Spocks Beard. In what may become a semi-regular series, here is an album I bought over the weekend. It is the 9th studio album from US prog rockers Spocks Beard, titled, simply Spock's Beard.
I have been a fan of their music for some years, but after the departure of lead singer and multi-instrumentalist Neal Morse, I was a little disappointed by the first post Morse album Feel Euphoria, so I didn't buy their next album Octane or indeed this one until this weekend, when I happened to see it in the local HMV and picked it up on a whim. However, I have to say this is a great album. I can thoroughly recommend it. The Beard are back on form. Everyone is playing very well and there are some great tunes in there too. (I have to say that SB always have had the edge over a lot of "New Prog" because while many bands in the Genre are undoubtedly technically proficient, there are not that many memorable tunes). So if you like your prog rock to be melodic and challenging, here is one album worth checking out.
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