Metronome Blues Will Release Their New Album SIDES

6 September 2016, 4:00
Metronome Blues Will Release Their New Album SIDES

The Brno band Metronome Blues will release their first album in Kabinet múz (Cabinet of Muses). The bands Lazer Viking and My Dead Cat will also perform during the concert.

Metronome Blues - the original name of the debut album by Rhys Braddock that he recorded during his stay in Australia, Japan, New Zealand and England. After his return to Brno, the band Metronome Blues was formed. It consists of Rhys Braddock (vocals, guitar), Honza Čapek (bass) and Lukáš Baumann (drums). Last year, the three-member band played several dozen concerts in the Czech Republic and Germany.

The album SIDES was released on 17 August 2016 on a CD within the Full Moon Forum project. It will be available digitally via portals Fair Price Music and Bandcamp. "Two sides. Black and white. Eight songs with titles such as War Crimes, Unliving and The Wireless Enemy, reflects the gloomy view of the world that arises when life strangely plays around with the human mind in the endless midnight," says Rhys Braddock about the theme of the album. A special vinyl edition will be available for the first time at the release of the album, i.e. on 15 September in Kabinet múz in Brno.

Metronome Blues/ Photo: Jan Vrba

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