One thing that needs to be dispensed with up-front is that I'm not sure that this is supposed to actually go under "The Keith Reid Project." I mean, "The KRP" does literally stand for that, but this seems to be released under the acronym instead of the actual name. Still, for the purposes of consistency, I'm including this under the full name. Onto the CD itself, this is definitely not a tight fit under progressive rock. There is a lot of variety here, though, and some of that variety is why I've landed it there. For one things, songs like the opener bring a real "art rock" vibe to the set. There are also plenty of things that have a lot of fusion built into them. Beyond that, many of the more mainstream rock moments are not far removed from a lot of modern prog. Whatever you call this, though, the music is effective, and the disc never fails to entertain.

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More of a rocking groove brings this in with a full band treatment. There is a decidedly psychedelic bent to it. It has some soulful rock and roll in the mix, too. You have to love a song that references Motorhead and Lemmy. This cut gets into some seriously rocking territory before its over and done.

There is definitely more of a melodic modern prog vibe built into this number. This gets into more of a driving blues rock jam style at times, but it's still a bit left of center in some ways.

Built around a decidedly jazzy art rock vibe, this has both male and female vocals, but the female ones are the lead ones. There are hints of blues and even country here. There is a moody, evocative nature to the piece. The jamming on this just oozes cool. There is some great bass work and killer acoustic guitar soloing.

Now, this thing is so cool. It has a real fusion vibe, but with some symphonic texture over the top. This one definitely lands it under prog because that's where we put fusion in general. The tune has great instrumental texture and a killer vocal arrangement with a real soulful groove.

Another piano and voice arrangement (with Saxell on vocals), this is similar to the opener. That said, the tone is less melancholy, and there is a jazzy edge here.