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Discorporate Melody
With spoken vocals, this is a trippy piece of music. It’s largely ambient, but quite powerful in a lot of ways. |
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Hey Go Easy (Serpentina)
There is more of an alternative rock vibe to this, and a lot more energy. That said, it still makes me think of modern prog like Radiohead quite a bit. This is cool stuff that still has some trippiness to it. |
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New Salem
The opening of this is full on progressive rock. From there it gets more into alternative rock, but there is still enough of a prog vibe here to land the cut under the modern angle of that genre. I love the changes on this, and it’s another strong cut on a set full of them. |
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Visiting on Davenports
This cut is dreamy and layered with a lot of sounds. There is an 80s vibe blended with something like the psychedelic era of the Beatles and modern progressive rock. It’s a nice change, but not one of my favorites here. |
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Something Like Shame
I love the vocal section that opens this song. As it works out from there, it makes me think of a cross between modern prog and something like The Church. |
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In A Starry State
The title track is more of a dreamy, trippy modern prog piece. I like this a lot. It has some catchy elements and some meat in the mix. |
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Discorporate Melody Reprise
With more spoken vocals, this reminds me in a way of some of the old Moody Blues stuff. It’s trippy and dramatic and quite space oriented. |
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Psirene
More trippy music, this combines 80s music with modern prog to great effect. |
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Thirteen Bells
An energetic cut, this has a lot more alternative rock in the mix. Still, there are enough nods to modern prog to keep it near to that genre. I definitely hear a lot of 80s music here, too. The Cure comes to mind a bit as a reference. |
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A Dreamy Brochure for Elsewhere
I love this piece. It’s definitely a modern progressive rock number. It is rather experimental, but also catchy. The vocals are mostly spoken or nearly spoken. The musical arrangement is intricate. |
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Philip K Disco
This is more in line with the alternative rock end of the equation, but it’s still somewhat proggy. There are definitely space rock elements at play. |
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Sophia and the Fool
A satisfying closer, this does a great job of combining modern alternative pop rock with space music and more. |
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