If you seriously think this is "avant-prog", you probably haven't listened to any prog rock outside of a couple 70s classics. Listen to Henry Cow, Massacre, hell, even Van Der Graaf Generator. The Mars Volta are more avant-garde than this ffs.
FTFT fucking sucked, but logged back into this site just to say this one rules.
When vocalist/drummer Ollie Judge cited Unwound's "Leaves Turn Inside You", my heart raced. And, just like that two-decade-old classic, Squid have also managed to construct a totally unique form of modern rock music, that does not fall back use jazz fusion (though there is nothing wrong with this method as black midi are proving), but instead looks to the novel use of electronics and expanded instrumentation, something only the "krautrock" bands and their disciples ... read more
Of all the Windmill Scene bands to hype over, you guys chose this one? Seriously?
BCNR are an entertaining jam band overseen by the most irritating vocalist I have the displeasure of listening to. And that's coming from someone who likes David Thomas and Geordie Greep. The lyrics feel entirely like Zoomer-bait, self-importantly referencing things that will be entirely irrelevant in about a year. And the vocals maintain the same pretentious, vibrating monotone throughout several songs - there ... read more