Pick a genre, any genre and you’ll find an ocean of bands who popped on the scene only to sink just as quickly. The question of “why” a band makes it or not oftentimes has nothing to do with the quality of music; life and its myriad circumstances inevitably wend their way through any group in unfathomable ways. All of which is to say I’m glad for the work of Disques plusqueréel or PQR, who have steadily been unearthing and releasing fantastic psychedelic and progressive rock that would otherwise be forgotten or lost. We previously covered Mirthrandir here, and now comes Lift, a progressive rock outfit out of New Orleans whose sole album, Caverns Of Your Brain, espouses everything that was great about the US prog scene in the 70s. It’s a great addition to any prog nerd’s collection, even if I do have a few qualms to pick with the label and the way they package their albums.

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