Magic Bus "The Earth Years"

Country: UK
Genre(s): Progressive Rock, Canterbury
Label: Back to the Garden Records
Format: CD, digital
Release date: June 19, 2020
Tracklist: 
1. Easy Om (2:56)
2. Inca Trail (4:57)
3. Setting Sun (4:16)
4. The Road To La Mezuquita (4:38)
5. New Day (5:14)
6. Barleycorn (5:16)
7. Squirrel (7:01)
8. We Are One (4:13)

Total Time 38:31

Line-up: 
Paul Evans
Jay Darlington
Terence Waldstradt
Wihll Mellorz
Connor Spring

Description/Reviews: 

“Easy Om” and “Inca Trail” are soft modernized songs of the early 70s Canterbury scene, with the use of lots of “progressive” elements and the band’s own particular style of continuing rhythm changing. “Setting Sun” and “The Road To La Mezuquita” are a kind of mellow prog-rock ballads, bringing to mind Traffic ’73-’74 era. “New Day” enters a little deeper into the mid-70s Progressive-Rock path but without being “dangerous”… An amazing tune follows, it is called “Barleycorn”, it’s a typical Magic Bus Canterbury-influenced track that shows an intense early 70s Gong attitude!

Read the full review at timemachine-productions.gr

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Easy Om

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Magic Bus "Phillip The Egg"

Country: UK
Genre(s): Progressive Rock
Label: Back to the Garden Records
Format: CD, digital
Release date: May 1, 2017
Tracklist: 
1. Mystical Mountain (i) Twelve Kings (8:50)
2. Fading Light (3:36)
3. Trail To Canaa (5:43)
4. Zeta (4:33)
5. Distant Future (7:10)
6. Kepler 22b (6:41)
– i) The Root
– ii) Zapruder
– iii) Myrrh and Honey
7. Kalamazoo (3:30)
8. Yantra Tunnels (5:03)

Total Time 45:06

Line-up: 
Paul Evans – Vocals, Guitar
Jay Darlington – Keyboards, Backing Vocals
Terence Waldstadt – Lead & Rhythm Guitar, Backing Vocals
Viv Goodwin-Darke – Flute, Percussion, Backing Vocals
Wihll Mellorz – Bass Guitar, Guitar (7)
Connor Spring – Drums, Guitar (7)
Description/Reviews

 Mystical Mountain typifies this development as it commences in a vein reminiscent of their previous Caravan/‘Canterbury’ inspired 2014 album, the fine Transmissions from Sogmore’s Garden, tripping along whimsically with mellifluous guitars, lovely harmony vocals and short flute swoops. However, just when you think it’s over it then takes off in a whole new direction with an extended instrumental second part. A simple guitar riff is built on by bass, drums and a soft flute as it rises in tempo and volume, perhaps akin to ascending a mountain, before we reach a simple piano plateau which leads to a further rising simple guitar, bass and subtle drum passage – and then Magic Bus really start to raise the musical power.

Read the full review by Leo Trimming at theprogressiveaspect.net

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Magic Bus "Phillip The Egg"

Country: UK
Genre(s): Progressive Rock
Label: Back to the Garden Records
Format: CD, digital
Release date: May 1, 2017
Tracklist: 
1. Mystical Mountain (i) Twelve Kings (8:50)
2. Fading Light (3:36)
3. Trail To Canaa (5:43)
4. Zeta (4:33)
5. Distant Future (7:10)
6. Kepler 22b (6:41)
– i) The Root
– ii) Zapruder
– iii) Myrrh and Honey
7. Kalamazoo (3:30)
8. Yantra Tunnels (5:03)

Total Time 45:06

Line-up: 
Paul Evans – Vocals, Guitar
Jay Darlington – Keyboards, Backing Vocals
Terence Waldstadt – Lead & Rhythm Guitar, Backing Vocals
Viv Goodwin-Darke – Flute, Percussion, Backing Vocals
Wihll Mellorz – Bass Guitar, Guitar (7)
Connor Spring – Drums, Guitar (7)
Description/Reviews

 Mystical Mountain typifies this development as it commences in a vein reminiscent of their previous Caravan/‘Canterbury’ inspired 2014 album, the fine Transmissions from Sogmore’s Garden, tripping along whimsically with mellifluous guitars, lovely harmony vocals and short flute swoops. However, just when you think it’s over it then takes off in a whole new direction with an extended instrumental second part. A simple guitar riff is built on by bass, drums and a soft flute as it rises in tempo and volume, perhaps akin to ascending a mountain, before we reach a simple piano plateau which leads to a further rising simple guitar, bass and subtle drum passage – and then Magic Bus really start to raise the musical power.

Read the full review by Leo Trimming at theprogressiveaspect.net

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