After Comes The Dark, by Green Diesel

After Comes The Dark

by Green Diesel

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1.	Follow The River 05:40	buy track
2.	Northern Frisk 04:33	buy track
3.	Dusty Fairies 05:10	buy track
4.	Sea Song 05:19	buy track
5.	I Wish My Love 04:38	buy track
6.	The White Hart 04:57	buy track
7.	Underworld 05:25	buy track
8.	Katy Cruel 04:11	buy track
9.	Never Reach The Dawn 04:54	buy track
10.	Storm 03:46	buy track
11.	After Comes The Dark 04:11	buy track

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After Comes The Dark - the long-awaited fourth album from Kent-based folk rock band Green Diesel is set for release on 16th July. The album was recorded during 2020 at Squarehead Studios in Sittingbourne and is the first to feature the band’s new five-person line-up. The album also marks the debut of drummer, Paul Dadswell, from Kentish acid-folk band Galley Beggar.

The current formulation of the band has enabled Green Diesel to explore new sounds and new directions. A noteworthy feature, and a distinct departure from previous albums, is that every single band member has written at least one song on the album. The result is an album of stunning folk rock with an inventive twist and innovative use of their studio surroundings.

Guitarist, vocalist and multi-instrumentalist. Greg Ireland, comments:
“After Comes The Dark is a kind of ‘folk in technicolor’. We used the studio to experiment with different sound textures and extra layers of vocal harmonies and you can hear that we’ve been inspired by more psychedelic sounds, too. There are plenty of prog rock and ‘Canterbury Sound’ influences in there.

“The record is still very definitely a ‘folk’ album though. The major themes we explore are cycles, rebirth, the natural world and folklore. As each of us in the band grow older, the concept of the passing of time is apparent through many of the songs.”

As the band were preparing and arranging the songs, bands like Caravan and Genesis proved major influences – allowing Green Diesel to take a more experimental approach compared to past albums, exploring different time signatures and different musical structures. The twelve-string guitar features prominently on the album with suitably breath-taking results. The band were able to make full use of the fantastic array of keyboards available to them at Squarehead Studios.
After Comes The Dark was produced by Rob Wilks whose previous work has included includes Smoke Fairies (as producer), along with Foals and Lianne La Havas (as engineer).

credits

released July 16, 2021

Ellen Care - violin, lead vocals
Paul Dadswell - drums, vocals, keyboards
Matthew Dear - lead guitar, vocals
Ben Holliday - bass, guitar
Greg Ireland - guitar, mandolin, dulcimer, bouzouki, harmonium, vocals

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Chris Care - concertina (track 3)

Produced by Rob Wilks
Additional recording by Paul Dadswell and Matthew Dear

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Green Diesel Canterbury, UK

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