Even Butterflies Make A Sound
Manchester! You’ve given this yank so much music to believe in. Now, here come Nightbus looming into view. From the cold, stark, stabs of Joy Division to the loud, swaggery sneer of Oasis. From the sensitive lad yelpings of Puressence to the moody night shiftiness of The Rain Band (a.k.a. Our Final Invention). There is […]
From This View is the third long playing helping of dreampop from Magic Seas, featuring Chelmsford brothers James and John Prudence. It follows last year’s album Everything Has Led Me To Here. From This View’s chiming guitars and washes of shimmering keyboards offer nine cuts of soaring soundscapes for the Magic Seas’ tales of solitude […]
Chelmsford dreampoppers, MAGIC SEAS, today (26 April) released their superb second LP, Everything Has Led Me To Here. Mark Gardener, of RIDE, once again took the helm and navigated the production waters. Brothers John and James Prudence kindly took the time to answer a few questions. I wanted to find out what, in fact, were […]
This blog’s latest post features two quite different new singles. However, they both take inspiration from two legendary figures. Please read on to find out more.
So, I was invited to DJ for the first time and provide a psyche set. At least that’s what I think my brief was. I ran with that anyway. After a couple of lessons on the ones and twos with the event organiser, and feeling a bit nervous, I took the plunge at Voodoo Keller, […]
Certain elements of Our Final Invention may well be familiar to those who took more than a passing interest in Britpop. Or what followed that scene to be precise. That’s because the nucleus of Our Final Invention (Mark Gill [guitars/programming] and Richard Nancollis [vocals]) were also in Manchester’s The Rain Band. The Rain Band certainly […]
Few musicians can claim as distinctive a sound as Robin Guthrie. After a 40-year career, he continues to produce music that captivates and enthrals. Read on to find out more about Guthrie’s creative burst.