It’s 55 years since Barclay James Harvest’s debut album, and 12 years since their last outing, North, which sailed under the flag of John Lees’ Barclay James Harvest, in use since a dispute between founding members in 1998.
Lees retired from touring two years ago – but now his quartet prove they’ve plenty left in the tank as Relativity goes big on concepts, scale and length. Its self-produced, sophisticated 78 minutes glide confidently through the gentle, unhurried brand of progressive rock which made the Barclay James Harvest name.
There’s zero attempt to update their sound: the priority is delivering carefully-crafted songs of piquant melody with soothing, sonorous guitar manoeuvres. While very much a band…

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