SYD ARTHUR - SOUND MIRROR (2014 STUDIO ALBUM/CARAVAN-ISH STYLE)

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Harvest Records release the new 2014 album by this Canterbury Psychedelic rock quartet – a band made for classic CARAVAN music fans!

Hailed by MOJO as "Canterbury's dazzling new sons," SYD ARTHUR offer a strikingly fresh take on 21st century psychedelia, their exceptional approach born of prodigious musicianship, elemental songcraft, and an unabashed spirit of adventure.

Comprising Liam Magill (lead vocals / guitar), his brother Joel (bass / vocals), Raven Bush (violin / keyboards / mandolin), and Fred Rother (drums), the band first came together early in the new millennium, initially to perform at the outdoor gatherings presented by the brothers Magill in what Liam describes as "really interesting places" around their native Canterbury.

Nourished by a steady diet of Prog, Jazz and Funk, Folk and World music, the band explored the myriad possibilities of improvisation, impelling themselves and their one-of-a-kind vision towards heretofore-uncharted territory.

Dubbing themselves SYD ARTHUR - a name that conjures at minimum three of psychedelia's most magical monikers - the band looked for new ways to move forward, educating themselves to recording's vast possibilities by building their own Wicker Studios in 2009. Conveniently located on the edge of South East London, Wicker allowed SYD ARTHUR to assimilate the dark arts of production, engineering, and mixing, offering them innumerable new routes for their autonomous musical activity.

‘Sound Mirror’s’ genesis began in late 2012 with the band travelling to Rother's parents' house in Ireland, their equipment literally in tow. They spent the summer laying the groundwork for the album before finally setting to work at their own Wicker Studios in Southeast London. Progressive in the truest sense, tracks like: ‘Forevermore’ and ‘Backwardstepping’ evolve the archetypal Canterbury sound into a surprisingly heartfelt mutation of Arcadian acoustica and SYD ARTHUR’s own uniquely modern voice. ‘Hometown Blues’ perhaps the most plainspoken song in the band's increasingly rich oeuvre was born of a 2012 collaborative session with avowed fan Paul Weller at his Solid Bond Productions Ltd. Studio.

This isn't modern Prog or Psych or any copycat retro vibe, but proper Canterbury music with an authentic edge of quirkiness and melody and a respectful nod towards the past.

‘Sound Mirror’ is released on 2nd June 2014.

SYD ARTHUR: SOUND MIRROR Track List:

01. Garden of Time (4:39)
02. Hometown Blues (3:48)
03. Autograph (3:49)
04. What’s Your Secret (3:17)
05. All And Everything (2:59)
06. Forevermore (3:27)
07. Backwardstepping (2:49)
08. Chariots (4:11)
09. Singularity (3:03)
10. Sink Hole (2:38)