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“No pale rehash of former glories”: Jon Anderson And The Band Geeks’ True
By Paul Ging published
Team player returns to prog with collaborators he discovered covering Yes songs

David Gilmour’s Luck And Strange has all his trademarks, but there are new elements too
By Jerry Ewing published
Fifth solo album carries all the Pink Floyd mastermind’s trademarks, but there are notable differences too

“Another very good year”: Ring The Bells And Sing – Progressive Sounds Of 1975 box set
By Chris Roberts published
With Yes and Genesis between albums, Camel, Renaissance, Gentle Giant, Be Bop Deluxe, Soft Machine, Steve Hillage and Steve Hackett were among those proved here to be keeping the quality high

Mike Cormack’s Everything Under The Sun: The Complete Guide To Pink Floyd
By Daryl Easlea published
Academic delivers trainspotterly detail with a personal touch in his in-depth analysis of the band’s work and achievements

Leprous ditch the excess baggage on Melodies Of Atonement
By Paul Travers published
Einar Solberg isn’t sure their eighth album is prog, although there’s plenty of evidence to argue otherwise

“They sound like a prog pop band built for enormodomes”: Meer’s Wheels Within Wheels
By Dom Lawson published
Norwegian sibling-powered band increase the drama and bombast on perfectly-produced third album

Tim Bowness displays a stunning change of pace with Powder Dry
By Chris Roberts published
His voice is as mellifluous as ever – but with songs averaging around two minutes long, this dynamic album feels like a reset

Deram (and Decca) celebrated in Psych! British Prog, Rock, Folk & Blues box set
By Joe Banks published
A sprawling 3CD / 2LP retrospective of Britain’s first “groovy” record label

“A mighty and nimble love letter to home”: And So I Watch You From Afar’s Megafauna
By Jeremy Allen published
Northern Irish art rockers’ seventh album proves yet again they can deliver emotion without language

Songs shorten and moods swing wildly on IZZ’s 10th album Collapse The Wave
By Johnny Sharp published
Songs shorten and moods swing wildly on New Yorkers’ 10th album

“An elegant exploration of the abyss”: Returned To The Earth’s Stalagmite Steeple
By Gary Mackenzie published
Unhurried, dark and dreamy, their fifth album features smooth instrumentation and warm, yearning vocals

The Police’s Synchronicity reissue: proof three men who grate on each other can retain chemistry
By Chris Roberts published
Tension-torn trio’s final studio album extended with fascination under-construction demo collection and energetic live show

Joy, pain end where they began: Fish reissues Vigil In A Wilderness Of Mirrors and Internal Exile
By Dave Everley published
Extended editions of his first two post-Marillion albums mark his final releases before he bows out

“A showcase for wondrous mandolin and banjo… and the majesty and clarity of Maddy Prior’s voice”: Steeleye Span’s 50th anniversary edition of Now We Are Six
By James McNair published
“A showcase for mandolin, banjo and Maddy Prior”: Steeleye Span’s Now We Are Six, 2024 edition

“Energy, invention, badass musicianship”: Beardfish’s Destined Solitaire vinyl edition
By Dom Lawson published
Rikard Sjöblom and co mark their return with first vinyl version of breakthrough fifth album

“Steeped in 60s folk and psychedelia, exponents of Latin American, African and Indian elements – rare for European prog artists”: Jade Warrior’s Borne On The Solar Wind – The Vertigo Albums
By Gary McKenzie published
“Rare elements for European prog”: Jade Warrior’s Borne On The Solar Wind 3-album set

55 years in, there’s a dependable charm to the moderate ambitions of Focus’ Focus 12
By Chris Roberts published
55 years in, there’s a dependable charm to the way Thijs Van Leer keeps his quartet’s ambitions moderate
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