DeeExpus is a melodic progressive rock

Progressive rock

Progressive rock is a subgenre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s as part of a "mostly British attempt to elevate rock music to new levels of artistic credibility." John Covach, in Contemporary Music Review, says that many thought it would not just "succeed the pop of...

 group from Northeast England whose debut album, "Half Way Home

Half Way Home

Half Way Home is the debut album by English progressive rock band DeeExpus. It was recorded throughout 2007 by band founder and leader Andy Ditchfield, but features contributions from other musicians...

" was released by DXP Productions in 2008, garnering fan buzz and enthusiastic reviews from around the world. In 2009, DeeExpus received the Classic Rock Society's

Classic Rock Society

Classic Rock Society, also known as the CRS, began life in 1991, originally as a society founded in Rotherham, England at the Florence Nightingale public house, which quickly progressed to become a large and well recognised organisation helping to forward the cause of Progressive rock, and Classic...

 award for "Best New Band" and released their first live CD and DVD "Far From Home"

Far From Home (DeeExpus album)

Far From Home is the first live album/DVD released by the British progressive rock band DeeExpus. It was filmed at the Progrock 2009 festival on 17 February 2009 at the Teatr Śląski in Poland....

 from their performance at the Progrock 2009 Festival in Katowice, Poland. The band is currently working on the follow-up album, "The King of Number 33," expected to be released in the Fall of 2011.
Their music is difficult to categorize, but they have been likened to other contemporary melodic progressive and heavy rock bands Marillion

Marillion

Marillion are a British rock band, formed in Aylesbury, England in 1979. Their recorded studio output comprises sixteen albums generally regarded in two distinct eras, delineated by the departure of original vocalist & frontman Fish in late 1988, and the subsequent arrival of replacement Steve...

, It Bites

It Bites

It Bites are an English progressive rock and pop fusion band, formed in Egremont, Cumbria, England in 1982 and best known for their 1986 single "Calling All The Heroes", which gained them a Top 10 UK Singles Chart hit...

, Porcupine Tree

Porcupine Tree

Porcupine Tree is a progressive rock band formed by Steven Wilson in 1987 in Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, England. Their music is difficult to categorise, being associated with both psychedelic rock and progressive rock, yet having been influenced by trance, krautrock and ambient due to Steven...

, Tinyfish

Tinyfish

Tinyfish is an English progressive rock band, founded in 2004. The band members are Simon Godfrey , Jim Sanders , Paul Worwood , Robert Ramsay and Leon Camfield .-Formation:Tinyfish was formed in September 2004.Simon Godfrey, Jim Sanders and Paul Worwood, friends since their...

, Spock's Beard

Spock's Beard

Spock's Beard is a progressive rock band formed in 1992 in Los Angeles by brothers Neal and Alan Morse. Neal played keyboards and was the lead vocalist, as well as being the primary songwriter before leaving the band in 2002 to pursue a solo career. Alan plays electric guitar...

, and Frost*.