I've been following IZZ for a while now and their records have been uniformly decent. This one is different. This one is AWESOME!!!!
The Prog Corner
Out of curiosity, what's different about it to you? I'm not really a fan of their stuff, but I've always felt they had the talent to do more if they took their foot off the brake a bit and tried to stretch out. Is this one more adventurous, more "complex," or just more of the same but very well done to your ears?
Bill
So many artists I have not heard of or from on this thread. Hmmmm… I am starting to feel like maybe I can only get myself to listen to artists I already know. I guess its time to either expand my listening, or, limit my comments here to the Yes, Genesis and What-is-prog? threads. Still, I can only vouch for The New Dream Theater and New Neal Morse albums... The new Big Big Train... is it any different from the earlier releases? I heard almost nothing about the actual music, just that its on someone's 2019 best of list.
Now "get off my lawn! yadamnkidsya!"
I got nothin' :
...avoiding any implication that I have ever entertained a cognizant thought.
live samples:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fwbCFGbAtFc
https://youtu.be/AEE5OZXJioE
https://soundcloud.com/yodelgoat/yod...om-a-live-show
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KUe3YhCjy6g
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-VOCJokzL_s
https://bigbigtrain.bandcamp.com/album/grand-tour
Have a listen for yourself.
neil
Another great one for my non-ending list:
- Azymuth - Demos (1973-1975) Volumes 1 & 2 -
These are archival-demos from 1973-1975 from the brazilian ensamble Asymuth released for the first time on May 31, 2019.
Regards.
Last edited by TCC; 06-14-2019 at 09:55 AM.
As a huge fan of beautiful female vocals in Prog, I would like to mention this admirable compilation released a week ago on Mellow: https://mellowlabelproductions.bandc.../women-in-prog
The new pair of live albums from Elephant9 are indeed stunning. Magma's Zëss should be out soon, and I think those albums will probably be my top 3 releases in this year so far.
The new Motorpsycho left me very disappointed
weird, Crucible is the 1st Motorpsycho album I've enjoyed.
I found it on Youtube and just had a listen to the whole thing.
Compared to my memories of their earliest albums (the only ones I am really familiar with), they seem to have gone in a much more mainstream symph direction. I hear tons of Yes nods, which isn't really my impression of their early stuff. I'm not especially partial to their vocals or lyrics, and they sound a lot like Magenta to me in these sections, or the familiar Flower Beards type sympho stuff. They do stretch out a bit more instrumentally here, and by far my favorite track was the instrumental Moment of Inertia. where I thought did a good job of developing that initial theme and rhythm.
Overall, for my tastes, this is just a bit fluffy, which has always been my issue with Izz, though this album is clearly more oriented toward the Neo/Sympho Prog mainstream than the albums I'm familiar with. But for what it is, it's well done and obviously this is the type of stuff that seems to have the widest appeal. So, up with people.
Bill
Thank You Scientist "Terraformer
Ni - Pantophobie
Tompox - Reincarnation
Dewa Budjana "Mahandini"
Mörglbl "The Story Of Scott Rötti"
Cheeto's Magazine "Amazingous"
Front "Echoes From The Past"
Umpfel "As the Waters Cover the Sea"
The Resonance Project "The Resonance Project"
I'm going to give IZZ one more spin... last one left me totally cold.
I find them hit & miss, mostly miss where the tunes don't click with me, and nothing on the new album grabs. However there are a couple of gems scattered throughout their discography, like this one from 2009
Soen
Neal Morse Band
Wheel
Thank You Scientist
RPWL
Dream Theater
IZZ
Devin Townsend
I've found myself continually spinning the debut album from "Now In Colour". They're an Australian power trio. Finely-tuned songwriting, impeccable production, and outstanding playing from start to finish. Definitely give them a listen: https://nowincolouraus.bandcamp.com/album/now-in-colour
Great Wide Nothing - indie/alt-prog from Atlanta, GA
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