William D Drake - Revere Rich

Over the course of thirteen tracks, fantasy ditties and concise waltzes alike, 'Revere Reach' comes as the culminating correction to whatever went wrong in prog rock in the past forty years. To the trained ear of a Cardiacs devotee it is probably a disappointment, but 'Revere Reach', however, sounds to me like something brand new. I must have heard music from Cardiacs, as I'm their age, but I can't for the life of me recall anything. Considered in dutiful ignorance of the past, 'Revere Reach' struck me as being archetypical English vaudeville cabaret of genuine quality. There are memorable melodies which, I assume, consist of escapading progressive rock wandering abouts and are stripped to the bone. Songs such as 'Lifeblood', 'Liveraft' and the title track could become one's earworms. Quite excellent should this be your fancy.

Track Listing:-

1 Distant Buzzing
2 In Converse
3 Lifeblood
4 Be Here Steryear
5 A Husk
6 The Blind Boy
7 Clack Dance
8 Heart of Oak
9 The Catford Clown
10 Liferaft
11 Castaway
12 Revere Reach
13 Orlando

Band Links:-

https://twitter.com/williamddrake
https://williamddrake.wordpress.com/
https://williamddrake.bandcamp.com/

Label Links:-

http://www.onophonic.com/
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Interviews

Interview (2007)

Experimental songwriter and former Cardiacs keyboardist William D Drake released two albums, 'Briny Hooves' and 'Yew's Paw' on the same day earlier this year. He talks to Mark Rowland about the joys of committing commercial suicide