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Man, are those just the most Polly lyrics imaginable. She rattles off the banalities one after the other. Can't believe David ever let himself get roped into that writing partnership.

To cut them some slack, this however is one of the best new prog songs I've heard in a while.

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https://youtu.be/rAlE2EnUP5A?t=90

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https://youtu.be/dZX6Q-Bj_xg?t=100

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They're so, so hacky. Just select any lame pop song at random and you can find them.

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https://youtu.be/1G4isv_Fylg?t=129

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https://youtu.be/uMCv9djEm1k&t=185

A beautiful song brought down to the level of modern pop garbage with the "whoa oh whoas." What in the world were they thinking. The song would have been superb otherwise.

I commented on the YouTube video when I saw it pop up in my feed saying I really think the music is quite good, but the lyrics are so hackneyed that it sounds like they were written in just a few...

Really excited about this one. Didn't much care for the single Behind the Mirror released a few months ago, but their music is still decent even at its worst.

It's a fine album. Certainly more of the same, but it's solid.

Thinking the band’s direction has been going downhill for quite some time doesn’t make my opinion above any less valid. I’ve been a giant fan of the band for a very long time, but I acknowledge when...

I definitely like that they went out of the box. Hopefully they will get out of the musical rut they’ve been in for years.

I’ve listened to a few tracks now of Alberto singing, and he sings in...

Thanks for posting this. I messaged them about a venue in San Diego. Crossing my fingers they make it out west.

Earle Bailey feeling extra proggy this morning it seems. This is the last hour or so.

Queen, Steve Howe, Steve Hackett, BoC, Badger, Genesis, Curves Air, Pink Floyd, Moody Blues,
...

https://www.progressiveears.org/forum/showthread.php/25438-Genesis-Heathaze-with-added-mellotron-by-a-fan

What I like about it is that it's tastefully done and adds a lot to the song. It's not...

I’m happy to hear the history lessons don’t make an appearance. Those have felt contrived for a long time. But I still have very low expectations.

I didn’t care for his solo album either. Lyrics were too bad that it would take me out of the music (though I guess none nearly as bad as The Strangest Times). But there’s no question he has an...

Sean and David sound quite similar. David probably sings with more emotion than Sean does, but Sean is a superior vocalist technically. David could never handle songs like The Road Much Further On or...

Well their albums prior to David are superior to most of them with him in my opinion, so I don’t think his absence is an issue. I liked him as a singer, but the albums have gotten weaker and weaker...

1. Gathering Speed
2. Far Skies Deep Time
3. Goodbye to the Age of Steam
4. The Underfall Yard
5. EE: Full Power

Very much so. Headwaters is fine at the midpoint as a segue, but Apollo should not have been right after it. Definitely a blunder in my opinion.

It’s very clearly David singing it. I’m surprised there was any doubt. But I agree that it’s weak. Feels contrived and pretty tough to listen to.

It’s only an obscure song for those who don’t know Leonard Cohen. It’s one of his signature songs. And not sure where you live, but 1 in 20 would think Hallelujah is an Alexandra Burke song in the US...

May have been better suited as a sequence within a larger song, but it's solid.

I would assume anyone who knows Cohen beyond “Hallelujah” knows “Bird on the Wire.” It’s as famous as it gets for people who know a little of his music.

My guess is it’s a cover. It’s often...

Album art, title, video, and song all quite a bit too cheesy and overly sentimental for me. Hoping a lot least a few tracks stray from that.

First album of theirs I’ve heard. Absolutely love it. Kept hearing Shoreline played on various Progzilla shows but didn’t think much of it. But after hearing more people rave about the album, I gave...

I've never gotten into them either. I guess I just don't get it. That said, I think the track "Ice Melts Into Water" is incredible. But I haven't heard a single other track that I enjoy.

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At this point in my life I listen almost exclusively to modern prog. But if it came down to it and I were forced to leave earth with only five prog albums, I'm not sure any of them would be out of...

The New Zealand band's Hope For a Mourning album was a top five of 2016 for me. Beautiful, haunting sound with excellent vocals.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3alXpiQbNA8

They're putting...

Still digesting this one, but I'm enjoying it for the most part. And it seems to have some good replay value. The vocals hit me as a little cheesy every now and then, and some lyrics stand out as...

Randomly listened to this album for the first time a week and a half ago passively and didn’t think much of it. Over the few days following that I realized I had a few ear worms and an itch to try it...

Always enjoy them on Prog Mill but have never taken the time to listen to any albums.

Despite the lyrics, Montreal is one of my favorite songs by the band. Just love the sound.

I’m usually all about remastering, but something sounds off about this. Somehow it hurts the song to my ears.

What about it makes it essential? Looks like just a compilation of songs from previous albums.

I gave this album a few spins. I've heard some songs here and there over the years, but it's actually the only Flower Kings album I've listened to. Anderson/Stolt's "Invention of Knowledge" was one...

At this point, I'm really only listening to "By the Banks" and "Five Rooms" in my regular music rotations. Both feel like they could have been on Rites at Dawn, especially "By the Banks."

"Merry...

I love the first minute and a half. A lot. But I don't like their decision for the key change at: "Listen to the voices of the Naiad girls. Dancing by the pool where the mighty [key change]river...

Yeah probably the best part of the track

Identity, All Rights Removed, and The Greatest Show on Earth are great albums. Hardly a dud within all three. The latter two are what got me into the band initially. I didn’t enjoy Disconnected all...

I see quite a few people saying that but I honestly don’t hear it. Just a different timbre and different style to me.

Interested in hearing everyone’s thoughts tomorrow. I listened to it about ten times throughout the day today. As of now Naiad Dreams is the standout track. By the Banks is growing on me though.

Live performance of new track "Naiad Dreams".

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H0rjTxL15Yg

Until they perform The Wide Open Sea live, I can't bring myself to purchase one of their shows.

Two tracks from the album were aired on Progzilla radio a couple days ago. “Naiad Dreams” and “By the Banks.”

I enjoyed the pastoral feel of Naiad a lot. Overall By the Banks wasn’t particularly...

Head Trips theme today (9/29/20) was "mountain." White Mountain by Genesis got played in the setlist.

Yes, and it’s inane to assert people shouldn’t actually want him to play progressive rock because he’s already done that, and therefore that wouldn’t be progressive. The only progressive being spoken...

Actually, it would be progressive since Porcupine Tree is progressive rock. Playing another genre is not progress. Nor is playing in a style he used to play regress. Not sure why you're trying to...

He doesn’t have to do anything original. Nor does he have to pander to the prog community. He can do whatever he wants. But if it’s brought up here and people think it’s rubbish, then they can say...

I can't think of a single positive thing to say about this. Frankly it's just terrible. I know he's trying hard to be relevant in the mainstream, so maybe those listeners will go for it.

Literally quoted him, dude. Scrotum Scissor clarified miamiscot’s intension though. Calm down.

I don’t know what you consider challenging, but I’m up for a challenge, so please throw a suggestion this way.

If Wobbler is mindless, what do you consider intelligent?

On yesterday’s (9/14/20) Head Trips (a daily show based around a specific theme), the theme was “ready” — songs containing that word in the title. The show capped off with Supper’s Ready.

On...

Gotcha. I can only understand every other word Hogarth says so I missed the lyrical
connection.

In what way? Creep is a simple little pop song. Invisible Man is structured very differently.

I just gave the album a shot. Didn't do much for me. Nothing about it came off as progressive. Not that that's a requirement for me to enjoy it, but it just sounded a little mainstreamy and...

I've been listening to DeepTracks for about eight hours a day for the last decade, and it's about 80% Collins Genesis. Probably half of what they play of Gabriel Genesis is from Lamb Lies Down, and...

I can’t seem to think of any — does Andreas even go into falsetto ever? He seems to sing high into his chest and mix voice always.

I must be deaf because until this thread I’ve never listened to Wobbler and thought “Jon Anderson.” His voice just sounds fuller and, I don’t know, different. Hell, I’d say it sounds closer to...

Oh, that's sick. Can't wait to hear your thoughts once you've had time to digest it.