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Zopp

Canterbury Scene

4.23 | 172 ratings

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Reports that I had to be dragged music wise into the 2000's and beyond are false. It was the 1980's onwards...but myself, the 15 guys and 2 teams of horses all parted ways on good terms.

So, to accompany the above miracle, I just find it miraculous that young musicians ...and I know t'internet etc helps...are able to explore/listen to/find a genre like Canterbury and it obviously rings bells/strikes chords ( I will spare you the 'old music is best' polemic) and they absorb it into their creative milieu. Marvelous.

So what do we have on the second album from Zopp? I haven't got/heard the first so my reference point with them starts here. The vintage keys conjure up right away Soft Machine and Egg, possibly even Hatfield and the North. This is good! Sometimes the vocal phrasing is very Wyatt minus the lisp but they don't mimic and err find their own voices...plus the guest female singers do their best Amanda Parsons when called upon. I imagine modern recording techniques makes it much easier to layer tracks and perhaps that differentiates it from 70's Canterbury, maybe not quite as 'organic'...but who knows, if they had had the facilities and technology back then, they may well have done the same. There is a hint of Yes in the 14 min+ Toxicity too and it feels like one piece rather than 3 or 4 ideas strung together as can and does happen! If someone told you Amor Fati was a long lost National Health track you wouldn't disagree. The first long song, track 2 You suggests Pink Floyd circa Dark Side (with Yes harmonies!) and I can hear keyboard era Man in a few spots throughout the album.

All in all I can now safely bathe in the post 2020 waters and will be back for another dip as soon as. Just over 4 stars.

Nickmannion | 4/5 | 2024-5-19

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