Blog: State Magazine

Like a throwback to the early days of Hawkwind, Jethro Tull and other quintessentially British musical absurdists (even mythical speed metallers Sabbat), The Witch And The Robot deal in decidedly weird folk/prog fare (or should that be fayre), with enough quasi-mystical lyrics to embarrass a sci-fi convention. That said, it seems this particular bunch of prog-lovers, hailing from England's Lake District, aren't afraid to laugh at themselves, as even a cursory listen to the so-bad-it's-kinda-funny opener 'Giants' Graves' attests to. Musically, they're pretty impressive at times, and are capable of raising quite a racket when the mood [...]