The Gift: how much neo-prog are they?
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Topic: The Gift: how much neo-prog are they?
Posted By: earlyprog
Subject: The Gift: how much neo-prog are they?
Date Posted: December 01 2006 at 12:37
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The Gift have just released their debut and was added to PA as symphonic prog. However, it bothers me is that they have been associated with neo-prog in a review by Erik Neuteboom. I'm considering buying the album, but will be grossly dissappointed by any obvious neo-prog influences.
Can anyone describe their degree of neo-progressiveness?
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Posted By: Trademark
Date Posted: December 01 2006 at 15:41
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I'm sure this neo-prog you mention would be a bad thing if it actually existed (just try and make sense of the definition here on PA).
Here's a novel thought: why not just listen to the music and judge it without any preconceptions or labels. You might find more music you like. |
Posted By: erik neuteboom
Date Posted: December 01 2006 at 16:06
Just Google: "The Gift Awake & Dreaming" and you will find a lot of reviews, it's up to you to trace the mentioning of neo-prog 
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Posted By: Ricochet
Date Posted: December 01 2006 at 16:20
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if neo-prog is something that disturbs you, then The Gift's album is obviusly not for you.
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Posted By: earlyprog
Date Posted: December 02 2006 at 10:50
No novelty here. Tried it and found neo-prog is not for me. Neo-prog is very much alive if you ask me. There's so much better music to spend my dollar on out there. |
Trademark wrote:Posted By: earlyprog
Date Posted: December 02 2006 at 10:51
I take your word for it.
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Posted By: Prog_Traveller
Date Posted: December 12 2006 at 21:13
| Here's an idea. Maybe describe what you consider to be "neo prog" then see if the bands mentioned sound like what people hear on the Gifts album. It seems to me that people love to bash neo prog but those same people fail to try to define what exactly neo prog is. |
Posted By: Daysbetween
Date Posted: December 13 2006 at 17:16
I have the album and love it. It clearly does come under the general banner 'neo-prog' but that does not detract from the album in any way. The music is superb and even more so for being the bands debut. I am 48 by the way, and still find new prog satisfying. 
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Posted By: erik neuteboom
Date Posted: December 13 2006 at 17:29
I got an e-mail from The Gift that they were very pleased with my review and I am very pleased with Daysbetween his post because it's more important that the progheads love the music rather than the endless discussions about the genres 
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Posted By: tuxon
Date Posted: December 13 2006 at 21:07
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every prog after '80 is automaticly neo-prog.
that out of the way, The Gift are marvelous ------------- I'm always almost unlucky _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Id5ZcnjXSZaSMFMC Id5LM2q2jfqz3YxT |
Posted By: oldebag
Date Posted: December 20 2006 at 17:50
here!here! I agree with you totally! enjoyment of our beloved prog is SO subjective....Is there clarification of the grey areas distinguishing symphonic and neo? (oopps ) an unintended topic modification ( sorry) love "the gift" BYW.... |
Posted By: Ghandi 2
Date Posted: December 20 2006 at 21:24
Not really, unless we change the definition of neo-prog... |
Posted By: stonebeard
Date Posted: December 20 2006 at 21:39
Which I (with oversight from Cyg *and hopefully greenback if he ever decideds to answer my PM...*) have done.  ------------- http://soundcloud.com/drewagler" rel="nofollow - My soundcloud. Please give feedback if you want! |