Similarities to progressive rock groups such as Emerson, Lake and Palmer and Pink Floyd are a given with former Sound of Contact keyboardist, songwriter and producer, Dave Kerzner. In fact, the lead off track is introduced here by noted ELP keyboardist, Keith Emerson. This debut concept album, New World (December 2014) follows a man who is stranded in a future desert and manages to find his way home to the biodomed city where he originally came from. The music here is beautiful, and texturally complex…
Read MoreNo Pressure is from the odd Clockwork Orange (ish) band of Sofia, Bulgarian misfits known as Babyface Clan. Combining retro sixties and seventies styles, modern rock, progressive rock and their own interpretation of pop music, Babyface Clan ends up being infectious and delightful. It’s not necessarily new, but it is definitely different, and the fun that Babyface Clan brings to the table here is worth every penny of admission. As the lead off track to the December 2013 long-player, You’re Not Wearing Your Tie,…
Read MoreIf you are one of the uninitiated to the progressive rock of Big Big Train as I was, you are going to be blown away! Big Big Train combines the forcefulness of full-on rock, the modern nuances of alternative, pop friendly melodies and a vocal delivery that is more than just a little accomplished, to create what I have to refer to as a painting of emotion. You will find yourself believing that Pink Floyd, Jethro Tull and Rush have…
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