This demo strikes me as a happy, playful kind of crazy space dream with all the prog rock associations in place, and for a home-mixed-recorded demo it’s surprisingly good both in terms of technical mastery and creative inspiration. While I’m no big fan of this type of music - i.e. upbeat, slightly futuristic prog rock - I can certainly see that Pet Umbrella’s work has potential beyond most of the thousands of other demo discs mailed out to overworked reviewers each year.

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