Harlequins, supernatural Victorian music boxes, a wolf's tale, occult rituals, invasions of Triffid-like hogweeds, hermaphrodites, Gog & Magog, aliens, the Pied Piper, King Canute, souls of unbaptised children, the devil and the apocalypse...
Musical #folkhorror in the very year the term was 1st coined. #NowPlaying#progrock
William Friedkin, who directed The Exorcist, read the darkly surreal story on the rear cover of Live and engaged Peter Gabriel to collaborate with him on a future film project (which, sadly, never came to fruition). #folkhorror#horror#progrock#cinema
These albums also play on classic #FolkHorror themes of dark ruralism and the folklore of the English countryside, as well as #Hauntology - sociopathic town planners and Brutalist high-rises, for example.
The cover for Led Zeppelin IV is almost a perfect example of #Hauntology. The literal clash between the 'old ways' and the new, with the inside sleeve confirming its occult credentials with its depiction of The Hermit from the Tarot card.
In #progrock's cousin, prog-electronica and ambient, the landscapes become more abstract. In the case of Brian Eno, they culminate in extreme close-ups of map details and the #psychogeography of albums such as On Land.
@Richard_Littler Ah, now you're talking. I have all of these albums. I think the first one I heard was "Stratosfear", way back in the early 80s, but they're all classics.
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