With a sound that combined the intricate melodies of baroque pop, the heavy guitars of hard rock, the oft-complicated song structures of prog, and the hazy atmospheres of psychedelia, the band T2 only lasted for a few years in the early 1970s and only issued one album. It'll All Work Out in Boomland is a classic of the era, showcasing guitarist Keith Cross' fiery playing on a set of songs that paved the way for many prog bands to follow. The band was formed by members of the short-lived psychedelic group Bulldog Breed, who released only one album, Made in England, in January 1970. Guitarist Keith Cross and bassist Bernard Jinks were looking to make music that was heavier and more progressive; they hooked up with drummer Peter Dunton -- who had recently played in Gun and with Jinks a few years previous in Please -- to form Morning. The trio rehearsed for a week, then went looking for live shows, gaining a residency at a London café right away. Their live set proved a hit with the locals and soon word began to spread about the band. In March 1970, they signed on the dotted line with Decca Records and prepped for their first album. While the group pushed for a live recording to be their introduction to the splintered music scene of 1970, the label wished for something more traditional. They began work with producer Peter Johnson in April and compromised by mostly recording live in the studio. The songs were a mix of baroque pop with a heavy feel and lengthy jams that showed off Cross' burgeoning guitar heroics. Just before the album was to be released, someone realized there was already an American band with the name Morning and they chose the name T2 as a replacement. It'll All Work Out in Boomland was issued in late July of 1970, and then the band undertook a busy slate of live shows including a residency at the legendary Marquee Club. T2 found time to record a batch of demos for a second album, but were stopped in their tracks by Cross' decision to leave the group. He formed a new band called Sunburst, then teamed with Peter Ross of Hookfoot as the duo Cross & Ross. The members of T2 carried on with roadie David Hughes taking over guitar duties, to be followed after a short interval by Will Killeen. This lineup didn't last long, and Jinks left the band in early 1971. Dunton gathered a new set of players (guitarist Andrew Brown and bassist John Weir) and set about recording demos as they looked for a deal with a label, Decca having parted ways with them earlier. Nothing came to pass, and the band quietly folded as 1972 came to a close. It'll All Work Out in Boomland gained legendary status as a shining example of the short time when psychedelia, hard rock, and prog came together in interesting fashion. In the '90s, some adventurous DJs sampled the album, which inspired Dunton to form a new version of T2 with Jinks back on bass. This incarnation recorded a handful of albums (1992's Second Bite, 1993's Waiting for the Band, and 1994's On the Frontline) for the German label World Wide, which had also reissued Boomland. Though the band ran out of steam, enough interest was generated to warrant both sets of demos to finally see the light of day. The 1971 recordings with Cross came out under the title T.2. in 1997; the later recordings minus Cross were released in 2012 as 1971-1972. Interest in T2, and It'll All Work Out in Boomland, never faded and in 2021 Esoteric Recordings issued a remastered version of the album that collected all the band's demos as bonus material. ~ Tim Sendra, Rovi