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Mark Barron

The Canadian guitarist and multi-instrumentalist is stretching out to a world of possibilities. Mark Barron’s first steps on the road of conversion to prog came from a most unlikely source. Then a teenage guitar player in his own pop-punk band, Embassy, he and his bassist became intrigued by a lyric from Wheatus’ global hit single, […]

Pijn

Symphonic post-rock pulled from the throes of mourning Pijn’s name is pronounced ‘pine’. “There’s a list on our Google Drive of all the possible pronunciations that we’ve heard so far, and it’s very long,” laughs guitarist and band leader Joe Clayton. “The weirdest one is ‘pinge’ – they were just moving the letters around to […]

Civil Service

“Writing this album has reassured us that it’s good to push each other and break out of our comfort zones,” says Alex Coates. He was the last member to join Manchester’s post-rock quartet Civil Service and has been the one to give them drive and focus since. They wear their melting pot of reverb-soaked inspirations […]

Giant Walker

Bouncy Newcastle proggers out to make their genre as accessible as possible Giant Walker want to open up prog metal to the masses. “Someone who wouldn’t necessarily listen to rock or metal liking our music, that would be a win,” says the Newcastle four-piece’s drummer, Alex Black. “I think prog, by itself, is very pigeonholey. […]

Ebony Buckle

“Music is a way to express the deepest parts of being a human,” conceptual pop artist Ebony Buckle begins. “It is a universal language, a way to explain things you can’t always put into sentences.” Music has always been a part of Buckle’s life. Growing up in Townsville, Australia, she was part of a close-knit […]

Jakub Zytecki

Adopting a new approach to his fusion of prog, metal and ambient music, the Polish guitarist has got the balance right. Jakub Zytecki may have cracked the work-life balance. Over the last nine years, this prodigiously talented guitarist – in tandem with his trusty rhythm section of bassist Michał Sarapata and drummer Józef Rusinowski – […]

Ex-Easter Island Head

In a world obsessed with instant gratification, Ex-Easter Island Head are living proof that taking your time and sticking to your guns can be immensely rewarding eventually. The Liverpool outfit have been making idiosyncratic music for the best part of 15 years, with their persistence now paying off on several levels. Their fourth album //Norther//, […]

DVNE

Edinburgh’s sci-fi-inspired quintet are rocketing up the UK prog metal ranks. To misquote the Bible, the geeks shall inherit the earth. Science-fiction saga //Dune// is currently one of the most valuable properties in pop-culture, thanks to a pair of blockbuster adaptations by Denis Villeneuve. Meanwhile, the band that took their name from the same franchise […]

We Are Space Horses

By its very nature, psychedelic rock was always meant to be adventurous and exploratory. It was initially meant to be full of bright colours and to have a perpetually beatific disposition, but humanity’s tendency to be awful soon put paid to that. Purveyors of psych with melancholy at its core, We Are Space Horses also […]