With their pulse-racing guitar-driven debut single ‘All in Good Time’, you get the vibe that we are entering a new age of indie rock with a breath of fresh air of a quartet known as The Preventions leading the way, and that it’s simply their world that we’re all living and immersed in.
‘All in Good Time’ was penned during the pandemic and reflects on both the struggles and hopes of that time. The opening line of the track “I’m stuck in purgatory” screams of the uncertainty we have all endured of late, but somehow transitions into a glistening romantic message of hope, delivered through a stadium-worthy outro reminiscent of bands like The Killers and Oasis.
The outro of this track certainly gives off Mr. Brightside energy, and this is certain to be a song affectionately yelled by audiences up and down the UK on the stages that The Preventions grace in the near future.
The Preventions announced their arrival on the music scene at 600 capacity venue The Garage and sold out their debut headline show at the Old Blue Last, which coincided as a release party for ‘All in Good Time’. The band are set to announce UK tour dates throughout the summer of ‘24.
The incredible musician, songwriter and record producer Phil Manzanera has now announced his memoir, Revolucion to Roxy. The book features over 100 black white, and colour, photographs looking at his times and adventures with not only Roxy Music but Pink Floyd and David Gilmour, Heroes del Silencio, and much more. There’s apparently a lot to interest Floyd fans in the book, with a chapter devoted to ‘The Gilmour Years’. Manzanera met Gilmour when Phil was still at Dulwich College. Phil’s brother Eugen was at Cambridge University and met David at gigs. Much later, Manzanera co-produced Gilmour’s 2006 album On an Island, and played in Gilmour’s band for tours in Europe and North America. Manzanera also co-wrote One Slip from 1987’s A Momentary Lapse Of Reason, played on the Rattle That Lock album, and helped bring together the pieces of music which eventually became Pink Floyd’s final album, The Endless River, which he was also co-producer for. Phil: “I’ve written this memoir for my English and Colombian family, dear friends and music fans, who have followed my musical twists and turns for over half a century. We all have different memories of the same events, and these stories are my stories. It’s a memoir that spans my 50’s childhood in Cuba, Hawaii and Venezuela, when everything seemed in the brightest technicolor, to grey but very cool ’60’s London and the start of a music career that continues to enrich my life, some 50 years later. Roxy Music is an important part of the story and I will be forever thankful to the doors it opened for me to a global world of music and musical collaborations. But I hope you’ll find my family history every bit as fascinating as my music adventures, I’m proud to be related to a Colombian pirate, a spy and and an Italian opera musician.” The book is available in a variety of editions; there’s a signed special limited edition book in a clamshell case with a 10 track CD including five unreleased tracks, a Bug Eyes sleep mask, and a Gibson Guitars Firebird V11 guitar badge. This can be ordered from AwayWithMedia.com (https://www.awaywithmedia.com/buy-books/phil-manzanera) for delivery in January 2024. Alternatively, you can buy a more standard hardback, paperback, or Amazon Kindle eBook, through the following links – these are all published in March. All purchases made at Amazon after using one of our links make a small but vital contribution toward the site running costs, at no extra cost to yourself, and we really appreciate it! This is because we participate in the Amazon Affiliate program. PHIL MANZANERA MEMOIR – HARDBACK: Amazon.com (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1783242817/braindamage-20) Amazon UK (https://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/1783242817/braindamage-21) Canada (http://www.amazon.ca/exec/obidos/ASIN/1783242817/braindamageon-20) Germany (http://www.amazon.de/exec/obidos/ASIN/1783242817/braindamage0f-21) France (http://www.amazon.fr/exec/obidos/ASIN/1783242817/braindamageon-21) Italy (http://www.amazon.it/gp/product/1783242817/bradamonl-21) Spain (http://www.amazon.es/gp/product/1783242817/braidama01-21) PHIL MANZANERA MEMOIR – PAPERBACK: Amazon.com (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1783242728/braindamage-20) Amazon UK (https://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/1783242728/braindamage-21) Canada (http://www.amazon.ca/exec/obidos/ASIN/1783242728/braindamageon-20) Germany (http://www.amazon.de/exec/obidos/ASIN/1783242728/braindamage0f-21) France (http://www.amazon.fr/exec/obidos/ASIN/1783242728/braindamageon-21) Italy (http://www.amazon.it/gp/product/1783242728/bradamonl-21) Spain (http://www.amazon.es/gp/product/1783242728/braidama01-21) PHIL MANZANERA MEMOIR – KINDLE eBOOK: Amazon.com (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B0CKGL3L1R/braindamage-20) Amazon UK (https://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/B0CKGL3L1R/braindamage-21) Canada (http://www.amazon.ca/exec/obidos/ASIN/B0CKGL3L1R/braindamageon-20) Germany (http://www.amazon.de/exec/obidos/ASIN/B0CKGL3L1R/braindamage0f-21) France (http://www.amazon.fr/exec/obidos/ASIN/B0CKGL3L1R/braindamageon-21) Italy (http://www.amazon.it/gp/product/B0CKGL3L1R/bradamonl-21) Spain (http://www.amazon.es/gp/product/B0CKGL3L1R/braidama01-21)
Singer, songwriter and classical guitarist, Irene Conti has just released her new EP The World In Front Of Me. The second studio EP from this Italian artist, it shows a deeper and more introspective side to Conti. We had the pleasure of talking to Irene and chatting about her new EP, discovering new music and future …
