The Amber Herd, on the one hand, widescreen atmospheric rock and on the other trippy mellifluous acousticity. Nottingham based five piece who’ve spent the last 2 Years clawing their way through the soft white underbelly of the local Nottingham scene, now sliding their way up through the ether to deposit themselves somewhere near the stars.
The Amber Herd formed in 2006 and includes ex-members of Sheffield’s Beulah Kop and Nottingham’s Wide Eyed Wonder. The band formed following a call for tracks for a Pink Floyd cover project CD and live shows by the Neptune Pink Floyd (NPF) website. Having recorded a couple of tracks which were included on the CD, the band were asked to play two big Pink Floyd tribute shows in Autumn ’06, in Brighton at the Komedia and at Glasgow’s Jumpin’ Jacks, supporting some of the country’s best Floyd tribute acts (Breathe, Us Not Them and Darkside).
As the recorded tracks and gigs had been so well received and the band had a large amount of original songs, they decided to drop the cover versions, and develop their own material
A 10 track CD of original songs, ‘TAILS OF WASPS’, was finished in 2006 and features ‘Stage Fright’ and ‘Apple’ and others from the current live set.
In 2008 The Amber Herd recorded ‘Magnolia’ for the Neptune Pink Floyd website ‘DOUBLE CORE’ originals album project and a cover of Floyd’s ‘The Gnome’ for Volume 3 of the NPF tribute series. ‘Double Core’ has just been released and is a 60-odd minute continuous piece featuring tracks from bands in the USA, Croatia, Sweden and the UK, to name but four. The full ten-minute version of ‘Magnolia’ forms the centrepiece of this album.
The Amber Herd are about to enter the studio to record new material.
The Amber Herd have played a wide variety of shows over the last 18 months with some great bands, and have regularly been asked back by venues and headline bands. Recent gigs have included:
Komedia, Brighton With Darkside, Breathe and others
The Loggerheads, Nottingham With Satnam’s Tash, Roshan Rai and others
Junktion 7, Nottingham Supported by Model Morning and Made of Leaves
Welbeck Hall, Worksop Supporting Breathe
The Loft, Nottingham With Curtis Whitefinger and Joey Chickenskin
The Maze, Nottingham With The Silver Tongues & Curtis Whitefinger Ordeal
Jumping Jacks, Glasgow With Darkside and Us Not Them
The Cheese & Grain, Frome Supporting Breathe
The Old Angel, Nottingham Supporting Made of Leaves
The Green Room, Chesterfield Supporting Hijack Oscar
The Chameleon, Nottingham With Arms and Sleepers (USA) and Jacob’s Stories
Sneinton Festival, Nottingham Supporting Fat Digester
The Maze, Nottingham With Model Morning, Vaarlets and The Jet Boys
Band members:
Neil Beards - Vocals & acoustic guitar Mark Lasbury - Drums, percussion & synths
Paul Wentworth - Vocals & electric guitar Guy Birkin - Bass guitar
Rachel Edge - Vocals, piano & synths
