Our new Hats Off Gentlemen It's Adequate album 'The Confidence Trick' is officially released today. The theme of the album is toxic overconfidence and excessive certainty in public life. It is now available on Spotify, Bandcamp, Youtube, Amazon, Apple and…

The Confidence Trick is now available on Bandcamp. Huge thanks to all the reviewers and broadcasters for their kind comments, and for everyone supporting the album.

Hello, 

I hope you are as well as possible given the odd and difficult times in which we currently live. 

We are co-hosting Prog The Forest at the Fiddler's Elbow in Camden, London (UK) on Sunday 5 December 2021. It…

Hello, 

I hope you are as well as possible given the odd and difficult times in which we currently live. 

We are co-hosting Prog The Forest at the Fiddler's Elbow in Camden, London (UK) on Sunday 5 December 2021. It…

After a difficult year and a half, we are looking forward to returning to playing live again.  Our first gig back was at the excellent Prog For Peart brain cancer fundraising festival in Oxfordshire.

Of course, any gig plans are…

Looking back on the previous blog post, I see I was optimistically looking forward to our 'Nostalgia For Infinity' tour. Obviously, viral events then overtook the plans - apologies for the inconvenience.

It's not a pleasant time for most of…

We're going to be playing some Nostalgia For Infinity tunes in various places in 2020, including London, Edinburgh, Hove, and Sheffield. 

Bandcamp linkDear supporters, 

I delighted to be able to let you know that our new album 'Nostalgia For Infinity' is now available for preorder on Bandcamp. https://hatsoffgentlemen.bandcamp.com/album/nostalgia-for-infinity    

Although it officially comes out on CD in May, those who pre-order…

We’ve just about finished a new song ‘Nanobotoma’ for our 5th Hats Off Gentlemen It’s Adequate (HOGIA)’s 5th album (promotional snippet above).

The story behind the song is something like this…

The protagonist has a slowly progressive but incurable…

I'm delighted to announce that we (Hats Off Gentlemen It's Adequate and friends) are organising a series of gigs at the Fiddler's Elbow in Camden, London, showcasing some of the emerging prog music we feel most passionately about.

Award-winning progressive/alternative…

My new classical minimalist album 'Social Astronomy' has just come out this morning. Over 75 mins or gradually and subtly changing instrumental lines leading to emergent patterns. Either relaxing and mindfulness enhancing, or horrendously irritating depending on your personal aesthetic.

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