GAVIN
FAIRHALL
LEVER
October 2022
“Their eponymous debut captur[es] the close-knit improvisational nature of their live performance…The three meld closely to work as one…circling in a perfectly balanced orbit around the tune. Their playing is nuanced as an ensemble and as soloists, rising wraithlike up through the music“
Songlines
After touring extensively in 2021, the trio entered the studio of multi-award-winning producer and engineer Julie McLarnon, whose unique style of production and engineering have earned awards by the fistful for the likes of Lankum and Yorkston/Thorne/Khan.
Working exclusively to tape from start to finish at Analogue Catalogue Studios, this record has an uncommon, exceptional quality. The trio’s incredible musicianship and creativity find a special home in the focused and inspirational analogue environment, audible on every track of the new album.
The self-titled debut is available from Penny Fiddle Records on CD, Vinyl, and digital download.
“The vibrant trio bring their multi-instrumental talents to an impressive collection of mostly original material that is an absolute blast to listen to. One of my top favourites of the year… Brilliant”
RnR ****
“Gavin Fairhall Lever’s ecstatic and adventurous music is a giddy series of tone poems; the sizzling, smoking fiddle and the insistent, questing guitar dart wild and free over a solid anchor of the double bass…razor-sharp composing and surefire musical virtuosity”
FolkWales
