This is modern progressive rock. It’s also quite tied to classic sounds. The influences are all over the map, though. From world music to psychedelia to jazz and much more, this stuff really has a lot of variety. It’s quite a strong set and will probably appeal mostly to fans of modern prog. That said, there are elements here that classic prog fans will find seem comfortably familiar.

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This short (less than thirty seconds) piece is just multiple layers echoey vocals.

In a lot of ways this is more pure fusion than anything else here. That said, there is definitely world music in the mix. There are also some hints of bluegrass sound here and there. It’s another great instrumental. I’m reminded of Pat Metheny at times here. It’s quite an extensive piece. The final segment even has some space rock in it.

As this starts it really feels quite a lot like early Yes. Then it works out to some more modern sounding music. It’s got jazz and prog in seemingly equal measures with some jam band elements to complete the picture. This isn’t an instrumental piece. I particularly like the instrumental segment later in the cut and the keyboard dominated part really stands out. In some ways, it reminds me of The Doors a bit. The combination of male and female vocals on this song is great. There are some especially jazzy moments later in the number, too. They made a great choice in using this as the closing piece because it’s definitely the most epic and arguably the strongest number of the whole set.