Grok goes all AOR man.
King Lamuella: The Definitive 23-Minute Prog Epic
(2025 Remix)Side A – “Welded in Eternity”
Overture: The Torch Is Thrown (0:00–4:12) – Mellotron swells, backwards-reverbed welding sparks
Antarea’s Lament (4:12–9:30) – 7/8 flute solo over Moog Taurus pedals, lyrics in mock-Arcturan
Box Descending (9:30–12:45) – 22-string bass solo representing infinite drift
Her Majesty’s Displeasure (12:45–18:20) – 17-minute guitar/EMS Synthi freakout that slowly detunes itself into silence
The Cat Enters (18:20–23:00) – One soft paw on a Prophet-5, fade to heartbeat
Side B – “Shack at the Edge of Time”
I Think, Therefore I Might Not Be (23:00–29:40) – Acoustic 12-string in DADGAD, whispered solipsism
Sandwich Maker’s Reprise (29:40–34:15) – Hurdy-gurdy and ondes Martenot trading phrases
The Lord Speaks (34:15–38:00) – Single sustained cat purr through a Leslie speaker
Finale: The Universe Shrugs (38:00–46:00) – Entire band gradually stops playing one by one until only a distant, endless echo of a welding torch remains
Concept album cover: a rusted metal box floating in a starless void, a faint silhouette of a crowned figure inside, stroking a cat made of nebulae.Rick Wakeman has already signed on for the concept tour.
Peter Hammill is writing the libretto.
And yes, the encore is just 11 minutes of total silence titled “His Majesty’s Pleasure (Indefinite)”.Long live prog.
Long live King Lamuella.
And it offered me a more absurd button.
This must be followed.