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Porcupine Tree is (IMO) the leader of the neo-progressive rock groups. The earlier work is very much like early Pink Floyd.
I love Gavin's drum work on Muzak, but the vocals on this version are lacking. For better vocals, here's the Lazarus video from In Absentia, my favorite of their albums:
Nitpick: It's from the Deadwing album, which I did like better than In Absentia.
Ooh, good one - my bad. But I still prefer In Absentia overall.
Their music tends to be a little darker than I prefer, even beautiful soft tunes like Heart Attack in a Layby, Collapse the Light into Earth, Baby Dream in Cellophane, etc. Again, a comparison to Floyd, whose music was never too cheery really, either.
Off subject, but I was going through some of my old LPs, deciding if I wanted to digitally replace them or not, and pulled out a Jeff Lorber Fusion LP. While looking at the back, I noticed one of the musicians looked like a young Kenny G. Turns out, though, that it was really "Kenny Gorelick" instead.
I just might have become "Kenny G" too under those circumstances.
with the title 'Sound of Muzak' I was expecting something totally different.
but i enjoyed this video. thanks!
Hey, those were really good. I'm not sure what "neo-progressive" means, but I liked the sound. And from this century!
I won't try to define "progressive" for you in regards to rock music (try wiki), but the early pioneers in the genre were Yes, Genesis, Pink Floyd, ELP, Kansas, etc. Later groups (the "neo" part) that picked up the baton, so to speak, would include Porcupine Tree, Spock's Beard, Gentle Giant, Ecolyn, Marillion, and the like.
Kansas??? Seriously?
about the only thing they had in common with PF was that they both played in arenas in the 1970s.
I got the prog-rock part ok, it's just the "neo-" part that escapes me. I guess if Porcupine Tree is being "retro", then, ok. Their sound (on these two cuts, anyway) fits quite nicely with groups that you mentioned.
Not that I care for either group, but as Gentle Giant was formed in 1970, and Kansas in 1972, why would Gentle Giant be neo-progressive?
I liked the chorus on the first number. And a tasty guitar solo, to boot. Um, sounded like rock music to me. (Oh, and dude looks like Geddy Lee.)
A little reverse-nose job, and the Geddy Lee comparison works. The round glasses aren't Steve Wilson's usual specs, though.
Yeah, Gentle Giant should have been in the first group. Generally, neo-progressive starts ~1990 in my mind. And you're right concerning PC's latest work sounding more rock than progressive. While they aren't doing the semi-psychodelic long works anymore, there is still the mixed-meter (what are Muzak verses, alternating 8/8 6/8?) that is sometimes typical.
Oh, and btw, how could I forget King Crimson with the list of classic prog-rock groups?