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Peter Hammill

Musician

English singer-songwriter and founding member/lead of Van Der Graaf Generator, noted for a prolific solo career, distinctive voice and literary, often melancholic songs.

Leader of Van Der Graaf Generator; long solo discography dating from the early 1970s; critically praised for expressive vocal delivery and complex, literary songwriting.

DeBaser reviews celebrate Peter Hammill's intense voice, literary lyrics and wide-ranging solo catalog. Reviewers highlight albums such as Over, The Silent Corner and the Empty Stage and A Black Box. Frequent themes: melancholy, solitude, dramatic vocal delivery and adventurous progressive/art-rock arrangements.

For:Fans of progressive/art rock, singer-songwriters, and listeners who value intense, vocal-driven albums.

 Shhh! I speak softly because my soul has fallen asleep.

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 An LP to cry over, in the happiest and most radiant sense of the term.

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