A FORMAL HORSE - Excellent New Prog Band from the UK

[SoundscapeMN]

Here's another suggestion that I wonder if some around here might enjoy.

A Formal Horse are this progressive rock band whose pretty heavy at times. Although I wouldn't exactly call them Metal, but they use a lot of punchy, heavy guitar riffs. And many of their songs are driven by the guitar parts.

Their vocalist is a female singer who sings all clean vocals, somewhat in an operatic style. A bit like Timbre or Kate DeGraide from Dirt Poor Robins.

Their 2019 debut album "Here Comes a Man From the Council With a Flamethrower" (yeah it's a mouthful), has many great moments that have me wanting to go back to.

On Spotify:
https://open.spotify.com/album/0laB3CZ60ALn8lVAx1Hwxi

I hear bands like Bent Knee, Porcupine Tree, Major Parkinson among others.

A Formal Horse's next record "Meat Mallet" comes out in just a few weeks on July 23rd.

The 1st 2 singles "Space8" and "I'm a Lasagne" have me pretty intrigued, per it may even be better than the debut album that I'm growing attached to.

https://aformalhorse.bandcamp.com/album/meat-mallet

[SoundscapeMN]

new album "Meat Mallet" is released today!

https://aformalhorse.bandcamp.com/album/meat-mallet

[Nekov]

I listened to the first album yesterday and enjoyed it quite a bit. Good recommendation. I was a bit skeptical at first, mostly because of the song length, but it ended up being the kind of prog that I like.