The Magpie Arc - The First Three Eps (2021) [Hi-Res]
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BAND/ARTIST: The Magpie Arc
- Title: The First Three Eps
- Year Of Release: 2021
- Label: Collective Perspective
- Genre: Folk
- Quality: 16-bit/44.1kHz FLAC; 24-bit/96kHz FLAC
- Total Time: 48:25 min
- Total Size: 306 MB; 1.03 GB
- WebSite: Album Preview
The Magpie Arc is a cross-Border band out of Sheffield and Edinburgh featuring the multi-award-winning talents and wide musical influences of Nancy Kerr, Martin Simpson, Tom A Wright (The Albion Band), Thomas Dibb (Lauren Housely) and Alex Hunter (Adam Holmes and The Embers).
Formed out of an idea to bring together a group of musicians and friends who would mix and match their influences, songwriting styles and musicianship in an electric band setting, whilst giving a passing nod to the golden age of 60’s and 70’s British folk/rock, the musical possibilities of The Magpie Arc being something special and unique in today’s folk scene became obvious very quickly.
And “a band” it is! It’s not a project, there’s not a theme and it’s not a commission. It’s five musicians in a room making an enthusiastic noise. Often pretty loudly!
There will be lots of new songs, and there will also be some great, unusual and thought-provoking covers, plus there may be some reworked traditional songs. There will be folk, and definitely rock. A bit of country, there may even be some blues. Whatever happens, it is already proving to be a musical mix of everything you could expect from such a line-up, with great songs, lush harmonies and intricate electric guitars to gorgeous fiddle lines and rock solid bass and drums.
Initially featuring Scots singer/songwriter Adam Holmes, the band released two live video singles filmed and recorded in June 2019 at the Silk Mill Studios in Staffordshire, and the tracks of these, Autumn leaves and Darling Charms, received airplay on national BBC Radio 2 and on both local BBC and independent radio stations throughout the UK, stoking the new and growing buzz amongst those in the know that has surrounded the band since they formed.
Writing and demoing new material over the latter part of 2019, they moved into Yellow Arch Studios in Sheffield in February 2020 and recorded twelve new tracks, which were finished off as lockdown eased over the summer, with a preview video for the Nancy Kerr written song, Greenswell, being released in June.
These were released as three separate four track EP’s during the course of 2021 on the bands own record label, Collective/Perspective, and are available to buy now.
Superb new singer/guitarist Thomas Dibb replaced Adam Holmes in July 2021 and the band have been in the studio writing, arranging and recording a winter-themed album which will be released in January 2022.
And as for actually seeing them live, The Magpie Arc, like everyone, are fervently hoping for to be playing proper gigs as soon as possible, and tour and festival plans are in their advanced stages for 2022. Fingers crossed for good news on that front very soon.
01 - The Magpie Arc - Canon (4:53)
02 - The Magpie Arc - Whenever I'm Alone (3:28)
03 - The Magpie Arc - Love Never Dies (5:57)
04 - The Magpie Arc - Autumn Leaves (3:39)
05 - The Magpie Arc - Darling Charms (3:57)
06 - The Magpie Arc - I Should Have Walked (4:23)
07 - The Magpie Arc - Cinnabar (2:57)
08 - The Magpie Arc - Roll Your Stone Away (3:52)
09 - The Magpie Arc - Loretta (3:50)
10 - The Magpie Arc - It's Too Hard (2:41)
11 - The Magpie Arc - Greenswell (4:24)
12 - The Magpie Arc - What You Do with What You've Got (4:23)
Formed out of an idea to bring together a group of musicians and friends who would mix and match their influences, songwriting styles and musicianship in an electric band setting, whilst giving a passing nod to the golden age of 60’s and 70’s British folk/rock, the musical possibilities of The Magpie Arc being something special and unique in today’s folk scene became obvious very quickly.
And “a band” it is! It’s not a project, there’s not a theme and it’s not a commission. It’s five musicians in a room making an enthusiastic noise. Often pretty loudly!
There will be lots of new songs, and there will also be some great, unusual and thought-provoking covers, plus there may be some reworked traditional songs. There will be folk, and definitely rock. A bit of country, there may even be some blues. Whatever happens, it is already proving to be a musical mix of everything you could expect from such a line-up, with great songs, lush harmonies and intricate electric guitars to gorgeous fiddle lines and rock solid bass and drums.
Initially featuring Scots singer/songwriter Adam Holmes, the band released two live video singles filmed and recorded in June 2019 at the Silk Mill Studios in Staffordshire, and the tracks of these, Autumn leaves and Darling Charms, received airplay on national BBC Radio 2 and on both local BBC and independent radio stations throughout the UK, stoking the new and growing buzz amongst those in the know that has surrounded the band since they formed.
Writing and demoing new material over the latter part of 2019, they moved into Yellow Arch Studios in Sheffield in February 2020 and recorded twelve new tracks, which were finished off as lockdown eased over the summer, with a preview video for the Nancy Kerr written song, Greenswell, being released in June.
These were released as three separate four track EP’s during the course of 2021 on the bands own record label, Collective/Perspective, and are available to buy now.
Superb new singer/guitarist Thomas Dibb replaced Adam Holmes in July 2021 and the band have been in the studio writing, arranging and recording a winter-themed album which will be released in January 2022.
And as for actually seeing them live, The Magpie Arc, like everyone, are fervently hoping for to be playing proper gigs as soon as possible, and tour and festival plans are in their advanced stages for 2022. Fingers crossed for good news on that front very soon.
01 - The Magpie Arc - Canon (4:53)
02 - The Magpie Arc - Whenever I'm Alone (3:28)
03 - The Magpie Arc - Love Never Dies (5:57)
04 - The Magpie Arc - Autumn Leaves (3:39)
05 - The Magpie Arc - Darling Charms (3:57)
06 - The Magpie Arc - I Should Have Walked (4:23)
07 - The Magpie Arc - Cinnabar (2:57)
08 - The Magpie Arc - Roll Your Stone Away (3:52)
09 - The Magpie Arc - Loretta (3:50)
10 - The Magpie Arc - It's Too Hard (2:41)
11 - The Magpie Arc - Greenswell (4:24)
12 - The Magpie Arc - What You Do with What You've Got (4:23)
Year 2021 | Folk | FLAC / APE | HD & Vinyl
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