Two Nad Sylvan albums

Out of these two, Courting The Widow, but my favorite part of the "Vampirate Trilogy" is The Regal B*****d (Automatically censored!).

Edited by Heart of the Matter - August 27 2022 at 11:42

Both are excellent albums.

Logan wrote: I've heard of him but don't know these albums. I listened to a track off The Bride Said No a little earlier due to this poll and really could hear those Genesis similarities very clearly.

Edited by AFlowerKingCrimson - August 28 2022 at 11:00

AFlowerKingCrimson wrote: Logan wrote: I've heard of him but don't know these albums. I listened to a track off The Bride Said No a little earlier due to this poll and really could hear those Genesis similarities very clearly. One of the best things about this site and prog sites and even the internet in general is that it can expose people to stuff they probably wouldn't know just by going to their local record store. So if this poll helps to expose people to Nad then I'm totally ok with that.  Anyway, I'm not sure where I first heard of Nad but it may have been on here.  Yes, his music is very influenced by early Genesis. His main influence is probably the Peter Gabriel era but also the two right after it that still had Steve Hackett on them. He actually sang with Steve Hackett for a bit (plus Steve guests on some of his stuff). He also sang with the short lived Unifaun who is apparently very early Genesis influenced (I haven't heard their sole album though).

I agree about the value of being exposed to things at this site that we wouldn't normally be exposed to, on the rateyourmusic charts for me often, as well as on the internet generally. I enjoyed what I heard, and I can like ones that are even considered outright clones -- reminded how I recommended a track to someone who liked Pink Floyd, and someone said, that's too much of a clone, and I was like (to myself silently), "So? Originality, innovation, or not, the song is awesome!"

I do tend to favour the more groovy retro styling of bands in the Neo-Psych realm, those who bring back an old school lounge and exotica and folk feel, are influenced by 60s French chanson, and are influenced by classic Krautrock, Kosmiche, electronica, and things like Nico and The Velvet Underground, rather than the ones who turn to Symph bands for inspiration, but I enjoyed it and would likely not have tried it without this topic -- unlike those others that I'd be all over, but I still would not come across or be into those sounds without the internet. The internet has shaped my tastes and exposed to a huge variety of music the likes of which I would not know about or know very little of, without it. Glad you made this topic, and I think it might get me listening to Genesis again. It has been a long time in any sort of dedicated way for me with my Genesis listening.

Edited by Logan - August 28 2022 at 11:44

^ I did try Nad, but I certainly could try more, and it's not the same experience as listening to a full album. Aside from the track from The Bride Said No which I mentioned having listened to in my first post here, I tried one just before writing the my last post here from Courting The Widow, and sampled a few more briefly. I don't mind when artists try to sound like their idols, which is why I shared that Pink Floyd story if they do it really well or in an interesting way (and maybe not if they do it to excess and bring in some variety and are still quite unique in how they approach those influences -- there are so many bands that channel Genesis like Neuschwanstein, The Watch, Citizen Cain (Battlement being my favourite albums from any of those)

Generally, I don't go for clones, but I'm happy to hear the influence (better for me if the influences are more eclectic generally). I am glad I checked it out, but it didn't hit me like some artists/acts I have been exposed to through the forums in recent months (especially Lingua Ignota). I mostly listen to modern music, even if it has retro qualities, but as I was saying this has inspired me to give Genesis itself a listen again. I was very big on Genesis (especially The Lamb...) in the early 2000s particularly and have barely listened to the band since since my tastes started to shift from more conventional prog (mostly symphonic prog) to the more esoteric styles such as that in RIO, Krautrock, Acid Folk, Canterbury Scene, Zeuhl, Berlin school electronic....

Generally I have favoured the originators, and do value innovation, and am not a fan of tribute bands per se despite loving lots of covers of music. But I do like all sorts of retro (not retro symph so much as retro psych, retro electronica etc.)