I love these guys and they're ramping up to release a new album...for one-time Mercury nominees and in-house band on The IT Crowd, they're a bit low-profile!
https://www.sweetbillypilgrim.com/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sweet_Billy_PilgrimThey've released two tracks off the album so far; the opening track:
...and the closing track:
Checklist:
- Adventurous and heartbreaking pop/rock/prog/folk British songwriting - check
- Labour of love recording and arrangements - check
- Loads of vocal harmony - check
- Wonderfully executed imaginative guitar playing - check
- Big label funding and media push - nope
- I could go on but I'm crap at this kind of thing - check
I found them a few years ago on a sampler CD which fell out of a Steven Wilson album (they were label mates on Kscope at the time). It was the track 'Coloma Blues' from the 'Motorcade Amnesiacs' album:
The back catalogue is on Spotify, etc. New stuff on Soundcloud (links above)...then check out the following albums:
- Motorcade Amnesiacs
- Wapentak
- Crown and Treaty
Comments
https://mrkinskimusicshack.com/2022/10/09/sweet-billy-pilgrim-somapolis-track-by-track-album-review/
http://www.theboxwoodchessmen.com/
https://www.facebook.com/tingiants/?view_public_for=231700547508938
Will definitely be looking to attend a show!