Neo Prog from the UK – Gandalf’s Fist- A Day in the Life of (..Ivan -Not! …) a Univeral Wanderer

When I first heard of the band Gandalf’s Fist……

….. I discovered two guys who over the last few years have become good friends and have formed a band with a name that arose from an attempt by a mutual friend to impress a geeky girl. The band name that their friend created and the two friends have stolen is Gandalf’s Fist!  The two friends are  multi-instrumentalist Dean Marsh and lyricist/vocalist Luke Severn.  Their music is steeped in the British Prog rock scene of the 1970s….Continue Reading

A Day in the Life of a Universal WandererSometime last week I saw that I had missed last  fall their latest release A Day in the Life of a Universal Wanderer. So I quickly put it on the iPhone and gave it a listen. At first I wasn’t sure about the album, but repeated listens to it have turned it into a favorite…..

Here’s what some other folks have said about the album…

“A tremendous piece of work…. 4.5/5” – Progrockmusictalk.com“A great album from a truly great rock band” – Jamsphere.com

“Eleven tracks of star-spangled proggie goodness” – The Moshville Times

“Saxophone, keyboard and guitar solos that are full of the purest of AWESOMES”  -sleepingbagstudios.ca

I don’t have time to write a lot more now, I will try to write more within the net few days! But for now let’s go “into the night” with  a video for the track “Stowaway to the Mushroom Planet” from the 2013  A Day in the Life of a Universal Wanderer Oh and here’s the link to my original post about Gandalf’s Fist!

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