“Every song has an element of odd. I like to push against our audience, ourselves, our producer… and see how far that can go before it breaks”: The prog credentials of Baroness

John Baizley.

In 2019 Baroness mastermind John Baizley completed a 12-year concept work with the launch of fifth album Gold & Grey. But as he told Prog at the time, he was more excited than intimidated about where the band might go next. Years before 2023 record Stone took shape, Baizley described an approach to art that’s undoubtedly progressive.

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