Michał Łapaj “Are You There”

Country: Poland
Genre(s): Electronica, Post Rock, Progressive Rock
Label: Mystic Production
Format: CD, digital, vinyl
Release date: July 16, 2021 (CD, digital), September 3, 2021 (vinyl)
Tracklist

1. Pieces (2:44) 

2. Flying Blind (4:07) 

3. Shattered Memories (7:12) 

4. Shelter (4:57) 

5. Where Do We Run (10:13) 

6. Fleeting Skies (5:44) 

7. In Limbo (11:42) 

8. Unspoken (5:25) 

9. Surfacing (7:03) 

10. From Within (3:38) 

Total Time 62:45

Line-up
Michał Łapaj (Riverside) - keyboards

   With
Mick Moss (Antimatter) - vocals

Bela Komoszyńska (Sorry Boys) - vocals

Artur Szolc (Annalist, Inside Again) - drums

Description/Reviews:

The album consists of both instrumental pieces and songs. It contains a lot of spacey atmosphere, and fans of post-rock, ambient and electronic music will surely be able to find something for themselves. It is diverse and at the same time coherent, filled with emotions, melancholy and darkness. It tries to find answers to the question of what happens to us when we do not understand each other and we wander between what was said and what was left unspoken.

Media/Samples
Shattered Memories

Flying Blind 

Deezer

Spotify

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Tamarisk "Suspended Animation"

Country: UK
Genre(s): Neo-Prog
Format: vinyl, digital
Release date: October 21, 2021
Tracklist

1. Suspended Animation

2. PLUS!

3. It Was Never There

4. The Penetration Gap

5. Total Coverage (The Battle of Bean Field)

6. Who's On Top...

Line-up
Andy Grant - vocals

Steve Leigh (Landmarq) - keyboards

Dave Wagstaffe (Landmarq) - drums

Tom Yetton - guitars

Ed Rome - bass

  With

Luke Morley (Thunder, Heather Findlay) - guitar

Media/Samples
Bandcamp

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Svarc Hanley Longhawn "20​/​21"

Country: UK
Genre(s): Instrumental Jazz-Rock, Fusion
Format: CD, digital
Release date: February 13, 2021
Tracklist

1. The Ask (8:08) 

2. The Message Will Differ (2:34) 

3. Hidden (6:27) 

4. Little Brother (7:44) 

5. Earth Abides (10:57) 

6. 20/21 (7:11) 

7. We Elastic (4:07) 

Total Time 47:08 

Line-up

Nik Svarc - Electric and Acoustc Guitars, Loops

Steve Hanley - Drums, Shaker, Percussion

Martin Longhawn - Organ, Wurlitizer, Piano

Description/Reviews:

In many ways their latest release 20/21 is even more accomplished and enjoyable. It certainly develops the band's sound by adding some Avant touches here and there. Inventive compositions, such as the intriguing The Message Will Differ and the excellent We Elastic offer a different approach to the band's previous album. In these tunes, discordance, effects and a quest to create an abstract canvas of sounds are prominently displayed. These furnish the album with an interesting, but somewhat less accessible set of musical colours.

Read the full review by Owen Davies at dprp.net

Media/Samples
Bandcamp

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Grace Hayhurst "Existence is Temporary" EP

Country: UK
Genre(s): Instrumental Progressive Metal
Format: CD, digital
Release date: August 6, 2021
Tracklist

1. Where Am I? (4:53) 

2. Negative Incline (3:42) 

3. The Search For Purpose (7:40) 

4. Existence Is Temporary (2:31) 

5. Death Is Final (6:15) 

Total Time 25:01 

Line-up

Grace Hayhurst - all instruments

   Except

Paul Haness - acoustic guitar

Andrew Scott - drums 

Jonah Robertson - spoken word 

Media/Samples
Bandcamp

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Lee Abraham "Only Human"

Country: UK
Genre(s): Progressive Rock
Label: F2 
Format: CD, digital
Release date: September 4, 2021
Tracklist

1. Counting Down 

2. Only Human 

3. Days Gone By 

4. Falling Apart 

5. The Hands Of Time

Line-up

Lee Abraham (Galahad): guitars, keyboards, bass

  With

Gerald Mulligan (Credo): drums

Marc Atkinson (Riversea, Nine Stones Close, Mandalaband): vocals

Peter Jones (Tiger Moth Tales, Red Bazar, Camel): vocals

Mark Spencer: backing vocals

Rob Arnold: piano

Description/Reviews:

The album centrepiece is the epic opening song 'Counting Down'. Clocking in at around 30 minutes, the song progresses through different musical styles and arrangements, commenting on the human pretencity to wish life away, just counting down the years.

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