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The new studio album by John Lees’ Barclay James Harvest, North is released on October 7th 2013 on the Esoteric Antenna label, (part of the Cherry Red Records Group). The album will be backed by a full UK tour in November. North is the band’s first all new studio recording since Nexus (released in 1999). Featuring John Lees (vocals, guitars), Craig Fletcher (vocals, bass), Jez Smith (keyboards, vocals) and Kevin Whitehead (drums, percussion), the record is very much a group effort, in the tradition of classic BJH, with every track being written specifically for the album by all four members of the band. 

The album draws on the fine musical heritage of Barclay James Harvest whilst bringing the BJH legacy up to date with expansive compositions and thoughtful lyrics. Featuring several epic compositions such as 'On Leave', the album also includes the recent digital single 'Unreservedly Yours' and 'Ancient Waves', a song inspired by the Iraq conflict, performed live in more recent times. The band’s Northern roots are explored both musically and lyrically on the album’s lengthy title track and the emotive finale, 'The End of the Day', featuring music set to a poem by early 20th Century Northern poet Ammon Wrigley.

North continues the Barclay James Harvest story and is the strongest work to emerge from the band in many years, a true group effort by John Lees, Craig Fletcher, Jez Smith and Kevin Whitehead. The album will be released as a standard single CD edition and a deluxe limited edition 2CD digi-pack release which includes a previously unreleased bonus CD featuring highlights of the band’s sold out concert at Buxton Opera House in February 2011, featuring classic Barclay James Harvest material. North is also available as a limited edition gatefold 180 gram vinyl LP.


Tracklisting:
01. If You Were Here Now 05:48
02. Ancient Waves 07:10
03. In Wonderland 05:49
04. On Leave 09:11
05. The Real Deal 05:49
06. On Top Of The World 05:40
07. Unreservedly Yours 04:51
08. North 08:29
09. The End Of The Day 02:34

Extra Informatie:
Aantal Discs: 1xCD
Genre: Rock
Format: MP3 @ 320kbit
Year of Release: 2013 
Speelduur: 55 minuten
Cover: Front is in de RARs verwerkt