5 Billion In Diamonds eponymous debut album is out now and receiving great reviews as well as lots of 6 Music play.
Here’s a video to Travelling, one of the highlights of the album, sung by Helen White.
Described in a recent review as “One part folk, one part psychedelia and all parts wonderful”.
Exactly. In all good record shops now.
The first 5 Billion In Diamonds track is released. Watch the video to Gravity Rules.
Congratulations to all the cast & crew of Lanark for an amazing launch night at The Edinburgh International Festival on Sunday night. Here are some reviews:
‘astonishing’
The Scotsman ★★★★★
‘astounding piece of theatre produced on an operatic and highly physical scale.’
Edinburgh Guide★★★★★
‘Lanark is loud, large and visually stunning.’
The List★★★★
‘all of the excitement and weight of a capital-letter Theatre Event.’
All Edinburgh Theatre★★★★
‘like a heady, unsettling, unpredictable dream.’
The Guardian★★★★
‘undeniably modernist and quintessentially Scottish’
The Telegraph★★★★
‘Lanark on stage is a fine tribute to the novel…appreciated both by those who know the book and others who might be tempted to give it a try.
British Theatre Guide★★★★
‘a moving elegy for life and art.’
The Herald★★★★
‘A landmark event’.
The Stage ★★★★
‘rich in exhilarating set pieces’
The Times★★★
I have collaborated with composer Nick Powell on a few pieces of music in his soundtrack for Alasdair Grey’s classic Lanark which opens at Edinburgh this week. More news to follow…
How Big How Blue How Beautiful goes straight in at number 1 in UK Album chart and USA Billboard Top 200 chart.
US magazine Billboard vote Florence & The Machine best band of the weekend at Coachella 2015.
