A Day of Rainbows
‘A Day Of Rainbows’ is a semi-autobiographical album by guitarist and vocalist Simon Carbery. Working with over twenty singers and instrumentalists, arrangements include short instrumental pieces and longer, developed songs, mixing together contrasting instruments and sounds from folk, jazz, rock, World, and classical traditions. The album was recorded, mixed and co-produced by Nick Moorbath at Evolution Studios, Oxford, England. Mastering by Tim Turan at Turan Audio. (See more below).
“Great work on all levels -- musically, melodically and lyrically; performance-wise, arrangement-wise and production-wise.”
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Key tracks
Well …
An epic song about a year.
Crippled Dreams
A psychedelic song about childhood fevers and other hallucinations.
Beautiful Tuesday (excerpt)
Snippet from the album’s climax
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Vegetarians & Carnivores debut album, A Day of Rainbows
Following 4 single releases since Christmas 2020, ‘A Day of Rainbows’, Vegetarians & Carnivores’ debut solo album, launched 23rd October 2021 on CD and all download places.
Recorded, mixed and co-produced by Nick Moorbath at Oxford’s Evolution Studios, Vegetarians & Carnivores is a solo/collaborative project with all songs written by writer, singer and guitarist Simon Carbery.
About ‘A Day Of Rainbows’
‘A Day Of Rainbows’ is a semi-autobiographical album in a range of musical styles.
Simon comments: “A Day of Rainbows loosely describes a very up and down, very emotional year, but on a wider level it’s about the up- and down-ness of life.”
Working with over twenty singers and instrumentalists, arrangements include short instrumental pieces and longer, developed songs, mixing together contrasting instruments and sounds that include shruti, uillean pipes and Chinese flute, treated vocals, samples and effects, and traditional strings and rock, folk and jazz instruments.
“The songs are lyrics-driven. All but one was written on acoustic guitar, which to me makes them feel intimate and personal, even though the final arrangements are mostly more complex.”
Track listing:
Option C
Where Do Friends Go?
Well …
Don’t Let The Darkness In
Crippled Dreams
Dubrovnik Rooftiles
Nation Of Us
A Day Of Rainbows
Beautiful Tuesday
Where Do Friends Go? (Reprise)
Musical Inspirations
‘A Day Of Rainbows’ is inspired by artists ranging from Bowie to the Beatles, Peter Gabriel to Kate Bush, Radiohead to David Sylvian, Tears For Fears to Steely Dan, Jeff Buckley, Steven Wilson, Wilco, Elbow, folk, classical and jazz.
About Simon Carbery
· Simon is a writer, vocalist and guitarist in UK band The Wood Demons: https://thewooddemons.bandcamp.com Previous releases with The Wood Demons include mini-album The Lost Domain (2018) and album Angels Of Peckham Rye (2020)
· As Cornelius Fuel, he is also a published children’s author, with 5-star reviews on Amazon for ‘The Morphant’, his adventure novel for 9-12s: amzn.to/3h8hWaH
Vegetarians & Carnivores links:
https://linktr.ee/vegsandcars
Contact:
+44 (0)7721 559979