THE EDEN HOUSE/Half Life: Available June 4th, 2013!

THE EDEN HOUSE - Half Life

The long-awaited new album from this gothic-prog rock band.

 Features an array of guests, including vocalists Lee Douglas (Anathema) and Monica Richards (Faith & the Muse), guitarists Phil Manzanera (Roxy Music) and Simon Hinkler (The Mission).

The London-based Gothic/Prog Rock/Trip-Hop band The Eden Houserelease a new single and album on CD, 180g vinyl LP and download, four years after their acclaimed debut album ‘Smoke & Mirrors’.  

The Eden House is a collaborative project based around the nucleus of Stephen Carey, ex-Adoration, and Tony Pettitt, the Fields of the Nephilim founder bassist who last month rejoined the band.  The pair have attracted an eclectic selection of guest artists on their recordings, each adding their diverse talents to the music. 

‘Half Life’ utilises six female lead vocalists, including Lee Douglas (from Anathema), Jordan Reyne, Laura Bennett and Monica Richards (of US band Faith & The Muse).  Guesting musicians include guitarists Phil Manzanera (Roxy Music) and Simon Hinkler (The Mission) along with top violinist Bob Loveday.

Over the past four years the band have gigged widely across the UK and Europe, including headlining festivals in Germany, Belgium, Poland and the UK.  Two maxi-EPs were issued in the interim: ‘The Looking Glass’paired with a DVD live studio performance, and the ‘Timeflows’mini-album in 2012. 

A London album live launch event is scheduled for June 9^that the Kings Cross Lexington and they headline the Sacrosanct Festival in Berkshire on 28^th September.  A new series of gigs is planned for the autumn.

PARK LANE ARCHIVES/A delicious platter of Scottish Pop rarities!

Contains exclusive, unreleased outakes & demos from Glasgow’s Park Lane Studio!

Features rare tracks from TEXAS, PRIMAL SCREAM, DEL AMITRI, BLUEBELLS, ALTERED IMAGES, GUN, DEACON BLUE, HIPSWAY, LOVE & MONEY and many others!

PARK LANE STUDIO in Glasgow was host to many young bands from 1980 onwards, many making their first recordings and still seeking a record deal. Some did become successful, and a vibrant scene soon developed centred around the studio. Now the studio archives have been prised open, and a treasure trove of fascinating and unreleased tapes discovered! This 80-min. album with 22 tracks offers a unique and broad insight into the whole history of that important Glasgow scene, the studio and the many interwoven bands that recorded there.

16-page booklet with photos, stories, biogs and notes by those who were there.

TRACKLIST:

Bourgie Bourgie – Breaking Point (demo)
Bluebells – Young At Heart (demo version)
Texas – I Don’t Want A Lover (demo version)
Del Amitri – Hammer And Peach (unreleased song)
Primal Scream – Velocity Girl (alt. mix)
Altered Images – Now That You’ve Gone (demo version)
The Jazzateers – Sixteen Reasons
Hipsway – Broken Years (demo)
Love & Money - Candybar Express (7” mix)
Deacon Blue – Ribbons & Bows (demo)
Kevin McDermott Orchestra – Wheels Of Wonder (demo)
Gun – Better Days (demo)
Slide – Life Of Our Own (unreleased)
Kissing Bandits – The Only Thing That Keeps Me Alive
Petted Lips – Somebody (unreleased)
Rutkowski Sisters – Riverman (unreleased)
Painted Word – Independence Day (alt. mix)
ac acoustics – Bluff Drive By (unreleased song)
Whiteout - Jackie’s Racing (alt. mix)
The Smiles – God Only Knows (demo)
Primevals – Diamonds A Fur Coat Champagne
Nectarine No. 9 – Curdled Fragments

Coming November 2009!