, the gangsters one, which ended up in a pretended fight onstage. I can't remember what the gangster gang was called, I remember some of the songs, it was all pretty embarrassing. It was written by Andrew Jackman, the keyboard player, and I think Steve Nardelli did some of the lyrics. ' The Flowerman' was basically the same idea, except we had different color suits to match the flowers, and then my suit was a yellow, horrible double breasted suit, and still like a kind of gangster suit, you know, from the 1920 Chicago and... I was a buttercup! (laugh). And I don't know what Chris Squire was, I can't remember. http://www.themarqueeclub.net/interview-peter-banks-yes" rel="nofollow - http://www.themarqueeclub.net/interview-peter-banks-yes I dunno, could The Syn's "Flowerman" have ultimately inspired THIS??  |
Posted By: Arc-en-Ciel
Date Posted: April 22 2012 at 19:43
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Hello I am new to the site.. I am from Italy About Yes, I agree Starcastle is really Yes-ish, and also Relayer from Usa.. but who ever heard the band Dragonfly from Switzerland? Welcome from Switzerland too (this is a rare gem) i see Yes influences also in the first Tempus Fugit (the name says it all) CD "tales from a forgotten World" Cathedral and Yezda Urfa from USA also sound like a more aggressive and complicate Yes Aleph from australia is also a good one!
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Posted By: cstack3
Date Posted: April 24 2012 at 22:50
Welcome to the site & thank you for your contributions!
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Posted By: Gerinski
Date Posted: April 25 2012 at 13:22
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I have the album Spheres by the rather obscure neo Belgian band Now which has clear Yes influences, here is my review in case you may be interested
http://www.progarchives.com/album.asp?id=3673" rel="nofollow - http://www.progarchives.com/album.asp?id=3673
And I just got Moon Safari's Blomljud (my first album by them) and it has clear Yes influences too, they are like a poppy and cheesy version of Yes with their wonderful vocal harmonies arrangements, but much less interesting in terms of composition and interpretation skills. But they are catchy, even if objectively I see that they are far from the masters I can not deny that I enjoy the album.
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