Metheglin
Latest News
Metheglin expect to be starting work on their second album this summer! Pete "Peewee" Coleman says "We are looking forward to working on the new material, over the winter we have had lots of ideas - so we are hoping for something really good!" However the band don't have a name for the new album yet.
2012 is a busy year for Metheglin - in addition to starting work on a new album, there are lots of gigs and festivals already arranged in their calendar.
If you're interested in seeing what they are up to on facebook have a look at here.
Metheglin playing at the Myth, Mystery & Magick! event in Stroud in 2011
Album Review
"Raining in Paradise" is the debut album of a band with a very distinctive sound and a very different type of line-up. The album was recorded and produced by Pete "peewee" Coleman - more usually noted for his work with bands such as AC/DC, The Charlatans and Echo and the Bunnymen - on his new label Pipe-Dream Music.
The album packs a wide dynamic breadth of music within its 16 tracks, you never know what's coming next... slow orchestral to frenetic trance, and yet it delivers the solely unique sound that is Metheglin. So be prepared for music unlike anything you have ever heard before!
Metheglin play contemporary progressive folk on modern versions of medieval instruments. The music could be termed "experimental", and is a melodic blend of modern, medieval and dance, all underpinned with exciting percussion, driving bass lines and exotic instrumentation.
"An Absolutely brilliant debut album"
Frank Hennessy BBC Radio Wales"A very talented band"
Johnny Coppin BBC Radio Gloucester"Oh! Super stuff! Really lovely" "Fabulous, really like that CD"
Genevieve Tudor BBC Radio Shropshire"Eno meets Eurodance!"
Donal Whelan - Hafod Mastering"Well that's pretty damn fine."
Chris Evans BBC Radio 2