It is Prog‘s model new Tracks Of The Week! Six model new and various slices of progressively inclined music so that you can take pleasure in.
Congratulations to US quartet Kill The Robotic, whose tribute to their late good friend Taylor Hawkins, Western Shores, gained final week’s TOTW. It was an in depth run factor, with the atmospheric people prog of Shannon Pearl in second place with Frant1c in third.
The premise for Tracks Of The Week is straightforward – we have collated a batch of latest releases by bands falling underneath the progressive umbrella, and collated them collectively in a single put up for you – makes it a lot simpler than having to dip out and in of varied particular person posts, would not it?
The thought is to look at the movies (or hear if it is a stream), take pleasure in (or not) and likewise to vote to your favorite within the voting type on the backside of this put up. Could not be simpler might it?
We’ll be bringing you Tracks Of The Week, because the title implies, every week. Subsequent week we’ll replace you with this week’s winner, and current a number of latest prog music so that you can take pleasure in.
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JONATHAN HULTÉN – SONG OF TRANSIENCE
Enigmatic prog artist Jonathan Hultén launched his second studio album, Eyes Of The Dwelling Evening, by way of Kscope again in January which someway appeared to slide underneath the radar. That is an actual pity as the brand new single from the previous Tribulation guitarist, the mesmerising waltz vibe of Track Of Transcience is an actual earworm of a observe.
“Within the type of a melancholic but whimsical waltz, Track Of Transience playfully explores one elementary query: “In your deathbed, will you be smiling or in tears?”,” says Hultén, “The video, filmed by Anastasia Lihnka in France in November 2024, displays the magical and relentless features of time, which might be each uplifting and disheartening. Edited and filmed with particular lenses to seize a dreamlike, vibrant environment, the video additionally emphasises how lovely the world actually is — particularly when seen from the angle that our presence right here is so fleeting, and due to this fact so very valuable.”
IHLO – EMPIRE
Younger Scottish prog metallers Ihlo have been picked up by the Kscope label, who let’s face it, know a factor or two about fashionable prog music, and so they reissued the band’s debut album, Union, final yr. Now the band are again with their second full-length launch, Legacy, which, having been lucky sufficient to have heard it, guarantees to catapult the band ahead, fulfilling the immense promise they proven to this point. First single from the album is the intricate and highly effective Empire.
“Empire was the tune that actually kickstarted the album writing course of and helped information us in the direction of the completed product,” the band reveal. “Beneath the deceptively bouncy rhythms and uplifting harmonies, there hides a darkish and brooding environment that grew to become integral to the texture of all the document. This observe showcases the shift right into a extra pure sound for the band, whereas retaining the eye to element in each single aspect, and the fashionable manufacturing high quality we love. Our first studio output in 6 years, this observe accommodates a little bit little bit of every little thing you need in an Ihlo tune, and we’re so excited to lastly be capable of present it off to the world!”
HIROE – COLLIDER
US post-rock quintet Hiroe are again with one other spectacular observe from their upcoming debut album, Wield, which they may launch by way of the Pelagic label on June 20. Collider is a ten-minute epic of a observe which blends moments of gritty depth with broad progressive thrives which can be certain to attraction to followers of post-rock bands unafraid to veer nearer to the prog lane. The band’s title is pronounced ‘hero-way’, in case you have been questioning.
“Collider is a tune that once we play reside appears to be a crowd favorite,” explains guitarist Eric Kusanagi. “It is the longest tune in our catalogue, at about 10 minutes lengthy, and we wished to take the listener on a journey that goes by way of numerous peaks and valleys.”
GRACE HAYHURST – TAKE OFF
Younger UK prog rocker Grace Hayhurst needs to be acquainted to some Prog readers as she is an occasional contributor to the journal. Grace will launch her new album, The World Is Dying, by way of her Bandcamp web page on June 27. Because the title implies, the conceptual piece is a no-holds-barred assault on international warming, with contributions from her mates in Kyros, Robin Johnson (drums) and Shelby Logan-Warne (mixing). It is a message that additionally comes by way of on her new single, Take Off.
“This observe tells the core message of the document – all of our frustrations with tossers like Elon Musk making an attempt to empty the planet’s assets and run away on spaceships, leaving the remainder of us commoners behind to fend for ourselves.” She would not maintain again, our Grace!
HEMELBESTORMER – TURMS
Belgian quartet Hemelbestromer have been described as “post-doom instrumentalists”. No, we have not acquired a clue what their PR is on about both! What we do know is that they mark some fairly intriguing, darkish and thought-provoking music. The band will launch their new album, The Radiant Veil, by way of Pelagic Information on July 25 and new single, the eight-minute plusTurms, options Caspian’s Philip Jamieson, and may attraction to those that take pleasure in one thing darker of their music.
“Turms is certainly the main observe and beating coronary heart of the album,” the band clarify. “Hemelbestormer is named a pure instrumental band, however this observe will shock you, as Phil from Caspian did some phenomenal and hauntingly lovely sounding vocals for this observe, lifting it to a different stage.”
NAD SYLVAN – MONUMENTATA
Steve Hackett vocalist Nad Sylvan will launch his newest solo album, Monumentata, by way of InsideOut Music on June 20. It is maybe his most various assortment up to now, a mirrored image of Sylvan the person, reasonably than enjoying a personality. The light, typically Beatles-y title observe is the third single he is launched from the album up to now.
“Monumentata is about being orphaned and serves as a homage to the daddy I by no means actually had or acquired to know correctly. It displays the lack of what might have been,” Sylvan explains. “I misplaced my mother and father, and understanding that they are gone—and that someday, I am most likely subsequent in line—that felt “monumental” to me. That’s the place the phrase ‘Monumentata’ got here from. “Tata” means “Father” in Hungarian, and my dad was half Hungarian. So, I mixed these two phrases to create one thing new. It is about shedding somebody and the frustration.”
EDEN CIRCUS – AGNOSTIC APOLOGY
German quartet Eden Circus launched their debut album, Marula, again in 2014, and are solely now on the brink of launch the follow-up, Irrlicht, which interprets as will-o-the-wisp, by way of Lifeforce Information on August 22. The band’s sound, as typified by new observe, Agnostic Apology, sees them mixing prog, post-rock and touches of atmospheric metallic.
“The musicians from northern Germany give attention to crafting intense atmospheres and moods by way of deliberate association,” say the band’s label. “Accordingly, “Irrlicht” unfolds with delicate intricacy and emotional weight, its songwriting brimming with dynamic contrasts — far a couple of initially perceives.”
