ZOPP

Dominion FLAT CIRCLE

SS

Brilliant must-have for Canterbury fans. A chance encounter as a teenager with his dad’s old Egg albums caused Zopp’s Ryan W Stevenson to fall down a Canterbury-shaped rabbit hole. On this follow-up to 2020’s audacious self-titled debut, he’s emerged as a composer of stimulating pieces which acknowledge their debt to the Canterbury scene but thankfully don’t suffer from being, ahem, over-Egged. Each of the seven tracks is crammed with constantly evolving themes, packed with surprising twists, none more so than the bonkers Reality Tunnels. Combining complexity with rich melodies, the album is immensely rewarding with You and Toxicity providing rousingly epic music that’s ambitious in scope and scale. Stevenson handles vocals, keyboards (including fuzzed-up Hammond and overdriven) plus bass, guitar and the occasional frosting of Mellotron, though he’s joined by…

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