It’s straight in. There isn’t any warning. No gentle [giant] introduction to what is to come. And actually it starts in with a belter. Hard to think there are elements of ‘folk/minstrel like’ passages within a prog rock track. But that’s what you get with ‘The advent of Panurge’ Is it the musical equivalent of that small gap within a circle of fascism and socialism? Actually planets apart but encircle the line and it’s a small leap across the divide. (Bloody hell that was a bit heavy for a sunny afternoon).
There is a lot behind this LP, reading the track notes. Hands up who misses LP sleeves. They could be a wealth of information as well as a handy platform for rather more dubious social activity. But what the 80’s generation and beyond have missed out on as the format all but disappeared, but each track is ‘introduced’ via the sleeve notes. Whether you agree you will have to listen but it helps to read something into each track (unlike the 80’s music and beyond)
I love this. Of course you have to have your grounding in rock / psych rock. It’s not an LP to transform the listener unless you are a particularly impressionable 13 year old. Oh I wish. But what it is, it does rather beautifully. Not one to dance to, but hey no one can, or should, when you get to my age….
