GLYDER'S "BACKROADS TO BYZANTIUM" IN STORES TODAY
ALBUM STREAMING IN FULL ON AOL MUSIC
Irish rockers GLYDER
have released their new album "Backroads to Byzantium" today on
SPV/Steamhammer. This album features the debut of new lead singer Jackie
Robinson. In conjunction with the album's release, AOL Music is
streaming the entire album HERE.
Checkout their video for their track "Fade to Dust" HERE
Backroads
to Byzantium" takes the listener on a road trip that has a hint of
Americana and progresses to the re-emerging troubles on the streets of
Northern Ireland to being homeless on the streets of London. Other
themes on the album concern the evils of the tabloid press and global
warming. The album ends off in a reflective mood about mortality and how
it's not the end."
GLYDER's
new singer Jackie Robinson has a unique rock voice that sometimes hints
at Paul Rodgers and Phil Mogg. Hailing from Northern Ireland, he was
recruited through an ad on the Internet and because the rest of the band
is from the South of Ireland, the album was written between Jackie and
the two GLYDER guitarists, Bat Kinane and Pete Fisher, over
email. Working with some home recording software and a few Gmail
accounts, the new GLYDER album took shape over Christmas 2010 and
early 2011. The album was recorded in Dublin and mixed in Copenhagen.
The stunning artwork was created by Mark Wilkinson.
Founding member Bat Kinane spoke about the new lineup and album:
"This new GLYDER
album has i feel my best songwriting and guitar playing to date. I've
just put everything into this album and I also seem to have found a new
confidence in my playing. Pete's playing is also great and he has some
amazing solos.
"You
cannot mistake that this is a great guitar album, but the songwriting I
feel is top-notch, too. Jackie, the new singer, really has a quality
set of pipes and that makes it very exciting.
"I
like the fact that we used all the modern technology available to us to
write the album because Jackie lives 200 miles away. It's very much a
classic rock-sounding album, but it was written and recorded in a way
that could have not been done thirty years ago.
"I know in my heart we have done something very special on this album and I'm very proud to be in this band."
GLYDER is:
Jackie Robinson - Vocals
Bat Kinane - Guitars and Backing Vocals
Pete Fisher - Guitars
Graham McClatchie - Bass
Des McEvoy - Drums
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