For some reason I had thought this was a different style of music than prog. That wound up getting the review put off forever. Once I sat down and really listened, I realized that this is really art rock, which we land under progressive rock. The music here is modern. There are a lot of diverse musical concepts at play here. A lot of times it reminds me of David Bowie. This is fresh, unique and so cool.
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Track by Track Review
Start With The Sound There is a cool art rock meets glam, punk and industrial vibe to this. It’s complex and also very tasty. This gets into full symphonic prog later.
Super Connected
The title track has a bit of an 80s pop rock vibe. The horns bring something special to it, and the whole track gets more artsy later.
You Like My Pictures
Funky and intriguing, this makes me think of things ranging from Prince to Bowie and even Devo.
The Touch of A Screen
There is an automated voice with a PIN being entered at the start of this. Keyboards rise up gradually, and the vocals come in over the top with a mellow, moody, modern prog vibe in control. Piano becomes a dominant part of the arrangement later. This is a classy piece of music with plenty of cool prog built into it.
Start A Conversation
I dig the piano and other elements on this track a lot. This is another track that fits in well with modern progressive rock.
A Commercial Break
This interlude, featuring Stephen Fry and Kate Alderton, is just a pseudo-commercial.
Everything Entertains
This falls more into alternative pop rock zones. It’s bouncy and fun.
Send More Light
Piano is the only instrument providing backing as the vocals join. It works forward with this arrangement. Eventually strings augment the arrangement. This becomes a real prog power ballad type of piece.
The Complete Solution
Stephen Fry returns at the beginning of this. The track works out from there to a hard rocking, alternative, glam rocking kind of jam. While I wouldn’t consider most of this to be prog, the mellower section does bring some modern prog to bear. The guitar solo that follows is seriously hard rocking, but then we brought back into proggier zones from there. This includes a rap section at the end.
Where Am I In All Of This?
A bouncy cut with mellower and more powered up sections, this has a real Muse kind of vibe to it. This evolves into some pretty hard rocking before it’s over.
Finally Everybody's Talking
There is a short intro that starts with a pilot talking followed by electronic notification sounds. The music, mainly just piano at first, continues while those beeps, chirps and other sounds continue. The sounds remain as the number grows. This is quirky, strange and very artsy.
Make Me All Right
This makes me think of something like 10cc or XTC. It’s closer to pop rock, but it does have some definite prog elements.
