SUPERTHOUSAND (GERMANY) Four

  Always time set aside for new discoveries, especially when it comes completely without any preconceptions, biases or history. Often, the decision is purely random, triggered by the cover art (an old 70s cliché) or suggested by another reviewing site. The trio...

GAZPACHO (NORWAY) Magic 8-Ball

Our favourite cold soup returns from a long 5-year hiatus, a band that crowned many lists between 2005 and 2009 , with 3 stunning albums that set the bar perhaps too high, as Firebird, Night and Tick-Tock were exemplary recordings. Then came a string of lukewarm...

Andrew LATIMER (UK) War Stories

Celebrated Camel composer, singer and guitarist certainly has mastered the art of keeping the caravanserai of brilliant  recordings in line with his muse, and what better way than daring the roguish experiment of releasing neither a Camel album or an Andy Latimer one,...

John IRVINE BAND (UK) Take Me to Your Leader

I am fully aware that the following well-known quote might lead to some dire consequences based on corny facility but what the hell, I am an entirely pro-bono reviewer and certified as such, and I genuinely really don’t care anyway.  Prog “is like a box of chocolates...

PARAVANE (NETHERLANDS) Forever is a Long Time Ago

From the still smoldering ashes of the peculiarly titled Dutch band Nice Beaver, this new line-up, where only bassist Erwin Scheijgrond comes in as a newbie, offers a new slant, and a new moniker,  as 10 long years have gone by since the pertinently named “The Time It...

VENUS LOON (UK) Ophanim

Multi-instrumentalists Peter Lawson and Wolfgang Ostermann are back with a follow up to their exciting previous album from 2024 “Pandora’s Paradox”, a tasty packaging I enjoyed and reviewed accordingly. The duo are back with highly attractive cover art and an altered...