For 2013: The Red The White & The Blue

For fans of Ash/Stereophonics/Maximo Park – Debut concept album currently being released one single at a time from their website http://theredthewhiteandtheblue.com/

Paul Cronin on guitar, Ed Loades on vocals, Rick McMurray on drums, and Taka Hirose on bass.

Formed from former members of Ash, Feeder, and Ivyrise they have formed a supergroup and taken the bold step of making their debut a concept album based around the tale entitled ‘The Balloonist’. Every month they will release a new song and chapter for their album until they can eventually release the entire work sometime in Spring this year. The concept is Paul Cronin’s (formerly of Ivyrise) brain child and he has been doing most of the video and social media work for this project. They spent a great deal of time finding the right look and feel to the comics and animated chapters to suit their musical style but it was well worth the effort. It is a bold step to make a concept album especially for your debut but they seem to have pulled it off so far and once their full album is released they have plans to take to the road and perform a series of live shows up and down the country and maybe even a festival appearance or two.

Links:

http://theredthewhiteandtheblue.com/#page-2

http://www.facebook.com/#!/TheRedTheWhiteAndTheBlue?fref=ts