Link to The Merlin Bird
Who Are You: The Merlin Bird is a band based in Melbourne, Australia that play a unique brand of progressive/Celtic rock. The Gloucester dates will be The Merlin Bird Solo Show - which is me (Geoff) performing Merlin Bird songs with the aid of backing tracks, a 12-string guitar and a powerful caffeine supplement! (So four-fifths of the band are guaranteed to be both in tune and in time!)
Why Should We Come and See You: Industry pros and press have described The Merlin Bird as "spellbinding" and "shivers-down-the-spine good". The richness of their vocal layering and willingness to explore unusual time signatures have combined to produce a sound that is genuinely unique. This is the first Merlin Bird tour of Britain, so if the band attain the sort of success that has been predicted for them, punters who were there at the beginning can be assured of bragging rights for perpetuity!
For Fans of / Sounds Like: The Merlin Bird sound like Pink Floyd meeting a bad-tempered Enya in an Irish pub owned by Radiohead, as sung by classically trained singers who have somehow wound up in a rock band. If truth be told, they can't really figure it out themselves. As the local press notes, "comparisons are tricky to make, which has got to be a good thing in an age when too many bands sound uncannily like someone else ... The Merlin Bird, sparkling with originality, will be a band worth watching."