Year : 2021 (Digisleeve Edition)
Style : Progressive Rock , Melodic Rock , Female vocals
Country : United Kingdom
Audio : 320 kbps + all scans
Size : 175 mb
Bio:
Mostly Autumn are an English rock band. The group formed in 1995 and have built their reputation through constant touring, never signing to a major label. They produce music heavily influenced by 1970s progressive rock. According to the BBC, Mostly Autumn "fuse the music of Genesis and Pink Floyd with Celtic themes, hard rock and strong, emotional melodies".They have also been compared with other progressive bands such as Jethro Tull and Camel, blended with traditional folk music.Later albums also include more contemporary influences.Mostly Autumn was formed in the mid 1990s, the original lineup included several members of Pink Floyd/1970s tribute band One Stoned Snowman. The band's founding line-up consisted of band leader Bryan Josh (vocals and guitars), along with Heidi Widdop (vocals), Iain Jennings (keyboards), Liam Davison (guitars), Alun Hughes (bass), Bob Faulds (violin), Kev Gibbons (whistles), and Chris Walton (drums). Mostly Autumn's first live shows were the former supporting the latter or vice versa; One Stoned Snowman's final concert was a farewell show in December 1995. Mostly Autumn's original rhythm section of Alun Hughes and Chris Walton left the band during 1996 to concentrate on other musical projects and family commitments respectively and were subsequently replaced by bassist Stuart Carver and drummer Allan Scott. Shortly after this, Widdop was replaced on vocals by Heather Findlay.This line-up recorded For All We Shared... in 1998. More line-up changes ensued, however, and by the time the band recorded their second album, The Spirit of Autumn Past in 1999, Gibbons and Scott had been replaced by Angela Goldthorpe and Rob McNeil respectively.In 2000 (as a three piece – Bryan, Heather and Angela) they achieved a support slot for Blackmore's Night on their Under a Violet Moon tour, bringing them to a wider audience. On the cover artwork for the following Blackmore's Night album Fires at Midnight (2001), Heather Findlay provided the illustration for the song "Hanging Tree".On Mostly Autumn's third album, The Last Bright Light (2001), Rob McNeil, in turn, was replaced by Jonathan Blackmore (not related to Ritchie). Andy Smith replaced Stuart Carver on the bass guitar. Shortly before the band's 'V Shows' tour in 2004, Iain's brother Andrew Jennings took over on drums and percussion. By this time, the band had been praised by Rick Wright of Pink Floyd.Olivia Sparnenn joined the band in 2005 to provide additional backing vocals. Ben Matthews of Thunder stood in on keyboards for Mostly Autumn's headline gig at the Baja Prog Festival in Mexico in March 2006.[citation needed] Chris Johnson was then recruited as a permanent replacement, with Angela (now under her married name Gordon) also taking a more prominent role on keyboards.At the beginning of 2007, both guitarist Liam Davison and drummer Andrew Jennings left the band; Davison to concentrate on his solo album and Jennings to devote his time to his other projects. The guitar parts were shared out amongst the rest of the group. Ex-Karnataka drummer Gavin Griffiths stood in on drums for most of the 2007 live shows; Andrew Jennings temporarily rejoined the group at the end of 2007, until Henry Bourne took over in 2008. Gavin Griffiths returned for the first shows of 2009 in Manchester and London. After Chris Johnson and Angela Gordon left in 2007, Iain Jennings and Liam Davison returned to the group on keyboards and guitar respectively. Anne-Marie Helder (who had played support slots in the past and stood in for Angela during her pregnancy) took over the role of flute, keyboards and backing vocals. A new studio album entitled Glass Shadows was released in early 2008 and an accompanying tour took place in spring and early summer. A 100-minute DVD, 'The Making of Glass Shadows', accompanied the special pre-order version of the album.During October 2008, Mostly Autumn performed two gigs with an alternative, semi-acoustic line-up in support of the Bad Shepherds. The line-up consisted of Bryan Josh (guitar and vocals), Olivia Sparnenn (lead vocals), Andy Smith (bass), Anne-Marie Helder (keyboards and flute) and Robbie Baxter (drums). This tour was truncated after the Bad Shepherds cancelled many dates.Mostly Autumn have their own independent record label and choose to finance each album release itself. The group typically prints a limited edition of each album and sells those to cover their recording costs. A retail version of the album is then made available via retail outlets, distributors, the group's concerts and through their website.Up to and including Heart Full of Sky (2006) Mostly Autumn's albums have started with the last few seconds of the previous album's final song. This tradition was dropped with the release of Glass Shadows (2008).At the beginning of 2010, Heather Findlay announced her intention to leave the band to focus on solo work and her family. She performed her last gig with the band at Leamington Spa Assembly on 2 April 2010.This was filmed, and released as a 2-disc DVD under the name That Night in Leamington, which also included a 30-minute interview with Josh and Findlay. After her departure, Olivia Sparnenn stepped into the lead role, and the band's next album Go Well Diamond Heart was released in 2010.
Album:
Hope you are all well. Well, it's been a long time in the making, but here we are and here it is: "Graveyard Star". The album is a deep, heartfelt reflection of how we were feeling through 2020/2021, a documentation of living through the pandemic. Although a lot of the sadness and other worldliness was personal to us, I'm sure many will relate to the content. There was simply no other inspiration present, only to write and put into music life as we felt it. We truly believe that the song-to-song strength of this work could be our finest to date, it has been 18 months in the making and the longest studio schedule we have ever experienced. The icing on the cake comes from Troy Donockley of Nightwish and Chris Leslie of Fairport Convention who both guest beautifully on the album. We sincerely hope you enjoy it and thank you in advance for your support in these strange and uncertain times. See you on the road - we miss you all.
Line-Up:
Olivia Sparnenn - Lead Vocals, Percussion
Bryan Josh - Lead Vocals, Tambourine, Electric Guitar, Keyboards
Andy Smith - Bass
Henry Rogers - Drums
Angela Gordon - Flute, Backing Vocals
Iain Jennings - Keyboards, Electric Organ
Chris Johnson -Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards
+ guests:
Chris Leslie - violin (1,3,2.5)
Troy Donockley - pipes & whistle (3,9,12,2.7), Portuguese mandola , low vocals
Production:
Recorded At – Fairview Recording Studio
Engineered At – Fairview Recording Studio
Mixed At – Fairview Recording Studio
Mastered At – Fairview Recording Studio
Glass Mastered At – Profact International – 449670
Administrator [Making Sure This Album Reaches You] – Andy Josh, Jean Taylor (5)
Artwork, Layout [Album] – Suzanne Bielby
Executive-Producer – Bryan Josh
Mixed By – Bryan Josh (tracks: 1 to 10, 12), Chris Johnson (10) (tracks: 11), John Spence (tracks: 1 to 12)
Photography By – Sharon McInerney
Producer – Bryan Josh (tracks: 1 to 10, 12), Chris Johnson (10) (tracks: 11)
Recorded By, Engineer, Mastered By – John Spence
Tracklist:
01. Graveyard Star
02. The Plague Bell
03. Skin of Mankind
04. Shadows
05. The Harder That You Hurt
06. Razor Blade
07. This Endless War
08. Spirit of Mankind
09. Back in These Arms
10. Free to Fly
11. The Diamond
12. Turn Around Slowly
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