The Reads - Galaxy Egg

OK so this track isn't exactly new - it has been around since 2011 - but it's new to me.  I sometimes wonder how some bands completely pass me by, especially when they live relatively locally, but that's the way it goes sometimes.

The Reads are a Welsh alternative rock band whose debut album, Stories From The Border, was released in 2011.  This song, Galaxy Egg, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z4nAsW_ncQc comes from that album and is also rather appropriate as we get ever nearer to Easter. 

The band have played local venues all over Wales and the North West and in 2010 were approached by a generous friend who offered to fund the cost of recording their first studio album.   Music Producer Jim Spencer, known for his work with Oasis, Doves and The Charlatans, was enlisted to record and mix the album. The project was later joined by Joe Duddell who took time out from working with Elbow to come up with string and brass arrangements for five of the 12 songs.  The album was mastered by Frank Arkwright who has worked with bands such as Arcade Fire, The Smiths and Gomez and the album was played live for the first time at a music venue in Chester to a sell out crowd.

They are currently working on a new album (again produced by Spencer) and can be found performing at local venues such as Telford's Warehouse, and were recently named Artists of the Week on BBC Radio Wales.   Worth watching. 


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