

Thanks for your patience, and to the wonderful folks at The Syndicate for providing four of these gems. Tickets are available from the bar (no booking fee), Vinyl Exchange,, .uk and on 08.For the second week in a row we were too busy on Friday with the Big Sky Documentary Film Festival to do our New Music Friday reviews, so we are sending them out today. Kind Stranger are currently preparing to record their debut single.īuy tickets now. The newly formed Manchester trio summon up a dreamy blend of Americana and country soul, which pays the tariff of debt to those magicians who have come before while their songs relevant to the here and now. Kind Stranger are spoken word artist Ellaney Hayden with songwriters Brynn Chappell and Gareth Price. Of his solo performance, XS Noise wrote: ‘Murray Lightburn proved he could take himself in any musical direction he wishes without dividing or disappointing fans.’ Vulnerable black men singing sensitive love songs, like Nat King Cole or Marvin Gaye, isn’t something I see a lot of these days. recalls, ‘musically inspired by 60s girl-groups, Motown records and soulful romantic crooners. I wrote 15 songs that I knew would be my second solo album,’ M.A.L. ‘During a personally turbulent spring of 2016, I responded to an unstoppable flow of creativity. While musically distinct, Hear Me Out will build on his association with The Dears to connect with a new fanbase. Hear Me Out is M.A.L.’s second full length solo work. busy touring throughout the world, while giving him space to contemplate his latest project, Hear Me Out, and perform several shows on his own. The Dears then released their two-volume epic Times Infinity in 20. The limited edition vinyl sold out almost immediately. This was a concept album that CBC Music described as ‘dark and fantastic, Mass:Light shines a spotlight on Lightburn’s genre bending capabilities through assertive songwriting’. independently released Mass:Light, his first ever solo record. Formed in 1995, their orchestral, dark pop sound and dramatic live shows cemented The Dears at the foundation of the then-emerging Canadian indie rock renaissance. He’s best known as the lead singer and principal songwriter of internationally known Montreal chamber rock band, The Dears. Lightburn is a composer, musician, performer and music producer.

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