The Soft Machine

Very silly and experimental jazzy prog rock made in a time this type of music was only in the developing which makes it even more interesting. Very chaotic and sometimes underwhelming but it was definitely a fun listen.

Terry discovers mainstream music. Terry finds it to be very catchy and enjoyable. Terry begins listening to more and more mainstream music, until Terry ultimately becomes bored with it and begins expanding to other types of music. Terry moves on to increasingly less familiar genres, and ultimately ends up enjoying sounds that Terry never could have fathomed as a young child. One day, Terry discovers Super-Awesome-Amazing genre, which most fans often refer to as “SAA” for short. You ... read more

This is a really good album, that while some of the band’s prog-roots are shown, they definitely aren’t fully realized, embracing a more odd, psychedelic jazzy sound, that while is a little messy at places, is still a very unique and really good album. This album is a little more hooky than their albums that would be coming, but it doesn’t really rely on that, still having the memorable moments being the interesting riffs and pay-offs, which while they lack some edge, they ... read more

ALBUM #381: Solid psychedelic album. Top 3: So Boot If At All, A Certain Kind, Hope For Happiness. Those transitions were fire as hell