![]() What’s on offer here is the most rocking sound Procol Harum have delivered since Broken Barricades. Brooker enlisted lyricist Pete Brown - known for his work with Cream and Graham Bond - and in an unusual move, brought the entire band into the songwriting process. This is the sound of a working band, not a tired reunion project. Novum is a worthy 50th anniversary offering (though it’s not, as Brooker claims, Procol’s finest). This version has been together for a decade. They recruited organist Josh Phillips and drummer Greg Dunn. Brooker still had guitarist Geoff Whitehorn and bassist Matt Pegg. Organist Matthew Fisher and drummer Mark Brzezicki left shortly thereafter. ![]() Their last, 2003’s The Well’s on Fire, marked the end of the decades-long writing partnership between Brooker and lyricist Keith Reid. ![]() Novum is their first new studio album in 14 years. Fifty years after “Whiter Shade of Pale” introduced the concept of progressive rock, Procol Harum roll on, even with singer and pianist Gary Brooker as the only remaining original member. ![]()
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