“It’s hard to be angry young men at our age, but there are some pretty heavy duty lyrics here. Sometimes you’ve got to speak up”: When Marillion defied expectations (again) with Sounds That Can’t Be Made

Marillion group shot in 2012 taken at Proud Cabaret surrounded by glamorous women.

Achieving success outside the established music biz was Marillion’s equivalent of finding the Holy Grail. With no one to please but themselves and their legions of fans, they presented their most controversial recording ever in the form of 17th album Sounds That Can’t Be Made – and as they put the finishing touches on the 2012 release, they told Prog how it had come together over four years.

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