Van Der Graaf Generator (Pawn Hearts)

Hamlet on pyschotropics at the late mid-point of the 20th century (post-psychedelia). It’s Shakespeare meets Elliot and Borges in the melancholy, delirium and broken heart of a mad jesuit caught between the knowledge he should and shouldn’t know.
He’s cloistered with alien priests orchestrating episodic, dynamic, ecstatic, disturbing and sometimes beautiful and poignant music from under your skin.
Theatrical, infectious, timeless, and utterly unique - like nothing you’ve ever heard before or since.
Every recording by this group is different and great.
Most people won’t get it.

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