Rusty Badger

Wow.

I mean, seriously, wow.

I’ve been listening to the new CD ‘The Garden’ by Unitopia, who are an Australian, yes, Australian Prog band!  They’ve recently signed to Inside Out and this is their second CD.  Let’s hope IO do the right thing and re-release their debut, if they can get the rights.

It’s a wonderful slice of Prog, taking their influences from the best bits of Spock’s Beard, Genesis, Porcupine Tree and Peter Gabriel’s solo work and crafting this double CD of enjoyable, melodic, symphonic, but never repetitive music.

I was researching the band (a six piece, from Adelaide, including that rarest of lifeforms, a female bass player!  With serious chops, too) when I saw their list of influences on their MySpace page – I’ve copied it below – I hope they won’t mind.

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Yes, Genesis, Peter Gabriel, Spock’s Beard, Neal Morse, Transatlantic, Porcupine Tree, Pink Floyd, Gentle Giant, Alan Parsons, Ambrosia, Camel, Fish, Marillion, Steve Hackett, Steve Howe, Asia, Jethro Tull, Kansas, Rick Wakeman, Patrick Moraz, Tony Banks, Phil Collins, Chris Rea, Rush, Supertramp, Toto, George Gershwin, Thomas Newman, Aaron Copland, Khatchaturian, Jon Anderson, Chris Squire, Alan White, The Beatles, Tony Kaye, Trevor Rabin, Trevor Horn, The Buggles, The Korgis, Mike and the Mechanics, Mike Rutherford, Kate Bush, Roger Waters, David Gilmour, Eric Woolfson, Pilot, Al Stewart, James Taylor, Thomas Dolby, Tears For Fears, Emerson, Lake and Palmer, Keith Emerson, Asia, John Wetton, King Crimson, Bill Bruford, UK, Allan Holdsworth, Iona, Clannad, Brian Kennedy, Joni Mitchell, Japan, David Sylvian, Robert Fripp, Brian Eno, The Mars Volta, Dream Theater, Prefab Sprout, Paddy McAloon, Kirsty MacColl, Pater Banks, Frost, Bela Fleck.

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With only a few minor differences, that is the best definition I’ve ever seen of my taste in music!

Have these guys been stalking me?  All my life?  From Adelaide?  B->

If you see more than a couple of acts you like in that list, I urge you to go out and buy this CD – you can thank me later!

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PS: Check them out on YouTube.

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