BEAK> – >>> Third outing from Geoff Barrow’s neo-Krautronica crew, which on first listen was excellent, with the vocals working really well now. Not sure if we’ll ever see a fourth Portishead LP, but this is very much in the territory of their last album… https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XCO84IFZ2zo
Dead Otter – Bridge Of Weird
Soft Machine – Hidden Details
Groundhogs – Blues Obituary. Where the Hogs start to get a little progressive, but in truth, this is still mostly a blues rock album. Fire Records are currently in the process of re-releasing all their classic albums I believe…
Goblin – The Fantastic Voyage Of… Decent best of, in preparation for the gig at the Union Chapel (see below)
Twelfth Night – Fact And Fiction / Reading Festival 1983. Neo-prog nostalgia, only these guys were streets ahead of Marillion et al. This is still one of my favourite songs ever: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QoEWl0Uf9PY
Live:
Goblin – Union Chapel, Islington. Must confess to not previously having been a massive fan of these guys, but this was a marvellously entertaining evening, basically their movie work greatest hits synched with scenes from the various films featuring plentiful zombies and blood-letting. Oh, and a very saucy bassist (he says, sounding about 100 years old).
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