At RIVERSEA, the lyrics make the music, while changing guitarists provide variety

3. July 2018

Riversea

Bei RIVERSEA macht der Text die Musik, während wechselnde Gitarristen für Abwechslung sorgen

Anyone who makes a phone call to England these days will soon be talking about the Football World Cup. Before we can ask Riversea keyboarder Brendan Eyre about the new album of the band "The Tide", he holes the German interviewer. As a fan of Manchester City he could not understand that Joachim Löw had not taken City striker Leroy Sané with him to Russia: "Is that something personal? The answer (strong competition on his position) doesn't really convince Eyre. But no matter. We actually want to talk about music! The successor of the strong debut "Out Of An Ancient World" offers plenty to talk about.

For example, the engaging, atmospheric compositions of Eyre, who started out as a teenager in a punk band and at the same time belonged to a Barclay-James-Harvest fanclub - what a mixture! "Yes, that was a long way," laughs Eyre, "back then I was into bands like The Police or The Stranglers. But I've also heard BJH, Peter Gabriel or Pink Floyd at the same time," explains the 53-year-old, who found his way to prog at 14 via King Crimson's "In The Wake Of Poseidon". "The Tide" doesn't have much to do with prog, though. There are no crooks at all, but ambient sound carpets, which can be traced back to Eyres' preference for electronic music and soundtracks. In addition singer Marc Atkinson, who is also solo as a singer-songwriter, sets very special lyrical accents with his lyrics, the vocal melodies and his uniquely soft and changeable voice.

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