30/9/2018: BEM In Charts

The Young Elephant, author of this fine column, started a new day job this week in his civilian identity, working with staggering amounts of data. On that note, we've prepared rather a special Trunk this week - BEM in charts!

We've come quite a way since 2013 and its two BEM releases! The figure for 2018 is, of course, a touch low because the year's not over yet.

There's a lot of variance in the length of a BEM release, from EPs (that's Minotaur down at the low end there) to epic double albums (Emmettronica messing with the scale at a hefty 29 tracks). This isn't the whole story of course - most of the tracks on these records aren't your typical three-minute pop songs!

BEM's BQ (Beard Quotient) is actually pretty low at the moment. These figures are, of course, subject to change, so you should not use this chart for serious research purposes. (And that's the only reason why.)

We run a very tight ship here at BEM, with zero tolerance for unapproved slacking. The operative word there being "unapproved".

I didn't want to include this one. Bem made me do it.

Status Update

Now We Have Power is less than two weeks away! Be sure to preorder to avoid disappointment (and to get hold of the preview track 'Speak To Us' right away).

Review Roundup

PROG Magazine had two lovely reviews for us this month - one of Now We Have Power, and one of Dial. As always, we'd encourage you to pick up the full issue if you can, but these reviews are worth a read regardless.

We close out today, though, with a very prestigious review indeed - a rare perfect ten from The Prog Mind, awarded (rightfully, of course) to Dial. "The only real danger with technology is that often, the music loses some of its soul. This is not the case with Dial." Damn right.