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Sunset Riders

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1.	Fisher King 05:31	buy track
2.	Sunset Riders Song 03:44	buy track
3.	The One Who Tolls The Bell 04:11	buy track
4.	I Wanna Be Your Clown 05:03	buy track
5.	Sweethearts Of The Now/Here 02:43	buy track
6.	The Oracle 06:15	buy track
7.	Summertime Girl 04:05	buy track
8.	What Was Your Name Again 02:06	buy track
9.	The Empty Boat 03:50	buy track
10.	The Hare´s Horn 06:02	buy track

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Sunset Riders notes:

This collection of new songs by Sunset Riders, draws on the musical heritage of 60s British and American psychedelic rock to provide a platform for the lyrical exploration of the human soul.

We always lose our way, our rudders broken
But the light will drive us back inside.

(The Empty Boat)

Verses like this typify the album. Sung in a deep soul register by singer/guitarist/lyricist Darren Anderson, they are propelled by the rhythmic ecstasies of Javier Cantudo drums and Paco Troya’s bass, with lead guitarist Jose (BONI) Bonilla’s explosive riffs and soaring solos complementing spontaneously arising utterances of deep reflection.

Born out of the fusion of earlier rock and roll, blues, folk, rhythm and blues, gospel and soul, psychedelic rock was always more than a sound. Pushing beyond the simplistic concerns of juvenile popular song, existential interests were signalled in social observation, absurdist wordplay and borrowings from metaphysical philosophical traditions. All are present here, along with a huge sense of comedic self-deprecation.

Social realism is evoked only to undercut any sense of doleful seriousness. One song links a windy day in the rain in a cold northern English town (Anderson is a single Britisher in an otherwise Spanish band) to the mystical name Abraxas and a question for an oracle. In another, a character has a meltdown in a bar reflecting on the impossibility of meaningful human contact.

Sunset Riders’ music is a return to a moment of collective counter-cultural exploration, when, encapsulated in the performance and recording of a mainstream popular style, a brief flickering flame of enquiry catapulted ideas of spiritual transcendence into mainstream public discourse.

The influence of key bands from the period is clearly present - The Yardbirds, Kinks, Rolling Stones, and The Byrds, and later bands like The Stooges – are all evoked, but this is much more than simple homage. It is a living breathing expression of the original moment, a return to core principles to make music for the present that resonates with the energy of the original.

© Danny Broderick 2018

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released November 9, 2018

Track Listing:

Fisher King (Anderson)
Sunset Riders Song (Bonilla/Anderson)
The One Who Tolls the Bell (Bonilla/Anderson)
I Wanna Be Your Clown (Cantudo/Anderson)
Sweethearts Of The Now/Here (Cantudo/Anderson)
The Oracle (Anderson)
Summertime Girl (Bonilla/Anderson)
What Was Your Name Again (Cantudo/Anderson)
The Empty Boat (Bonilla/Anderson)
The Hare’s Horn (Cantudo/Anderson)

Personel:

Javier Cantudo – drums, percussion, guitar
Jose Bonilla (BONI) – electric, acoustic guitars, backing vocals
Paco Troya – Bass
D. Anderson – vocals, electric guitar, harmonica
Pedro Cantudo – producer, Hammond organ

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