Based in England, on the Essex/Suffolk border, The Anti-Dilettanti have finally finished mixing a handful of songs, having been stuck in Covid limbo for a year. Recorded in rural Suffolk, the songs are all trimmed down to two and a half minutes and reflect the bucolic studio setting (with a hint of psych folk).
Armed with their brand new acoustic set, The Anti-Dilettanti will be looking to embark on a post-lockdown tour. 

Ich und Du is redolent of John Barry’s Ipcress Files soundtrack and is a cry to be free from human desires that compel the individual to act against the conscious will.

"Take away the longing from my mind...
Remove the lust that compels"

Hydra, My Love is loosely based on Leonard Cohen and Marriane Ihlen’s relationship, expressing the beauty and sadness of eternal love; although they split up many years earlier, the love they had could never be extinguished and remained until their passing:

"Your soul and mine are lovers still
The years apart, now life distilled
On Hydra stays my love"

Finger picked guitar, with touches of gentle cello, adds to the poignancy of the love song.

Ich Und Du

Exit Strategy is formed around an ethereal arrangement of acoustic and electric guitars (which threaten, but never quite explode into uncontrolled feedback) with subtle piano touches. There is a bareness to the recording, with the sparse and delicate vocals, that creates both an intensity as well as a serenity.

Exit Strategy

Mellieha Bay uses a hypnotic acoustic guitar pattern, mixed with haunting falsetto vocals, to form a beguilingly simple song that still manages to help convey the poignancy of the lyrics.

Mellieha Bay

Lost In The Dark

Into Retrospection

Draw The Curtains

Based in England, on the Essex/Suffolk border, The Anti-Dilettanti have finally finished mixing a handful of songs, having been stuck in Covid limbo for a year. Recorded in rural Suffolk, the songs are all trimmed down to two and a half minutes and reflect the bucolic studio setting (with a hint of psych folk).
Armed with their brand new acoustic set, The Anti-Dilettanti will be looking to embark on a post-lockdown tour.

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