Genre: Hmmm - Swedish alt prog?
Places I remember: MNAC entry from Eleri Stedman
Fab, and all the other pimply hyperboles: Golden Dawn
Gear costume: Run To Your Mama, Det som aldrig förändras / Diarabi
Active compensatory factors: Funnily enough, I was round at Tom's gaff recently with Lew and the rest of the Kirkhams and Lew said to me, away from Tom's hearing, that he was struggling with Goat. When I came to leave Tom said, out of Lew's hearing, that he was loving Goat and thought I would too.
Too funny!
My prog background has certainly came in handy when listening to Goat, that's for sure. More King Crimson and Gentle Giant than say Steven Wilson, Goat make a great noise!
The eastern (rock) sounds of Diarabi kick off the set beautifully before barking mad (in a good way) collisions of instruments propel the album in all sorts of directions (maybe why Lew is struggling - just when you get a bead on Goat they lurch off in another direction).
Goathead is a case in point - after a great racket comes, of all things, some very tasteful acoustic guitar!!
My favs are the more mainstream prog sounds on offer here as listed above, rather than the challenging vocals of Goatman and Goathead. But they are also great!
Most of the songs benefit from brevity - nothing outstays its welcome and the final song is not a second too short at 7 plus minutes. Go figure.
Where do they all belong? Definitely in that wonderful 70's experimental prog milieu.
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