The New Normal

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Cat No: KSCOPE799

Release Date: 12 April 2024

Label: Kscope

Packaging Type: Digipak

No of Units: 1

Barcode: 802644879925

Genres: Rock Pop-Rock

Release Date: 12 April 2024

Label: Kscope

Packaging Type: Slip Sleeve (CD or Vinyl)

No of Units: 2

Barcode: 802644829937

Genres: Rock Pop-Rock

Description

INSTRUMENTAL LUMINARIES TRIFECTA RETURN WITH SECOND ALBUM 'THE NEW NORMAL'. Following their debut release 2021's 'Fragments', the trio of bassist extraordinaire Nick Beggs (Kajagoogoo / Steven Wilson), gifted jazz keyboardist Adam Holzman (Grover Washington / Steven Wilson) & rhythmic powerhouse Craig Blundell, return to deliver their signature brand of instrumental Prog come Funk or Prunk / Frog if you were to be so bold.
Aside from being immensely talented performers, the three have all at one point performed together as part of Steven Wilson's band & all three appear on Wilson's new album 'The Harmony Codex'.
For listeners seeking to escape the confines of the normal world, 'The New Normal' will enable a window into vistas in a multitude of wacky tracks both in sonics & in concept.
Combining elements of Progressive Rock, Jazz Fusion all with a dash of typical English wit, the band bring the listener into a world where sound is malleable, time is a mere concept & vegetables have otherworldly properties like the 'Stroboscopic Fennel'.
Joining the trio of masterful musos is Alex Lifeson (Envy Of None / Rush) for additional guitar on 'Once Around The Sun With You' & Theo Travis (Steven Wilson) on saxophone for insectoid grooves of 'Daddy Long Legs'. Alongside John Paul Jones' very chapman stick from 1979 that was sent to Nick & used to record 'The New Normal'.
The album was recorded in the Bermuda Triangle of normality that is Leighton Buzzard, Bedford & New York between 2019 & 2023.
'The New Normal' was engineered by the band & mastered by Andy VanDette (Beastie Boys / Rush / Whitney Houston), adorned with artwork that was inspired by an original idea from Hajo Muller.

Description

INSTRUMENTAL LUMINARIES TRIFECTA RETURN WITH SECOND ALBUM 'THE NEW NORMAL'. Following their debut release 2021's 'Fragments', the trio of bassist extraordinaire Nick Beggs (Kajagoogoo / Steven Wilson), gifted jazz keyboardist Adam Holzman (Grover Washington / Steven Wilson) & rhythmic powerhouse Craig Blundell, return to deliver their signature brand of instrumental Prog come Funk or Prunk / Frog if you were to be so bold.
Aside from being immensely talented performers, the three have all at one point performed together as part of Steven Wilson's band & all three appear on Wilson's new album 'The Harmony Codex'.
For listeners seeking to escape the confines of the normal world, 'The New Normal' will enable a window into vistas in a multitude of wacky tracks both in sonics & in concept.
Combining elements of Progressive Rock, Jazz Fusion all with a dash of typical English wit, the band bring the listener into a world where sound is malleable, time is a mere concept & vegetables have otherworldly properties like the 'Stroboscopic Fennel'.
Joining the trio of masterful musos is Alex Lifeson (Envy Of None / Rush) for additional guitar on 'Once Around The Sun With You' & Theo Travis (Steven Wilson) on saxophone for insectoid grooves of 'Daddy Long Legs'. Alongside John Paul Jones' very chapman stick from 1979 that was sent to Nick & used to record 'The New Normal'.
The album was recorded in the Bermuda Triangle of normality that is Leighton Buzzard, Bedford & New York between 2019 & 2023.
'The New Normal' was engineered by the band & mastered by Andy VanDette (Beastie Boys / Rush / Whitney Houston), adorned with artwork that was inspired by an original idea from Hajo Muller.
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