southern records

The acoustic music of Sons Of Noel And Adrian falls loosely into the progressive folk niche with best friends Jacob Richardson and Tom Cowan's tumbling guitars and Jacob's trademark dark and charismatic vocal delivery taking centre stage. These two troubadour guitar players parted ways for art school and European travel adventures, only to be re-united years later on the south-eastern shores of Brighton. Having long shared a passion for rich, layered and intricate guitar music, their deep musical exploration quickly developed into a unique and mesmerizing style, brooding on the dark fringes of folk, crossing genres and quickly setting them apart from their contemporaries.

Bringing along violinist Mike Siddell (Hope of the States/Lightspeed Champion) and William Calderbank (The Miserable Rich) for the wild ride, the newly formed four piece quickly retreated to a converted chicken shed in the Quantock Hills of Devon and set about creating their debut self-titled album which was released on Shelsmusic in 2008 to mass critical acclaim.

Now recording as a twelve piece collective their Rivers EP, on One Inch Badge records is a collection of dark, folk-noir tracks that explore three very differing concepts through a single shared metaphor which was brought about by "three gruelling days in the hottest sun fishing with Jack on the wrong side of the river". EP opener and live favourite "Black Side of the River" came directly from this experience. The theme is then continued through the powerful second track "Big, Bad, Bold" which surrounds the concept of "the inner strength of a woman", finally "Leaving Mary's Hand" brings the EP to a thought provoking close as Jacob contemplates his mental "state of love and trust".

One Inch Badge releases are available from the Southern Webshop.

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