When vocalist and guitarist Mark Graham played a rough demo of his song, Ship of Fools to composer/multi-instrumentalist Andrew Keeling in the summer of 2018, the idea of the Gong Farmers was suddenly born. Together with a chance visit to an Irish castle, where the activities of the medieval gong farmers was described in detail, the band was now named.

From 2020 – ’21 the band worked on a second album, Guano Junction, continuing both the connective thematic elements and themes of love and loss heard on Ship of Fools yet exploring darker areas of musical and human experience. Featuring David Jackson (Van der Graaf Generator), Alex Che (Modern Eon, Che), Cliff Hewitt (Modern Eon, Apollo 440), Noko 440 (Apollo 440), Martin Walker (Nth Ascension, Thruaglas Darkly), Brian Taylor (This Is Awkward, Thruaglas Darkly) and others, Guano Junction is released by Spaceward Records.

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09 - The Gong Farmers - Wednesday Afternoon

08 - The Gong Farmers - Guano Junction 2

07 - The Gong Farmers - Vista De Toledo

06 - The Gong Farmers - As Sunlight Falls 2

05 - The Gong Farmers - Evergreen

04 - The Gong Farmers - Guano Junction 3

03 - The Gong Farmers - Pip, Squeak And Wilfred 1

02 - The Gong Farmers - Drive

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