Cast

Among the most traditional guitar rings to emerge through the Brit-pop period from the mid-’90s, Solid have weathered bad criticism from particular quarters from the media, who labeled them simple revivalists. However the criticism didn’t prevent Solid from learning to be a very, extremely popular music group within Britain following a achievement of Oasis and Blur. Led by vocalist/guitarist John Power, Solid carved out an audio that was greatly indebted towards the English Invasion of the first ’60s, yet it had been infused having a mystical, pseudo-hippie lyrical sensibility, which Power extended upon in every of his interviews. What actually made Solid into a achievement was Power’s present for simple, traditional pop hooks, as shown on the strike singles “Good Period,” “Alright,” and “Walkaway.” The origins of Solid lay within the La’s, the seminal past due-’80s English acoustic guitar pop combo led by Lee Mavers. John Power was the bassist within the La’s off their inception within the middle-’80s to the first ’90s, once the music group had a significant British strike using its eponymous debut record. Following the helping tour for the record, the La’s had been planned to record another record, yet it shortly became apparent that Mavers had not been only not likely to compose a batch of brand-new songs anytime soon, but he wasn’t likely to allow Capacity to lead his own materials. Power still left the music group, forming Ensemble with guitarist Liam Tyson, bassist Peter Wilkinson, and drummer Keith O’Neill early in 1994. Ensemble received their initial big break when Elvis Costello acquired the group open up for him on his summertime 1994 U.K. tour. By the finish of 1994, Ensemble had signed an archive agreement with Polydor Information, and began documenting with John Leckie (XTC, Rock Roses). “Finetime,” Cast’s debut solitary, reached quantity 17 within the pop graphs in the springtime, accompanied by another strike solitary, “Alright,” in the summertime. All Switch, the band’s debut, premiered in Oct of 1995, debuting within the British TOP. During the period of 1996, Cast’s target audience continued to develop, as All Switch worked its method toward platinum position, as well as the music group toured America many times, getting a cult target audience. Within the fall, Solid released the solitary “Soaring,” their 1st fresh documenting since their debut. The one entered the United kingdom graphs at number 4. The band’s second record, Mother Nature Phone calls, was released within the springtime of 1997. Magic Hour, which boasted even more refined songwriting, appeared two years afterwards; 2001’s Beetroot became the group’s last record. However, the music group re-formed this year 2010, and performed live dates within the U.S. and U.K. in 2011 to commemorate All Change’s 15th wedding anniversary. The reunion converted into a full-time proposition in 2012, when Ensemble released their John Leckie-produced return record, Troubled Situations. The record was well received and Ensemble toured world-wide in its support, steadily working on brand-new material that they documented piecemeal over quite a few years in the Engine Museum in Liverpool with Al Groves (Bring Me the Horizon). Peter Wilkinson remaining the music group in 2015 and was changed by previous La’s guitarist Jay Lewis. Solid completed their 6th recording after he became a member of, releasing Kicking In the Dust in Apr 2017.