Bent Knee - Land Animal (2016-2017)

New album from Bent Knee Land Animal drops on June 23rd. Preorder link below.

They signed with Inside Out Music, etc (they were on Cuneiform before).

Pretty excited for this one as Say So was in my top 10 from last year. The 1st single/title track video is below and quite good. Quirky, avant-garde, yet melodic and harmonic. Jazzy and percussive. The way they blend these elements together on the new track as well as their previous work is why I'm a fan and enjoying them more with time. 

I posted the tour dates with Thank You Scientist below. Too bad there's no Minnesota date, but hopefully on the next leg. 

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1. Terror Bird
2. Hole
3. Holy Ghost
4. Insides In
5. These Hands
6. Land Animal
7. Time Deer
8. Belly Side Up
9. The Well
10. Boxes



Tour w/ Thank You Scientist

Apr 18 The Shelter Detroit, MI
Apr 19 Mac's Bar Lansing, MI
Apr 20 Shank Hall Milwaukee, WI
Apr 21 The House Dekalb, IL
Apr 22 Blue Moose Taphouse Iowa City, IA
Apr 23 The Bottleneck Lawrence, KS
Apr 27 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum Boston, MA
May 06 Waiting Room Buffalo, NY
May 07 The Haunt Ithaca, NY
May 09 Ottobar Baltimore, MD
May 10 Chameleon Club Lancaster, PA
May 11 Canal Club Richmond, VA
May 12 Motorco Music Hall Durham, NC
May 19 Festival International Musique Actuelle Victoriaville, Canada
Jun 01 Rough Trade NYC Brooklyn, NY
Jun 03 Cafe Nine New Haven, CT
Jun 05 Great Scott Allston, MA
Jun 06 Kung Fu Necktie Philadelphia, PA
Jun 07 The Fun House/Mr. Smalls Pittsburgh, PA
Jun 08 Black Cat Washington, DC
Jun 09 Shank Hall Milwaukee, WI
Jun 11 Beachland Tavern Cleveland, OH
Jun 12 Schubas Chicago, IL

Enchant - The Great Divide (2014) + A Blueprint of the World Vinyl

9/6/14 10:50PM

1st song shared "Within an Inch"..pretty sweet. I'm starting to get more excited about this record now.
Ted's vocals, the keyboard solo, Doug guitar work, some of the drums, etc..all working well, like the Enchant band I used to listen to frequently.


8/20/14 5:53AM

2nd Teaser/Trailer. Honestly, when I checked this out last night after I got home from work, I was really kind of underwhelmed. It sounds quite prog rock-like, like modern prog rock like in a Spock's or maybe worse stuff like Haken or Beardfish kind of way.

However a 2nd listening sort of has me warming up to it. I suppose to hope/expect a ton of new elements to their sound, even if it has been 10 long years, is unlikely. But I suppose this is till only 2.5 mins worth.



7/24/14 12:08PM



Finally after 11 years, one of my favorite bands from the 90's and early 2000's returns. Maybe I'll edit in more later as to why that is (or try and write up a brief history about them my experience, my take on each record briefly, etc).

Also the news below about the A Blueprint of the World vinyl (incl colored Blue) I can't see myself passing up on as it's one of my favorite records.

September 29th/30th. Touring? doubt beyond some festival shows, but it would be cool to see them support this album with one.

Also given the Blueprint Vinyl, I wonder if this new record will also find its way onto vinyl soon.

I also can't forget about how Insideout Music band Ice Age had an album of the exact same title like 13 years ago, but I'm sure Enchant new album title had nothing to do with that, lol.

Sound-wise for this new record? I wonder if the band may mix things up/modernize them a bit since we last heard new music from them in 2003.



1. Circles
2. Within an Inch
3. The Great Divide
4. All Mixed Up
5. Transparent Man
6. Life in a Shadow
7. Deserve to Feel
8. Here and Now
9. Prognosticator


ENCHANT – Announce release of new studio album “The Great Divide”; Launch online teaser!

ENCHANT, the Bay Area’s long-running Prog Rock institution founded in 1989, have completed working on their much anticipated comeback release after ten years of silence.

Entitled “The Great Divide”, ENCHANT’s 8th studio album will be released on September 29th, 2014 in Europe and on September 30th, 2014 in North America via the band’s longtime label partner InsideOutMusic.

ENCHANT’s main songwriter and guitarist Douglas A. Ott had the following to say about the upcoming release:

"Well it's finally here folks! There was a time when I was unsure of ENCHANT’s future but fear not! 
We've made another album after 10 years and we are very excited and proud of this endeavor! 
Our new album is called The Great Divide and we can't wait for you to hear it! 9 brand new ENCHANT tracks, including 1 instrumental. Classic ENCHANT but with a bunch of new twists and turns! Long time in the making but it is surely worth the wait! Coming out late September, so be sure to check it out!"

A first online teaser for the “The Great Divide” can be viewed here: http://youtu.be/_vwh95n2X0s

In related ENCHANT news, InsideOutMusic is happy to announce the first ever LP release of the band’s classic debut album “A Blueprint Of The World” from 1993. As for September 1st, 2014 this epic record will be available on 180gr. black vinyl in the gatefold double LP format including the original 10 songs and one bonus track in a total playing time of 74 minutes as well as the full album on a bonus CD. Check pre-order details of the strictly limited (100x copies) edition on transparent blue vinyl here: www.insideoutshop.de

Keep your eyes and ears open for further details on “The Great Divide” coming soon…

ENCHANT Discography:
A Blueprint Of The World – CD 1993
Wounded – CD 1996
Time Lost – CD 1997
Break – CD 1998
Juggling 9 Or Dropping 10 – CD 2000
Blink Of An Eye – CD 2002
Tug Of War – CD 2003
Live At Last – 2CD/2DVD 2004
The Great Divide – CD 2014

ENCHANT Line-Up 2014:
Ted Leonard - Lead vocals (Spock’s Beard / Thought Chamber)
Douglas A. Ott - Guitars and backing vocals
Ed Platt - Bass guitar and bass pedals
Bill Jenkins - Keyboards (Sound Of Contact / Thought Chamber)
Sean Flanegan – Drums (Cynthesis)

ENCHANT online:
www.enchantband.com
www.facebook.com/enchantband
www.twitter.com/enchantband

INSIDEOUTMUSIC online:
www.insideoutmusic.com
www.youtube.com/InsideOutMusicTV
www.facebook.com/InsideOutMusic
www.twitter.com/insideouteu

Visit the new InsideOut Shop:
www.insideoutshop.de