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Old 03-20-2022, 06:56 AM   #89 (permalink)
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One of my favorite bands to come out of the British pub and punk rock scenes and given they had a keyboardist who indulged in lengthy Wakeman-esque solos that shouldn't surprise anyone.
It shouldn't work but it does somehow... The bassist is one of the greatest ever IMO. But my favorite element of all is Hugh's voice


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I'm very fond of The Raven in particular because duh it's as prog rock as they ever got, the closing track Genetix is so bonkers I love it, it sounds like Battles decades before they were a thing.
My fave is The Gospel... but Raven and Black and White are close behind. The first two are great too.

Genetix... one of the great songs of the postpunk era
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