4 tracks recorded with band members Steve Whitfield on lead guitar and keys, Henry Sloman on bass and Bruno Almeida on Drums and electronic percussion. The tracks are Catacombs , Shere Khan , Whale Song Translator and Natural Order of Things. Big thanks to my brother Simon for the EP Art work photo. The band have put a real shift in rehearsing in our Stockport HQ . I've included a remix of Natural order with new bass and drums from Henry and Bruno with some great guitar work from Steve.
So this was recorded in February 2024 and released in March. I think these three releases are a kind of downbeat trilogy. Hope you can get down to them ;-)
2023 has been a tough year. This song started out as a sad song. There's been lot death aound, but somehow this tune finds its way to being resilent and somehow almost upbeat. Lets hope 24 is a good un.
Writing/making music is a strange thing. Insurgency Helpline came in about an hour. I've been trying to write simply using an acoustic guitar and keeping things very simple. Most of this song is 2 chords ( which beats my usual 3 chord thrash). Whilst it only took an hour to create 75% of the song, it took a further 2 weeks to sort and then two days studio time. Big thanks as always to Steve Whitty for his production help with track!
Hunkered down for the winter.