VERBAL DELIRIUM

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Conundrum BAD ELEPHANT MUSIC Greek symphonic proggers’ ebullient fourth outing. It’s refreshing when confronted with artists that take audible influence from acts outside the prog pantheon, and so it proves on these Greek mavericks’ first long-player since 2016. Sure, familiar echoes of Gilmourian guitar soar overhead at times and Fripp-ish angularities are woven into the structure of several songs. But then the jerky staccato attack of the title track seems to reveal the mischievous madness of Cardiacs or Ukrainian folkpunk of Gogol Bordello either side of a penchant for sweeping, slightly showtuney romps that channel the Queen of Good Old Fashioned Lover Boy or the Muse of Sing For Absolution. More seductive still is the sense of fun about this album, as if the band are really having a blast…

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