Experimental Gentlemen (Part Two: Merchants of Light)
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- Опубліковано 20 кві 2017
- The full length version of Experimental Gentlemen features on Big Big Train's forthcoming album, Grimspound which will be released on 28th April. Pre-orders of the Grimspound album are now available at our official stores:
Burning Shed (for vinyl and CDs):
www.burningshed.com/store/big...
The Merch Desk (for merchandise and CDs):
www.themerchdesk.com
Bandcamp (for hi-resolution 24/96 downloads):
bigbigtrain.bandcamp.com
There are two vinyl versions of the album. There is a limited edition frosted clear vinyl version alongside the standard black vinyl version. Both vinyl versions are gatefold releases featuring double heavy weight 180g vinyl and a 4 page booklet insert including the lyrics and the stories behind the songs. A complimentary code for a high-resolution download version of the album is provided with each vinyl order. Orders of the limited edition frosted clear vinyl will also include a postcard signed by all band members. A limited edition blue vinyl version of 2016’s Folklore album is also available at Burning Shed and includes a complimentary hi-resolution download code.
The CD edition of Grimspound is presented in a gloss laminated softpack and features a 24 page booklet with the lyrics and the stories behind the songs.
The hi-res download version available at Bandcamp includes a PDF of the CD booklet.
Grimspound is also available to pre-order on MP3 on Amazon and will be available on the iTunes store on the day of release. Spotify and other streaming and download sites will also feature the album from the 28th April.
A full range of new merchandise is available at The Merch Desk: www.themerchdesk.com
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Filmed at Real World studios in April 2017. Directed by Peter Callow. Sound by Rob Aubrey.
I can listen to the same song of BBT over and over without getting bored.
Just discovered this band and I'm totally in love.
Hoo, boy. Another great tune from the best name in prog right now.
Thank you guys and especially for capturing Nick's fills!.. Love BBT through and through!..
Nice track, everyone. It's cool to see a video of the band playing in this way too.
How have I never heard of this band? I just bought Grimspound, and will be collecting their other albums. Great stuff!
The Wonder Of It All!! Thank you Big Big Train!!!
Loving the violin, but really, the whole band shines here.
Pre-ordered today. Can't wait.
Love this song. Love this band!
That song is an 'effing masterpiece. I really love BBT.
The Wonder Of It All!
Fantastic!
Evening Prune - shocked to see you here!
Where else would I be?
Rickenbackers - how cool is that? BBT has it all. Well done, gentlemen!
A lovely rocking new Big Big Train composition. Featuring another live guitar swap by Rikard Sjoblom from Rickenbacker to Fender Strat.
Wonderful BBT…
Interesting sound! Good strong vocals unusual mix of instruments.
This is a nice, rocking tune.... enjoying it.. the next album will be a must buy
Just spine-tingling; wonderful stuff!
Great track - already weaving its way into my music memory, with some lovely violin and outstanding guitar work.
Just great music! It still exists out there amongst the noise! BBT please come to the USA in 2018!!!
To Canada too in 2024
Great! Waiting for the album
Beautiful.
Excelente! Gracias BBT.
Love the song, big thumbs up!
How embarrassing..... I've been watching these videos for 5 or 6 years now since I found BBT, and only just now recognized that's Dave Gregory from XTC on second guitar. I've spent all this time watching him and thinking I knew him from somewhere else....
BBT: the best thing in prog right now
Probably in Top 5 in current Neo and Prog Music performing today? A very solid band but in my opinion #1 in this Music Genre performing today is "Steven Wilson". Sometimes we agree to disagree which is Ok...
I hear you. I've been a fan of SW's stuff for 17 years, but BBT to me is climbing above SW. Steve tends to lean a bit too much on the pop side of music for my taste (Raven aside, IMO his best album with any project), but then again, I came of age during the Genesis/JT/KC/UK/Yes 'golden years' of prog, so BBT resonates much more with me than SW. Again, no disrespect to SW, his albums are tremendous (esp. in surround sound), but BBT is more "earthy" to me, if that makes sense. To each his own! :-)
I’m a massive fan of both BBT & SW and having seen BBT live on 1st Oct, believe me they are absolutely awesome. My favourite band bar none. Prog is my thing. These guys are totally unique.
I love BBT , unic band, another great musician for me is rikard sjoblom.. his last record is very Interesting and his voice so original ad unic.
really rather good.
The wonder of it all ! Very nice video 👍love this song
Great stuff, as ever, chaps! :)
These are amazing. Why haven't I heard them before?
It's a bit of a niche.
Fantastici, che altro si può dire?
Cosmic
Bravo!
Brilliant
Absolutely fantastic bunch of musicians thank you so much
A great orchestra!
Thank God for this band!! All the better with ex-XTC member Dave Gregory as a permanent member!!
The full version of this track on the album IMHO is in the top three songs BBT has ever written. I haven't stopped listening to it since it was released. I think I prefer the overall album to Folklore, but only just.
For the first months, Folklore was my favourite. But after listening to it over and over, I really began to love Grimspound.
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What a shame...shame on me! I knew this band just as a "name". Never heared anything from them for many years; Just for a case I discovered them few months ago, and the first time I had the same "illumination" that I had when in the very far 1972, I met for a case, of course, Thick as a Brick by Jethro Tull
Big Big train...Big Big band; I love them so much...
Never noticed Rjickard playing a Rickenback …. Wonder if it’s Dave’s ?
One day
I really miss beardfish
gavin turnbull the new album of the leader it's so good.
Sorry, I want to make a little point. I hope the all song what are you doing are made with all your hearts. I hope it made not just for a money.
Anyone else hear a little Peter Gabriel in the lead singer's voice?
Schade für die zu schnellen Schnitte - eine Untugend, die auf fast alle aktuellen Livevideos etc. zutrifft. Was soll das? Ansonsten schöne Mucke, wie auch anders bei dieser Kompetenz.
Isn't that Sam Tarley from GoT on lead guitar
Good, but where is the progressive rock ?
It's still there, in the same veins of old Genesis tracks like "I know what I like", "The Carpet Crawlers" or "Afterglow". Progressive rock does not have to be a sterile quest for technical prowess in itself. _Au contraire_, if "catchy" refrains open the door for some unorthodox sounds for the masses, so be it :-)
What happened to you folks? You used to create MASTERPIECES like 'Underfall Yard' and 'English Electric part 1 & 2' (and the Full Power, certainly). But now, both Folklore and this new couple of songs from 'Grimpsound' sounds like you gather together without any new musical ideas, and then picking up your instruments to see if something happens. There's no spark, no magical moments, wonderful melodies, memorable chords progressions, etc. Kinda "Big Big Train by numbers". Perhaps you need to take a break and reinvent yourselves.
MrPonkine, you're the first person I've found who agrees with me. Everyone goes on about Folklore but I feel that way too.
Folklore was good, but not great. It had its moments, but there aren't any "classics". Ideas (lyrical and musical) have been rehashed, and the melodies are no where near as memorable. I also feel like that since they performed live and have taken on new members, they've been slightly more stripped back. You go back to underfall yard and you see layers upon layers of vocals and guitar and brass etc, whereas now they are a live band, they are less inclined to go all out in the studio. This I think takes away some of the epicness of the original sound.
Brave Captain and A Mead Hall in Winter; are on my opinion, BBT finest compositions so far. There's so much to listen. This song is stripped of the amazing intro, and the extended instrumental parts. Also, what's so wrong with them wanting to make money out of their music? Listening to them over the years after their big "hits" I've seen them get better gear, adding more production values, bringing in more stuff into the songs.
Since the album has come out this song, and many others, have grown on me a lot. I still don't think it reaches the heights of Underfall Yard/English Electric, but it is an excellent album. I love Brave Captain. Great song.
Hardcore fans always want their band in underground pattern.
I was hooked on English Electric but WTF happened to this band?I even thought bringing in Dave Gregory was genius but boy was I wrong.This along with Folklore is folk rock by the numbers with virtually none of the progressive elements that made me take notice in the first place. Who would have known that after the brilliant English Electric, the band would take the biggest nose dive of their career?Thanks, but no thanks. I'm out!
I was hooked on English Electric but WTF happened to this band?I even thought bringing in Dave Gregory was genius but boy was I wrong.This along with Folklore is folk rock by the numbers with virtually none of the progressive elements that made me take notice in the first place. Who would have known that after the brilliant English Electric, the band would take the biggest nose dive of their career?Thanks, but no thanks. I'm out!