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 'In The City Of Dreadful Night' puts new meaning to the term 'world music'! In The City Of Dreadful Night' is a fantastic album that's diverse and tantalising; beautifully conceived, stunningly executed and just such an absolute joy to behold. | We are proud to present our new album In the City of Dreadful Night, produced with the funding from the Arts Council England. Taking our inspiration from Victorian London and Raj-era Calcutta, the tracks range from hypnotic to bittersweet.From the opening thrum of Gayatri Mantra, a repurposed Sanskrit prayer, to the haunting piano strains of closing track, Naked Bodies, the album showcases original song-writing and creative arrangements. And not only does it sound great, but it is packed with original artwork by Claudia Drake In The City of Dreadful Night is available to buy: Buy it from ITUNES NOW!!!! Buy the CD via Paypal:
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The band has appeared at the 100 Club in London, the Cambridge Pink Festival, the Edinburgh Mela, the Secret Garden Party and the Java cafe, Bangalore, as well as on numerous radio shows. They have also written music for several soundtracks including the award-winning BBC Radio 4 documentary 'Leprosy: A forgotten disease'. |
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The complete review by Toxic Pete: Sunday Driver are quite a hard act to categorise; fusing folk with alt-rock, blending east with west, merging mildly comic with deathly serious, Sunday Driver are about as original as it gets. Intelligent, semi-acoustic music that breaks new ground and sets new standards, 'In The City Of Dreadful Night' puts new meaning to the term 'world music'! 'In The City Of Dreadful Night' is a wonderfully eclectic work quite unlike anything else out there at the moment; certainly their east-west collision is, if not totally original, clever and extremely palatable and their ability to mix an element of fun into their acousto-electric 'traditionally' biased folk is breathtakingly cool and stunningly compelling. Sunday Driver's careful attention to dynamic detail ensures that each component part of the mix can be clearly heard, distinguished and enjoyed within the wonderfully exciting and fulfilling end product. Sunday Driver have clearly invested precious time and serious musical energy into the creation of this quite exceptional album and the payback comes by way of a stunningly composed and sensitively layered work. From conception to final packaging, 'In The City Of Dreadful Night' has been treated thoughtfully and respectfully and says much about this extremely innovative and remarkably adept six-piece outfit. Sunday Driver's fantastic inclusion of sitar, tabla and djembe offer the perfect eastern foil for the more 'conventional' western 'lead' instruments such as harp, clarinet, piano and guitar - east and west never clash, rather they work in superb harmonious tandem to conjure up a wonderfully exotic yet sympathetically homely sound that's rich in mood and sophistication. With crisp, Kate Bush-esque vocals further enhancing the overall sound, Sunday Driver push the folk-rock envelope with great success to develop a quite scintillating 'new' sound that's as vibrant as it is clever and as rewarding as it is experimental. Sunday Driver's smart-folk music is sensual, sensitive and sensational - 'In The City Of Dreadful Night' by Sunday Driver is a fantastic album that's diverse and tantalising; beautifully conceived, stunningly executed and just such an absolute joy to behold. contact us |
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