Returned To The Earth - Stalagmite Steeple CD
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23-GEP 1078
“Returned To The Earth started life in 2014 as a studio project based in Warwickshire. The main creative force is Robin Peachey, who devises the music and lyrics, creates the artwork and provides vocals, guitar, piano, keyboards and synths. His producer and sound engineer is Paul Johnston from Rhythm Studios, where the albums are recorded. Paul also happens to be an integral part of the band, playing bass and drums and collaborating with Robin to thrash out musical ideas. In the past Robin’s brother Steve has also provided additional keyboards. The band had four albums to their name prior to this new release, the most recent being the critically acclaimed Fall of the Watcher. This was my introduction to Returned To The Earth, and I immediately fell in love with their intense and immersive musical style which is emotional, dreamy and dripping with atmosphere.
Robin’s musical inspirations are eclectic. An idiom that started out as moody art rock has gradually become more complex and progressive. Echoes from the giants of classic symphonic prog are conspicuous by their absence, while aspects of the artists Robin loves, such as Radiohead, The Pineapple Thief, David Sylvian and most notably Steven Wilson, are subsumed into a deeply personal and heartfelt musical language that is all his own. His lyrics are poetic and evocative, dealing typically with emotive and challenging themes, and using metaphor to suggest images and ideas that leave their exact meaning open to personal interpretation.
The lyrical stimulus for this album was the tragic true story of an elderly couple separated during the Covid pandemic; one of them was dying in a care home and the other was not allowed to visit. The first three songs, which would form side one of an LP, explore the couple’s story from a more personal viewpoint while the second half broadens its scope to consider the tragedy in the context of society as a whole, while still referring back to the personal narrative.”-The Progressive Aspect
- LabelGiant Electric Pea
- UPC5026297010787