Heads In The Sky-Heads In The Sky (1981)

Despite being recorded in 1981, Heads in the Sky's self-titled album sounds more like it was created ten years earlier than it was recorded at the time, due to the lush Mellotron sounds, guitar arpeggios, and dynamic instrumental passages, all influenced by the Canterbury sound, space rock, and early 70s art rock. Heads in the Sky emerged from Canada in the late seventies, driven by multi-instrumentalist Russ Walter, who, along with several other musicians such as Steve Webster, John Cheesman, Dave Norris, and Martin Springett, released a mini-LP in 1979 titled "Poetry & Science". Two years later, with a now established band consisting of Larry Stanley (piano), Chris McKim (Mellotron), Ken Miskov (bass), plus former members Webster (cello), Fielding (drums), and Walker (guitars, keyboards, flutes, etc.), they undertook the recording of their first full-length album, which would ultimately be the last recording by this magnificent band. Echoes of Pink Floyd's more ambient side, the sound of Canterbury progressive jazz, forays into neo-progressive rock, and glimpses of classic symphonic rock parameters are what this forgotten but excellent album of the best art rock of the early 1980s offers.