Shady Bard

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PUBLISHING & SYNC: Paul Harris at Reverb Music.



THE NEW ALBUM TRIALS available on iTunes now.
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‘Trials’ is the second album by shady bard. Telling the story of a village ravaged by fire, the new songs fuse cinematic instrumentation and vivid imagery to create textured symphonic pop with explosive postrock crescendos.
Founded in Birmingham six years ago, by the band’s main songwriter and musical director Lawrence Becko, shady bard quickly built a cult fanbase through a series of limited edition, handcrafted releases and unique live performances. Their debut album, ‘From The Ground Up’ was released in 2007 on Static Caravan, winning the band critical acclaim in all areas of the media.
A release in Japan on XTAL Records followed and things went truly international when MTV chose the song ‘Treeology’ to soundtrack their global climate awareness campaign. Meanwhile in the US, ABC was quick to pick up on the album’s heartfelt, cinematic songs and began to feature tracks regularly on their Emmy and Golden Globe-winning drama, Grey’s Anatomy, gaining shady bard a new worldwide fanbase.
Their new songs are inspired in part by the devastating forest fires in the Peloponese in 2007 and chart a journey through interweaving narratives and themes, soundtracked by latin beats, textured strings, drunken choirs and triumphant brass. They return in the autumn to showcase their new songs live in the UK.
TRIALS IS AVAILABLE FROM ALL GOOD INDEPENDENT RECORD SHOPS NOW!
TRIALS (PART III) LIMITED EDITION HAND PACKAGED 3" MINI CD SINGLE



Features Trials (Part III) plus two exclusive bonus tracks, hand scorched packaging, signed inlay and photograph.
Available to buy now in our shop
BUY FROM THE GROUND UP - UK VERSION (VAN134) HERE:
Cargo Records / Amazon / HMV / Play / Rough Trade / Boomkat / Norman Records*
BUY FROM THE GROUND UP - JAPAN VERSION (XTAC006) HERE:
Tower Records Japan / HMV Japan / diskunion / Shinseido / Tsutaya
XTAL Records website / XTAL Records myspace
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