Why don't you run screaming from the cinema during a horror movie? Why rescue a baby on the train tracks? Just what is it deep inside your psyche that's controlling you? Why ON EARTH would anyone want to make a concept album based on a play by Ibsen? All these questions and more answered by Thomas Anderson of GAZPACHO in response to just the one question posed by Billy Reeves which was "so what's the album about, man?"

Three sections of the mega track from 'Fireworker' - the new Gazpacho LP - are interspersed with the philosophical conundrums explored within by the aforementioned Anderson, 

plus...

BRAND NEW TUNES from forthcoming albums by JON GOMM, LUNATIC SOUL and the latest single from THE PINEAPPLE THIEF.

Gazpacho – ‘Space Cowboy’ (from Fireworker)

kscopemusic.com/artists/gazpacho

Jon Gomm – ‘Deep Sea Fishes’ (from The Faintest Idea)

kscopemusic.com/artists/jongomm/

Lunatic Soul – ‘The Passage’ (from Through Shaded Woods)

kscopemusic.com/artists/lunaticsoul/

The Pineapple Thief – ‘Driving Like Maniacs’ (From Versions Of The Truth)
kscopemusic.com/artists/thepineapplethief/

In this episode we speak to BRUCE SOORD and GAVIN HARRISON of THE PINEAPPLE THIEF about Wurlitzer OrganS, upsetting singers, lockdown sessions and, naturally the new LP ‘VERSIONS OF THE TRUTH’ (three tracks herein) as well as one from the re-issue series of Swedish prog maestros ANEKDOTEN and a chat with PAUL DRAPER of MANSUN about their special Record Store Day release and about his replacement in the band… ( one rarity and one live track from the Mansun chaps to get your earholes around too). Please spread the word and subscribe if you’ve not already. TA!

Anekdoten – ‘A Sky About To Rain’ (From A Time Of Day)

The Pineapple Thief – ‘Versions of the Truth’, ‘Demons’, ‘Break It All’ (From Versions Of The Truth)

https://kscopemusic.com/artists/thepineapplethief/

Mansun – ‘Check Under The Bed’ (from Dead Flowers Reject)

https://kscopemusic.com/artists/mansun/

Mansun - 'Being a Girl' - Live Brixton 23/10/98 (From Closed for Business boxset)

https://kscopemusic.com/artists/mansun/

KSCOPE 124

FUTURE RELEASES!

Marking your card, tipping you the wink and flagging a few things up to see who salutes them…

Here’s some things coming out soon from MANSUN, THE ANCHORESS, GAZPACHO, JON GOMM and OZRIC TENATACLES and some explanatory speech from GAZPACHO’s Thomas Anderson, MANSUN’s Paul Draper and JON GOMM’s Jon Gomm...

Tracklisting

Mansun – ‘Grey Lantern’ (from closed for Business Box Set)

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Gazpacho – ‘Fireworker’ (from Fireworker)
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Jon Gomm – ‘Dead Fishes’ (from The Faintest Idea)

kscopemusic.com/artists/jongomm/

The Anchoress ‘Martha’s Harbour’ (All About Eve cover)

https://kscopemusic.com/artists/the-anchoress/

Ozric Tentacles ‘Humboldt Currant’ (from Space for the Earth’
kscopemusic.com/artists/ozrictentacles/

NEW OZRIC TENTACLES SINGLE! AND NEW THE PINEAPPLE THIEF SINGLE!

Ahead of forthcoming LPs on Kscope, we hear brand spanking new tracks from the pens of Ed Wynne and Bruce Soord. Plus, a brief chat with Gavin Harrison (from King Crimson/Porcupine Tree) on how he trained Bruce's voice and Bruce Soord himself on the gestation of the first track to be teased from the new The Pineapple Thief LP.

PLUS  a look back on other Junes at Kscope, a fertile month, with tracks from Lunatic Soul, Anathema and Paul Draper of Mansun and an oldie but goldie from ten years ago...

STAY SAFE and remember, as always, the Kscope store is OPEN (online)!

Tracklisting

Ozric Tentacles – ‘Humboldt Currant’

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Daniel Tompkins ‘Black The Sun’ (from Castles)

https://kscopemusic.com/artists/danieltompkins/

The Pineapple Thief - 'Demons' (from Versions Of The Truth)
https://kscopemusic.com/artists/thepineapplethief/

Lunatic Soul – ‘The Art of Repairing’ (from Under The Fragmented Sky)

https://kscopemusic.com/artists/lunaticsoul/

Anathema – ‘Back To The Start’ (from The Optimist)

https://kscopemusic.com/artists/anathema/

Paul Draper feat Steven Wilson – ‘No Ideas’

https://kscopemusic.com/artists/paul-draper/

https://kscopemusic.com/artists/stevenwilson/

The Pineapple Thief – ‘The State We’re In’ (from Someone Here Is Missing)

https://kscopemusic.com/artists/thepineapplethief/

ROCK BALM.

Apposite tune from the Nordic Giants, signpost to lockdown sessions and recent releases from Tesseract, Godsticks and The Pineapple Thief and new-to-Kscope tunes from Ozric Tentacles and Jon Gomm to soothe.

There’s quite a bit of The Pineapple Thief coming out over the next few months, old, new, live – so your host BILLY REEVES has been chatting at length with Gavin Harrison and Bruce Soord for future podcasts, there’s a smidgeon of Bruce on this one as a wee livener.

STAY SAFE and remember, as always, the Kscope store is OPEN (online)!

Tracklisting

Nordic Giants - 'Immortal Elements' (from Amplify Human Vibration)
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TesseracT - 'Smile' (from Sonder)
kscopemusic.com/artists/tesseract/

Godsticks - 'Victim' (from Inescapable)
kscopemusic.com/artists/godsticks/

The Pineapple Thief - 'Wait' (from Little Man)
kscopemusic.com/artists/thepineapplethief/

Ozric Tentacles - 'Dissolution' (from Pungent Effulgent)
kscopemusic.com/artists/ozrictentacles/

Jon Gomm - 'Passionflower'
kscopemusic.com/artists/jongomm/

What a great year it’s been for Kscope and its artists, thank you BIG TIME for your support!

The acts have played in every corner of the globe, records have made the charts, awards have been placed upon mantlepieces. Here’s a few highlights of the chats and the music from the year of Billy Reeves.

LOTS coming next year too, hear it here!

Tracklisting:

Richard Barberi – (from VARIANTS.5) ‘New Soul 2018’
kscopemusic.com/artists/richard-barbieri/

O.R.k. – (from Ramagehead) ‘Black Blooms’
kscopemusic.com/artists/ork/

Mansun – (from 6) 'Fall Out'
kscopemusic.com/artists/mansun/

Giancarlo Erra – (from Ends) 'End IV'
kscopemusic.com/artists/giancarloerra/

Gong – (from The Universe Also Collapses) 'My Sawtooth Wake'
kscopemusic.com/artists/gong/

Daniel Tompkins – (from Castles) 'Limitless'
kscopemusic.com/artists/danieltompkins/

Iamthemorning – (from The Bell) 'Song Of Psyche'
kscopemusic.com/artists/iamthemorning/

Klone – (from Le Grande Voyage) 'Yonder'
kscopemusic.com/artists/klone/

Bruce Soord – (from All This Will Be Yours) 'All This Will Be Yours'
kscopemusic.com/artists/bruce-soord/

North Atlantic Oscillation – (from Grindshow) 'Spinning Top'
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It’s Bruce Soord chatting once more on the Kscope Podcast, ep. 116 about The Pineapple Thief’s first  North American tour. The band have released Hold Our Fire to coincide with their joint on the other side of the Atlantic, a live LP recorded on the Dissolution tour (an album which got to #1 on the UK rock & metal charts, let us not forget).   

PLUS some NEW MUSIC from Marjana Semkina and Godsticks, some choice cuts from Gong and Ed Wynne – both of whom are touring, listen out for those crucial dates for your diary herein, including a couple of special nights in London. Also a special on the Porcupine Tree In Absentia deluxe announcement. 

In this podcast:

ThePineappleThief -(From Hold Our Fire) 'Uncovering Your Tracks', 'Far Below' & '3000 Days' 

https://kscopemusic.com/artists/thepineapplethief

Godsticks –(from Inescapable) 'Denigrate'

https://kscopemusic.com/artists/godsticks

Ed Wynne –(from Shimmer Into Nature) 'Shim'

https://kscopemusic.com/artists/edwynne

Gong –(from The Universe Also Collapses) 'If Never I'm and Ever You'

https://kscopemusic.com/artists/gong

PorcupineTree –(from In Absentia) 'Blackest Eyes'

https://kscopemusic.com/artists/porcupinetree

Bruce Soord’s new solo album All This Will Be Yours, inspired by the birth of his baby daughter and the deprivation in his home town, is OUT NOW. It’s beautiful (as you’ll hear) and so is the child. Bruce spoke to Billy Reeves about his methods, songwriting, and plays the recorder.

PLUS, there’s a brand new concert album coming out shortly from Bruce’s band The Pineapple Thief so we get an exclusive spin of a track from that, Catherine Anne Davies (professionally known as The Anchoress) tells us about her new Podcast series, and there’s news of some more iamthemorning dates and a track from their latest album The Bell.

In this podcast:

Bruce Soord (from All This Will Be Yours)

All This Will Be Yours video

The Secrets I Know

You Hear the Voices

Artist page

Iamthemorning (from The Bell)

Sleeping Beauty

Artist page

Hello! Welcome back to the Kscope Podcast.

As the weather turns here in London we're wrapped in swathes of atmospheric French rock courtesy of Klone's 'Le Grande Voyage'. Three in a row and an exclusive interview with Guillaume to warm you up.

Plus a tune from the forthcoming Bruce Soord solo LP and a pair of award-winning artists Iamthemorning and Daniel Tompkins.

In This Podcast:

Klone (from Le Grand Voyage) – "Yonder", "Hidden Passenger" & "Breach"

http://kscopemusic.com/klone

Bruce Soord (from All This Will Be Yours) – "The Solitary Path of a Convicted Man"

http://kscopemusic.com/bs

Iamthemorning (from The Bell) – "The Bell"

https://kscopemusic.com/iatm

Daniel Tompkins (from Castles) – "Black the Sun"

http://kscopemusic.com/dt

Presented by Mr Jerry Ewing, the editor and founder of PROG magazine and the host of the annual Progressive Music Awards.

The magazine just reached 100 editions, so we thought it’s high time we asked Jerry to give us a golden hour of his top Kscope tracks, his memories of hearing them for the first time, their post-rock and psychedelic qualities, how they fit into the Universe that he’s created at Prog - and that time we were dancing to Danny Cavanagh’s twelve inchers…

On this podcast:

Anathema - Thin Air (from We're Here Because We're Here Because We're Here)

https://kscopemusic.com/ana

Iamthemorning - Freak Show (from The Bell)

https://kscopemusic.com/iatm

Steven Wilson – Routine (from Hand. Cannot. Erase.)

https://kscopemusic.com/sw

Engineers - Always Returning (from Always Returning)

https://kscopemusic.com/engineers

Klone – Yonder (from Le Grand Voyage)

https://kscopemusic.com/klone

North Atlantic Oscillation - Cell Count (from Grappling Hooks)

http://kscopemusic.com/nao

Bruce Soord (The Pineapple Thief) + Jonas Renkse (Katatonia) - Frozen North (from Wisdom of Crowds)

https://kscopemusic.com/woc

Amplifier – Matmos (from Echo Street)

https://kscopemusic.com/amplifier