This is clearly not old school progressive rock. I’d argue that it fits under the prog heading, though. This is inventive music that is cinematic and thematic. Some of the stuff here is clearly prog. All of it is artsy, and it is all unique. Give this one a chance and you might expand your musical horizons.

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Ambient sounds begin this. We get something like an orchestra getting tuned up along with audience sounds. That gives way to silence that holds it for a time. Then piano rises up to guide the track. Eventually electric guitar and some synthesizer join in waves. This feels very much like classically tinged progressive rock.

This hard rocker has a lot of style and charm. There are some solid hooks and some classy atmospheric elements over the top. It has some cool fuzz guitar later, and both Beatles-like vibes and some hints of roots rock. It seems to run straight into the next tune.

A powerhouse, this is metallic, but it also has some proggy angles and twists at play. Noisy rocking stuff mid-track gives way to a super mellow prog meets psychedelic thing later. The closing movement of the track is angry, punky and anthemic, though.

Keyboard type sounds bring this in with a tentative vibe. The cut turns to a driving hard rocker with solid hooks from there. This is a pretty straight-ahead alternative rocker, but the horns later are a nice touch. So is the dropped back movement and frantic reprise after. That part gets into prog meets jazz meets punk modes. When it drives out from there it’s definitely proggy and more melodic as such.

The intricate mellow sounds that get this underway are very proggy. The cut grows outward from there in a jam that has a lot of melodic prog in the mix. Then it drops way down for the entrance of the vocals. This very much feels like a modern prog tune. There are some almost Pink Floyd like vibes on the soaring modes later. This is quite a dynamic piece of music really. It gets so powerful at times.

An audience gives way to more classical music. Then there is a spoken thing that sounds like it’s from a movie or TV show. It has one man talking about life before television. Then it shifts to another guy talking about radio. Then it shifts between clips from the different radio shows.

There is a dreamy quality to this, but also some serious driving hard rock that leans toward metal. There are definitely punky sections along with metallic ones. This is quite a powerhouse.

Hard rocking, this merges punk and metal sounds into something intriguing. The frantic section really has almost a hardcore punk vibe to it. The vocals have an alternative rock edge.

We hear someone drinking. Then we get an understated acoustic arrangement for the first vocals. That stops abruptly. The studio banter make it sound like it went horrible, and they restart, this time with a more developed arrangement. Folk and prog merge here, and this is another song that makes me think of Pink Floyd to some degree. There are some psychedelic angles at times on this melodic piece of music.

I like the mainstream rock vibe on this song. It has some classic elements and a nice growing process from mellower to more rocking. The driving closing section features some killer guitar soloing, and the whole piece just has such great classic rock energy.

Piano is heard on this track. We get voices that sound like they are from an old movie. Electric guitar comes up as it continues. It’s sort of tentative, and intermittent, though. This is decidedly art music.

This is very much a progressive rock piece. It has some space rock and psychedelic vibes, but it’s very prog oriented.