Category: Progressive Rock

Progressive rock, also known as prog rock or prog, is a rock music subgenre that originated in the United Kingdom, with further developments in Germany, Italy, and France, throughout the mid-to-late 1960s and 1970s. It developed from psychedelic rock and originated, similarly to art rock, as an attempt to give greater artistic weight and credibility to rock music.

Shineback – Rise Up Forgotten, Return Destroyed 2013

62313_553885017965673_1496725093_nCountry: UK
Sub Genre: Progressive Rock, Electronica, Pop
Label: Bad Elephant Music
Release date: July 1, 2013

Fusing pop, prog and electronica into a story of abuse, betrayal and madness, ‘Rise Up Forgotten, Return Destroyed’ is the new album from Shineback, solo project from Simon Godfrey of Tinyfish. The album – with lyrics from Simon’s writing partner in Tinyfish, Robert Ramsay – centres upon the story of Dora who undertakes a fantastic, yet disturbing journey into her own dream word where she encounters dark revelations about her past buried in memory.