The debut album from this band from Japan.
The band was a quintet with a line-up of drums, bass, guitars, pianet, organ, synths and vocals.
This very obscure band released three albums between 1983 - 1985 and then disappeared again. The band was added to ProgArchives earlier this year. Based on them being added to the Canterbury scene genre, aI got their three albums, and they are all up for reviews in the coming week.
The New Proper Life Style clocks in at fifty-five minutes.
The music is indeed Canterbury scene.
That means a blend of eclectic prog and jazz. Hatfield & The North is a reference here... but that is not entirely correct.
There is some avant-garde jazz here too. But most of the music is a blend of eclectic Canterbury prog and jazz. A bit more jazzy and eclectic than Hatfield & The North, but still groovy.
The music is still pretty melodic.
There is a lot of electric guitar solos here and some electronics. There are not many vocals here as most of the music is instrumental.
The result is a good album and one to check out. I have reasons to believe that Stubbs is one of the best finds in the Canterbury scene in the last decade, although the band split up forty years ago. Check them out.
3 points
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