If you'd have sat me down, lo these thirteen years ago when I was a
sweaty, excitable teen, and said to me: "Listen, you know your
favourite band right now? In over a decade, you're going to be mates
with two of the guys from that band, and you're going to be in a band
with them, and that band is going to put out an album, and, and this is
the kicker, that album is going to not only be really unique, it's also
going to be really good." I'd have thought you were barmy. But I'd be eating my words right now, dear reader, because I was, and we did, and it is.
That band was Grok, and, as I may have mentioned previously, last year we spent two days in a studio making a hell of a lot of noise. This was unrehearsed, unplanned, made up on the spot, never to be played again, the way all Grok songs are. What... what's bizarre is that it works, it totally works. I am so immensely proud of this album. It's quiet, it's noisy, it's happy, it's sad, it's angry, it's ofttimes hilarious. It contains a hundred beautiful accidents that you just couldn't get from planned songs, rehearsed songs. You can listen to it over and over and hear something new every time, and it will take you somewhere differen,t every time.
And... it was released today! And you can buy it - and you should.
That band was Grok, and, as I may have mentioned previously, last year we spent two days in a studio making a hell of a lot of noise. This was unrehearsed, unplanned, made up on the spot, never to be played again, the way all Grok songs are. What... what's bizarre is that it works, it totally works. I am so immensely proud of this album. It's quiet, it's noisy, it's happy, it's sad, it's angry, it's ofttimes hilarious. It contains a hundred beautiful accidents that you just couldn't get from planned songs, rehearsed songs. You can listen to it over and over and hear something new every time, and it will take you somewhere differen,t every time.
And... it was released today! And you can buy it - and you should.
You can order the cd digipak album online at Amazon, Play, Zavvi and others.
The album can be downloaded from iTunes, Amazon, emusic, Rhapsody and others.
More info on the album here.
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Congratulations!
And hey, is that one of my photos on the website???
How come you're not in any of the photos on the site (I admit, I didn't look at all of them...).
Haven't bought it yet, I'm sure I will though. Or I could steal it from Adrian.
Bought it yesterday from iTunes. Listened to the whole thing today in the car. It's very good, and then it becomes incredible when you remember none of it was written down or rehearsed, and it's basically just a big jam session cut into bite-sized (and highly delicious) chunks.
Thanks for buying, not stealing! I find it's definitely something to be listened to 'as an album', I think it has a definite forward progression. Love that last track.