Dot.Organ (Australia) for Crossover

Unusual, quirky, electronic-based alternative rock mainly to these ears. There is a long track on the latest album which is called "Newt Drops/444/Teenage Trap Shap/Smelt Liddle Fither Marc". How the Hell did they come up with THAT title!! 

OK, they are like nobody else that I can immediately think of, but does that make them prog? I'm not so sure. The second album is a 'name your price' download on bandcamp too, so they must all have decent day jobs. I can't deny that this music has a certain 'curiosity appeal', but I don't personally believe that it belongs on PA.

Now someone will doubtless come along and say exactly the opposite...But that's what I love about this site. 

Edit: I didn't find them on RYM either, which confirms that they don't have a particularly wide audience up to yet... 

I know it's been said before, but we really can't evaluate every single band or artist that has music up on bandcamp which is tagged as 'prog' or 'progressive'. We all hear things differently of course, and some members of the Crossover team might well hear the odd time signatures of the music and turn a blind eye (or deaf ear) to the vocals, but on balance - and taking into account the extremely little-known status of this artist (no RYM entry either) - I didn't think they were really the kind of thing that PA should be concentrating on right now with some of the teams (Prog Metal, PSIKE and Post/Math Rock in particular...and Crossover to a slightly lesser extent) already overloaded with suggestions as it is.

The team will decide whether to evaluate or not, of course...I just added my two penn'orth here so that at least you had a reply to your post before it was about to disappear onto page two of the forum, and become lost in the ether for the next however many months. 

Edit: I'm fairly sure that Eclectic Prog have a fairly substantial backlog of ongoing evaluations too - but I can't access the part of the forum where they track them, so can't confirm this.

LOL! There are exceptions to every rule!  The Worm Ouroboros are from Minsk, Belarus, and folks in that part of the World tend to use vk.com rather than facebook: http://vk.com/the_worm_ouroboros. That said, they don't seem to be particularly active on that site either - maybe they just aren't into social media all that much? Their English facebook suggests that they have made just 8 posts on there in 5 years - most of them being photo uploads or cover updates. It's no surprise that they don't have many 'likes' on there!! Their debut album was handled by a very well-respected prog label, and was indeed a superb effort, attracting some great reviews. That's a far cry from a self-released limited edition of just 40 CDs for Dot.Organ's debut effort - currently on offer via bandcamp for just 1 AUD each (about 72 cents in US money). Seems like they just want to get shot of them now. The latest album is purely a 'name your price' digital release at the moment. It's only just been released, so maybe it'll be more successful, and lead to the guys getting some physical CDs pressed again. Only time will tell.

As for The Worm Ouroboros, their short bio on vk.com says: "Currently, the band recorded a new studio album and give live performances", so let's hope there is more music in the pipeline from them.