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Birth to release full-length debut album “Born” on July 15th 2022

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May 31, 2022
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San Diego based progressive / psychedelic rock outfit, Birth, will release their full-length debut album, “Born”, on July 15th, 2022.

Listen to the new single “For Yesterday” below.

Comprising members of San Diego’s revered retro rockers Astra, along with current or former members of Joy, Radio Moscow, and Sacri Monti, Birth own a cavernous cache of credibility rarely found in developing musical groups. Described as “a magic-eye journey into kaleidoscopic sound”, and “a dystopian take on the here and now” the group deliver a blast of vibrant progressive rock rich in cinematic scope and psychedelic intensity.

Featuring guitarist, keyboardist & vocalist Conor Riley and lead guitarist Brian Ellis, musicians who burst onto the prog-psych scene in the late aughts with Astra, a formidable, foundational group hailed as “prog goliaths” (AllMusic), who would shape the sound of things to come alongside co-conspirators such as Earthless, Diagonal and Dungen, and whose albums “The Weirding” (“a sublime debut that evokes various 70s colossi – panoramic Pink Floyd, mellotron-era King Crimson, Black Sabbath in philosophical mode – without ever stooping to pastiche….” – Mojo) and “The Black Chord” (“at a time when there’s so much creativity within the prog community, Astra have taken a giant leap forward… The Black Chord is dauntingly brilliant” – PROG) stand proud as two of the greatest progressive achievements of this century thus far, there is a palatable excitement surrounding Birth and the group has been pegged as one to watch in underground circles.

So wrote Mary Shelley in Frankenstein, arguably the first science fiction tale. A full 204 years later, the quest remains – how best to elucidate our daily lives with some form of inspiration that moves the spirit beyond its earthly shackles?

On “Born”, Birth musically and creatively constructs a science-fiction-inspired sound-world in which bleak tumult and skybound rapture co-exist. The result is an intoxicating album haunted by earthly concerns while its sonics aim simultaneously for the stars. “I’m a scientist by trade and I read a lot of dystopian sci-fi, which I believe is relevant to many of the events that have been occurring lately”, notes Riley. “These views feed a dark, spiritual and mystical relationship that I have with scientific thought”.

Far from the trappings of retro chic and fashion-aligned classicism, the five celestial serenades which make up “Born” stake their claim in a different headspace to most other exponents of the form. Certainly, it’s true that many of the audial shapes manifesting themselves here – the exploratory jazz-rock diversions, Mellotron and Hammond-abetted textures and the rich melancholia of the song-writing – may recall moments from progressive rock’s past and the listener may be forgiven for losing themselves in a gatefold-sleeved reverie. Nonetheless, this is a band which was thrown into life via the constrictions and temporal shifts of a global pandemic, as well as one which has largely set about chronicling a reality in which the surrounding world appears to be hurrying its own demise.

Pre-order “Born” here.

Tracklist:
1. Born
2. Descending Us
3. For Yesterday
4. Cosmic Tears
5. Another Time
6. Long Way Down

Line-up:
Conor Riley – Vocals, keyboards, acoustic guitar), Brian Ellis (lead guitar, keyboards)
Trevor Mast – Bass
Thomas DiBenedetto – Drums

Drums on “Born” performed by Paul Marrone

Weblinks:
www.facebook.com/Birth.prog
www.instagram.com/birth_prog

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