Beatrix Players - Magnified (2017) [Hi-Res]

Beatrix Players tell stories of real life and fantasy. Citing influences as diverse as Michael Nyman and Regina Spektor and drawing comparisons to the likes of Kate Bush and Einaudi Ludovico. There are tempestuous passages in the band's music that you can imagine being delivered by traditional rock instrumentation but it is the very absence of guitars and drums that means there's nobody out there quite like Beatrix Players. In 2015 the band (Amy Birks, Jess Kennedy and Amanda Alvarez) took their unique sound - a beautiful combination of vocals, piano and cello - into the studio to record their self-produced debut album, which has been mixed by two-time BBC Folk Award winner, Jim Moray.

Through their enchantingly dark and evocative melodies, expansive arrangements and empowered orchestral sound Beatrix Players tell stories of real life and fantasy. Citing influences as diverse as Michael Nyman and Regina Spektor and drawing comparisons to the likes of Kate Bush and Einaudi Ludovico, this London-based, all female trio combine elements of Folk, Jazz, Progressive and Classical music. In 2015 the band took their unique sound – a beautiful combination of vocals, piano and cello – into the studio to record their self-produced debut album, which has been mixed by two-time BBC Folk Award winner, Jim Moray.

“There is a light, translucent quality to the music, and yet when it is not being hushed and reverent, it has the attack and thrust, the surging dynamism, of rock.” (Paul Lester, British Music Journalist)

“New female players on the prog scene…Progressive rock combines with folk, Jazz and classical in this band’s rich sound” (Jerry Ewing, Editor for Prog Magazine)

“A warm series of piano-driven songs that combine the dynamics and vocal delivery of Kate Bush with Tori Amos piano-gymnastics” (Paul Woodgate, Folk Radio)

Beatrix Players:
Amanda Alvarez, cello
Jess Kennedy, piano, backing vocals, flute
Amy Birks, lead und backing vocals
Gäste:
Robyn Hemmings, double bass (Walk Away, Roses)
Anna Jenkins, violin (Never Again, Mole Hill & Obey Me), viola (Mole Hill)

Tracklist:
01. Beatrix Players - Rushlight (4:13)
02. Beatrix Players - Lady of the Lake (5:17)
03. Beatrix Players - Never Again (3:41)
04. Beatrix Players - Not for the First Time (3:47)
05. Beatrix Players - Molehill (3:19)
06. Beatrix Players - What Do You Say (3:28)
07. Beatrix Players - Ophelia (2:40)
08. Beatrix Players - Walk Away (3:02)
09. Beatrix Players - Obey Me (5:31)
10. Beatrix Players - Unpolished Pearl (3:14)
11. Beatrix Players - High Heel Shoes (2:17)
12. Beatrix Players - All That Thinking (3:00)
13. Beatrix Players - Roses (3:32)
14. Beatrix Players - Molehill (Instrumental) (2:49)