The Heart Is in the Body by Lost Crowns

Standing at the evolutionary precipice of progressive rock, the final form of a style characterized by the union of highly technical hard rock and melodically intense British folk, the wild, whimsical virtuosity of The Heart Is in the Body by Lost Crowns screams out its unbridled joy at every turn. Familiar listeners may immediately notice the similarity to singular British prog legends Cardiacs, a band known for relentlessly chasing every outlandish idea they concieved, expertly executing something entirely otherworldly in the process. Fingers dance playfully all across fretboards and keys, tracing out the multi-octave modal runs that serve as an anchor of British folk, a flashy flourish grounded by superhuman drumming and endlessly charming choir vocals whose infectiously snappy, tightly edited style immediately identifies this band with its scene. Abstract lyrics cement this record’s position in the tradition of expressionism, realizing the most irrational, strange, disturbing, incoherent, fantastic, and fun corners of our internal processing. Somewhere inside, we’ve all felt these feelings alongside Lost Crowns, and seeing them realized immediately effects us to our core.