Today’s Track Of The Day comes courtesy of Maple Leaf proggers Myxomatosis. If this doesn’t give you your prog-rock fix, maybe you should check out Classic Rock’s brand new Prog Special Edition that’s on the newsstands now. Click here for previous Tracks Of The Day.

The first band in the annals of rock to name themselves after a disease that infects rabbits, Myxomatosis are a French-Canadian combo of some considerable potential.

Their self-titled debut album is based around a tale of ‘the typical office worker who has repressed his dreams and ambitions for a long time’.

The worker’s life is transformed when he contracts (you guessed it) myxomatosis from a rabbit bite.

As the disease sets in, the worker finds himself transported to a parallel imaginary world, where he questions his values, desires and aspirations.

Crazy shit, we think you’ll agree. But Myxomatosis carry off their hopping-mad concept with aplomb.

Musically, if you’re a fan of Porcupine Tree then you’re bound to enjoy Myxomatosis. (Who knows, you may even contract a dose of it yourself!)

But there’s more to ‘Myxo’ than first meets the ear.

At times they’re reminiscent of Dream Theater… if DT had grown up listening to Billy Cobham’s jazz-rock masterpiece, Spectrum.

At other times they veer into System Of A Down territory.

Our FREE Track Of The Day download is called Leitmotiv, the brooding, intense and atmospheric closing track from Myxomatosis’s brand new album.

For more information go to:

www.myxomatosismusic.com

www.myspace.com/myxomatosismusic

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