I've landed this under progressive rock, but it should be noted that this is of the more AOR variety. That said, retro psychedelic rock (which could be argued was a precursor of prog) is ever-present here. For that reason and some decidedly prog moments, I think the label fits. Whatever you call this, though, it's a varied and effective release that has great hooks and lots of old-school sound.

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Proggy elements merge with pop rock and psychedelia on this tune. It's another that calls to mind both The Beatles and Klaatu. I'd say that the hooks on this are even more infectious than those on the opener were. This has a lot of energy and really works so well.

Trippy music serves as the backdrop for a poetry reading. This opening (roughly one-minute) section is decidedly proggier and more psychedelic than anything to this point. Still retaining those elements, this shifts to more of a rocking song based section with sung vocals. Some of the later sections of this make me think of the Doors a bit. I love the guitar soloing later.

This isn't really a proggy tune for the bulk of its course. It's more of a bouncy, pop rock song with a lot of retro texture built into it. That said, there are some moments that do have some prog tendencies and rather complex structures. The dropped back movement with synthesized vocals is another section that makes me think of Klaatu. The guitar solo section on this brings the crunch.

This rises up gradually with keyboards creating the opening motif. This thing eventually shifts out to a funky sort of jam that makes me think of disco just a bit. It's very retro in nature. The vocals are almost all non-lyrical on this cool rocker. The lyrical ones are from the opening song, creating a nice bookend effect for the release.