Back after a break! Here’s our review of the first half of 2020 – the oddest six months of most of our lives, but there’s been some great music released nonetheless. So, sucks to you, Covid-19!

Magenta – Reach For The Moon (09:27) from Masters Of Illusion, 2020
Chimpan A – It’s So Real (08:08) from The Empathy Machine, 2020
The Dowling Poole – Made In Heaven (03:49) from See You See Me, 2020
The Sunchymes – Masquerade (04:16) from The Sands Of Time, 2020
Glass Hammer – Cold Star (07:30) from Dreaming City, 2020
Offramp – Vertical Up (07:20) from Turbulence, 2020
CHEER-ACCIDENT – Plea Bargain (04:10) from Chicago XX, 2020
Magic Bus – New Day (05:14) from The Earth Years, 2020
Orange Clocks – Miles Away (06:22) from Metamorphic, 2020
Haken – The Strain (05:24) from Virus, 2020
Arabs in Aspic – Madness and Magic (06:48) from Madness and Magic, 2020
Dim Gray – The Wave We Thought We’d Ride Forever (04:38) from Flown, 2020
Lazuli – Mers lacrymales (05:04) from Le fantastique envol de Dieter Böhm, 2020
Caligula’s Horse – Valkyrie (05:09) from Rise Radiant, 2020
Hibernal – Deep Down (06:10) from Beyond, 2020
Notion Blue – Keeping Apart (05:41) from The Son, The Liar, and The Victor, 2020
I Am The Manic Whale – Build It Up Again (07:02) from Things Unseen, 2020
Zio – Erwin’s Opera (06:49) from Flower Torania, 2020
Hats Off Gentlemen It’s Adequate – Nostalgia For Infinity (07:00) from Nostalgia For Infinity, 2020
Paul Mallyon – Warning Shot (03:59) from Promise of Light, 2020
Once And Future Band – Andromeda (04:07) from Deleted Scenes, 2020
Haze – To Us All (09:21) from Back To The Bones, 2020

Progradar’s Picks
Pendragon – Truth And Lies (08:26) from Love Over Fear, 2020
Airbag – Into The Unknown (10:28) from A Day at the Beach, 2020
Abel Ganz – One Small Soul (05:52) from The Life of the Honey Bee and Other Moments of Clarity, 2020
The Tangent – Life On Hold (05:34) from Auto Reconnaissance, 2020
Blue Rose Code – The Wild Atlantic Way (05:19) from Will Healings Of The Deepest Kind, 2020

Godsticks – Relief (05:04) from Inescapable, 2020
Psychoyogi – Sooner Than Now (04:16) from Dangerous Devices, 2020
Long Earth – Summer (07:41) from Once Around the Sun, 2020
Different Light – Two Faces (07:40) from Binary Suns (Part 1), 2020
Toundra – Akt VI (10:05) from Das Cabinet des Dr. Caligari, 2020
Pure Reason Revolution – Ghosts & Typhoons (08:46) from Eupnea, 2020
Jargon – Time Is Running Out (06:54) from The Fading Thought, 2020
Fren – Heavy Matter (06:24) from Where Do You Want Ghosts to Reside, 2020
Kavus Torabi – Radio To Their World (04:10) from Hip To The Jag, 2020
Nick D’Virgilio – Where’s the Passion (06:50) from Invisible, 2020
The Bardic Depths – Depths Of Soul (06:40) from The Bardic Depths, 2020
Frost* – Exhibit A (05:35) from Others, 2020
Zopp – The Noble Shirker (09:19) from Zopp, 2020