Panegyric Vinyl & CDs

Review: Following the meltdown of the original King Crimson lineup, Ian McDonald and Michael Giles brought brother Peter Giles back, which helps to account, in some ways, for the resemblance of this album to the 1968 Giles, Giles & Fripp recordings. An effort by the pair to reignite their solo careers after a tumultuous end, this is an especially popular curio for King Crimson fans, but nonetheless came as a flop in the wider commercial arena. McDonald and Giles were together known for exploring lighter, more pastoral themes and sounds, retaining many of their earlier King Crimson-emic curiosities but refusing to indulge its darker, doomier tendencies - a theme certainly on display here on this Panegyric reissue.