Radio Gonzo

Jon Meets XNA

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Synopsis

As regular readers will know, late last Autumn I discovered the music of a remarkable little ensemble from the city of Engels called XNA, and like one of the more annoying Evangelists who come and knock on your front door while you are trying to do something else, and totally disrupt your morning's work I have been proselytising about them ever since. In these degenerate days it is rare to find a band like this and in my review of my favourite records of 2013, which for some years now I have been publishing over what is euphemistically known as the festive season, I described them as sounding like Nursery Cryme period Genesis with Judge Smith on vocals and gave a caveat, yes they are that good. I was particularly taken with the first track that they released, a sprawling piece of literate Fortean prog called The Flying Dutchman, which gave their take on the legend of the ghost ship which has been seen by so many people including a future British king and other luminaries sailing around the Cape of Good Hope