Seeking recommendations for Prog albums

I haven't been very active on this site, but I was listening to some prog albums over the last couple of days and I thought there must be some more out there that would appeal to me and I thought this would be a good place to get recommendations.

My favourite Prog bands are

Yes & Gentle Giant

But I also like Moon Safari ( I love vocal harmonies am a big fan of the Beach Boys), The Enid, Caravan, The Soft Machine, Hatfield and the North, National Health, Family, Gong, Flower Kings, Jethro Tull, Mike Oldfield, Genesis I have one PFM album (I probably should get more), Robert Wyatt. I have some ELP but I'm looking for stuff that is less bombastic than that.

I prefer things with a slightly romantic imaginative bent rather than harsh and furious.

I'd very much appreciate some recommendations and if you could give a short description of the band that's be great.  Many thanks in advance.

I have Glass Hammer If - I'll give it another spin see if it wins me over

Thanks for the suggestion of Wigwam Fairyport - I'd never heard of them I'll have a good listen, first impression is quite good. I don't have any Finnish prog, I l;ike the idea of music coming from the land of the Moomins

I have tried Van Der Graaf Generator in the past  I might give them another go, but from memory I found the vocal delivery/vision dark and cold.

Very much appreciate the suggestions.

 

I suppose that would depend on the track. Does "romantic" include lost love? If so, perhaps "Lost" from Van der Graaf Generator's "H to He, Who am the Only One" would be suitable. Also, "The Quiet Zone / The Pleasure Dome" is quite different from previous Van der Graaf Generator albums, and includes tracks that might be considered "romantic".

 

 

 

Here´s some other great albums from our land, they´re really close to Wigwam as style:

Tasavallan Presidentti: Lamberland

Haikara: s/t (this has King Crimson influences, I prefer more personal second album Geafar, first song in it is little bit odd funky piece, but rest of the album is just great)

Kalevala: People No Names

Nova: Atlantis (this has Floyd influences)

Scapa Flow: Uuteen Aikaan

Also Wigwam´s members Jukka Gustavson, Pekka Pohjola & Jim Pembroke have made great solos!

Yes i did mean romantic in terms of Romanticism as in individualistic and imaginative, although I prefer the airy Shelley to the brooding Lord Byron and the height of romanticism for me is in the fantasy work of the Victorian writer George MacDonald. I agree Van der Graaf generator is romantic, I've just checked out a couple of things on youtube and I recognise their quality but they are not for me. I can like darkly romantic material so i think in this case it is just a matter personal taste.