Syd Arthur-Sound Mirror (2014)

Founded at the beginning of this century, Syd Arthur is a British progressive and psychedelic rock band from Canterbury. The band consists of Liam and Joel Magill (guitar and bass, respectively), drummer Fred Rother, and keyboardist Raven Bush. With their debut album, released in 2006, the band showcased their immense potential with a work that draws on a wide range of influences, from jazz and rock to blues and folk. Evoking the sounds of the great bands of the seventies (Camel, Jethro Tull, Genesis, and King Crimson), this quartet continued to evolve, producing another superb, dynamic, and versatile album in 2014. Psychedelic tracks ("Chariots"), progressive folk ("Backward Stepping"), intricate pieces of progressive rock ("Singularity"), mainstream rock ("Hometown Blues"), and relaxed, accessible tracks ("All And Everything"), combine to create an elegant and enjoyable album of contemporary progressive rock.