Here is a band that is new to the prog scene, made up of young members (all three in their early-to-mid-twenties) who met at Uni (Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts) and clicked immediately. Linsey is a hard-driving, seriously focused artist who was inspired to sing by Leona Lewis, a British singer who won season three of Britain's The X Factor back in 2006. Lynsey's voice has been heard on recent prog albums from the likes of bands like Lifetime, Caligula's Horse, Kite Parade, Benjamin Croft, and even American "soulpunk" band, Nightlife. She is also the leader of a background singing trio made up of three of her best friends that call themselves Espera who have appeared on numerous albums in the metal world (Malevolence, Sleep Token, Grimm, et al.). Exploring Birdsong may not be her only baby, but it earns her full focus when she and drummer Matt Harrison (Kill Or Cure, Wolf Company) and classically-trained musician, Jonny Knight (bass and synths) sit down together. One of the many amazing things about this collaboration is the fact that there are no guitars (other than bass) ever! Also, despite Lynsey's extraordinary voice and vocal performances, the band's lyricist is primarily Matt! As Lynsey says in interviews, the three band members are on such a high degree of mutual sympathy that their songs and sessions feel as if they are of nearly one mind--as if their thoughts and ideas are so copacetic and agreeable as to feel totally interchangeable. ‘The Thing with Feathers’, an EP, is the band's first--compiled and released when they were still in Uni in 2019. It is a testimony to their total and complete understanding that a career in music in the 21st Century is less about albums and tours than keeping one's name and music new and in front of their short-term-memory and video-obsessed audiences--it is about frequent releases and appearances on listener-friendly mediums, banking on winning over an interested and eager following. I had heard each of these songs in isolation as YouTube videos, but hearing them in sequence, compiled as an album, gives them double the power. From: https://www.progarchives.com/album.asp?id=90128
