My name is Phil Dean, and The Gathering Tide is... well, me basically. 

Since 2001 I've been frontman for my folk/rock/punk band Zeptepi, and in 2014 I started this new project. 

You can also find here a bunch of old tunes from my distant past...

The album, spacerocketsandsunshine, Out now!

Songs about space rockets and sunshine, played by misfits, for desperate optimists.

Sound Mirrors is a six-piece, sunshine pop and indie psych collective, built around brilliant songs. Sound Mirrors combines classic song-writing with a wall-of-sound approach, Hammond organ, powerhouse drums, five part vocal attack, awkward, unlikely but highly theatrical, with an electric stage presence. Even in those sombre moments, there is a beauty and a joy in the act of sharing. Here comes the sunshine!

Rico - vox, harmonica, percussion, theremin.
Theo - guitars.
Patch - bass / vox.
JP- drums / vox.
Adam - Hammond / vox.
Jeanette - vox.

Artists we also like

The Association, The Millennium, Fingersnap, Woodkid, Matthew E. White, Anna Calvi, Bon Iver, The Decemberists, Elbow, John Grant, Jonathan Wilson, Beach Boys, The Low Anthem, The Polyphonic Spree, Sigur Rós, Phil Spector, Flaming Lips, Pretty Things, Duncan Browne, Bowie.

Empty Frets record original songs and covers on Ye Olde four track recorder, sharing the vocals, using double bass, guitar, a broken banjo, and plenty of ukulele. They also perform live - mostly in and around The New Forest.

http://www.reverbnation.com/emptyfrets  for more recordings of original songs

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCc90MQLmnhsm_XIb7B31Nhg

http://emptyfrets.yolasite.com

https://www.facebook.com/emptyfrets




Sloppy Cheese Mambo was formed in Nashville in 2009. What started as an electronic music collaboration between two multi-instrumentalist quickly evolved into an experimental jam band. The merging of Jenna's classical training and John's rock background have produced an unique & unpredictable blend of a cornucopia of genres. Every instrument you hear is played by either Jenna or John. The band currently resides in Chicago.

Band contact: band@sloppycheesemambo.com 

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