Is the "Art Rock" genre/label extinct?
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Why not? All the ingredients are there.
I would put PT's albums from the 90's a prog/psych/space/ambient, very influenced by Pink Floyd. The sound of the 2000's is more heavy prog. though the last couple of releases Steven Wilson seems to be moving away from that. I hope he doesn't move too far.
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I wouldn't consider PT art-rock in the least. They're prog-rock in my eyes. About as cut and dry a case of prog there is as far as modern movers and shakers go.
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I think the term "Art Rock" has become redundant and useless, not to mention too ambiguously broad.
It used to refer to the batch of post-Beatles intellectualized rock artists; everything from progressive rock groups like Genesis and Pink Floyd to The Velvet Underground and Roxy Music.
I just see Art as being a general human expression that we really don't have a right to call what is and what isn't art. Taking the time to arrange your flower pots in a specific manner is no less "artier" than a Rembrandt painting or a piece by Beethoven. Just like something like The Four Season's isn't any less art than Phillip Glass.
It used to refer to the batch of post-Beatles intellectualized rock artists; everything from progressive rock groups like Genesis and Pink Floyd to The Velvet Underground and Roxy Music.
I just see Art as being a general human expression that we really don't have a right to call what is and what isn't art. Taking the time to arrange your flower pots in a specific manner is no less "artier" than a Rembrandt painting or a piece by Beethoven. Just like something like The Four Season's isn't any less art than Phillip Glass.
