BUSY BUSY

It’s all going on here at the moment …. a schedule of cracking new records to make your eyes water.

First up, the return of LostAlone. Teaming up with old pals, the also-reformed MY CHEMICAL ROMANCE for a series of stadium shows preceded by a sold-out warm-up show in hometown Derby, the first single The Last Drop of Forever from the forthcoming album is out now!

Coming soon more new music from Cunning Folk; a new album from Alexander Wolfe “Everythinglessness” will be released late July ahead of a month of shows in August at the Edinburgh Festival; and May also sees the welcome return of BAK//RORDAM. Frans and Jan come together once again for a new album entitled “DAY”.

I Monster kicked off the year with a smart sync in Apple TV+’s new series SEVERANCE, directed by Ben Stiller and Aoife McArdle. They were in the main trailer too.
THE LIVING DEAD …Then March saw an unexpected new release from the boys, with local rapper and acclaimed visual artist Kid Acne adding some distinctly northern charm to their otherwise other-worldly proceedings…. check it out

The Roadside Bandits Project are back with a new single which, like its predecessor ‘Wastelands’ features Julian Casewell from The King’s Pistol on vocals. ‘Little Babylon’ is out now!

Artist, historian, folklorist, curator, and all round accessible auteur Cunning Folk is combining his talks and podcasts on a range fascinating, historical and sometimes whimsical matters, with a series of singles. The fourth in that series, ‘Where You Belong’, is released Feb 4.

CATALYSTS
SPARKS
Still flying!

Megan Henwood has once again teamed up with heavily bearded Scotsman Findlay Napier for a second STORY SONG SCIENTISTS EP and a UK tour starting 2nd November. Quantum Lyrics is out now – and watch out for the CD which contains no fewer than five extra tracks! Listen or order the CD here.

FIGHTING TALK!
CATALYSTS  continue to grow apace with each release. single. Sylvia has been played 400 times on stations around the UK. Many thanks for the support, particularly Kerrang FM, and Amazing Radio. You Got No Soul , released in August surpassed Sylvia for airplay and all round coverage. Stay tuned for Sparks and the debut EP on November 5th.

THE ROADSIDE BANDITS PROJECT continues to pick up press from around the world, including this great feature in Blues In Britain. Listen to the cracking new track Wastlelands.

ALEXANDER WOLFE has been a busy chap. He’s just released a beautifully touching tribute to a fan who tragically took her own life. “I Hope You Get To Start Again, Olivia” precedes an ambitious project dealing with mental health entitled “EVERYTHINGLESSNESS”. He has become an ambassador for mental health charity SANE.
Meanwhile he has been working on the soundtrack to AMAZON ORIGINAL TV SERIES “FLACK”. The first EP, by TYGERMYLK, written and produced by Alex, was released in April. Alex released his own EP to coincide with the release of FLACK” SERIES 2 on June 11th. Listen HERE

Listen to Fran Bak’s incredible record  PIANO.

Now then. You may be aware of our exceptional examples of modern classical music; check out “Interview With The Angel” or “Ghostland Revisited” by GHOSTLAND, and “Merlin’s Hat” or “Such Sweet Thunder” by CAROLINE DALE. You’ll be glad you did.

Meanwhile, we were absolutely thrilled to add a special name to this list. FRANS BAK.
Frans is a highly accomplished and award-winning composer and well known throughout the world for composing scores for such shows as ‘THE KILLING’ (Danish and US versions), Dr. FOSTER (for the BBC), Lilyhammer, Disparue and many more international TV series.