Match 7 involves a contest between a modern prog band and a classic prog band. Here are the details:
Regal Worms - Pig Views
"Modern prog band featuring a multi-instrumentalist experimenting avant gardist music. Band is injecting Medieval and psychedelic touches in their weird kind of prog that contains start and stop patterns and eccentric turns. Alternance of punchy and pastoral ambiences give tonus to the mix. It's generally sophisticated and simple in the same time. It's really melodic, and vocals serve as an instrument. Good use of mellotrons, organs and many more keys and synths. Kinda Beck on acid, making prog." - Jethro42
On Bandcamp: https://regalworm.bandcamp.com/album/pig-views
[also on Spotify]
vs.
Strawbs - Just a Collection of Antiques and Curios
"Strangely, this is a classic prog album of the 70's but that went unnoticed even by many prog heads. This is a very important and curious album, mainly due to four things. First, technically this is a live album because it was recorded live, but in reality it's a brand new album it terms of tracks. Second, this album was the real turning point to Strawbs, the album that made of them a true prog band, in my opinion, one of the best prog folk bands ever. Third, this the first of the two albums of Strawbs with Rick Wakeman as a band's member, the album that catapulted him to the stardom, you know, Yes. Forth, this is, in my opinion too, one of the best prog albums of the beginning of the 70's." - e210013
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/4HlO9kW2BJ3M9aTqOkM7DF?autoplay=true
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CsDI8kGwCdg
This promises to be a torturous round for me. I've always been a huge Strawbs fan, and from what I can tell, Regal Worm looks like they have a good chance to be right in my prog sweet spot as well. Due to the holiday, the voting for this round is open until next Tuesday. So, I'll see you then.
