Turned on my record player— It was Rock-a-day Johnny singin’, “Tell Your Ma, Tell Your Pa Our Love’s A-gonna Grow Ooh-wah, Ooh-wah”

 

• “If John Peel was still with us, this lot would be one of his favourite new bands” – The Daily Mirror
• “Invaderband have set the bar incredibly high … sounds like a lost classic” – The Irish News
• “A rare breed of a record. Impossibly earworming” – The Thin Air
• “Definitely one of the records of the year. Magnificent” – SWIT
• “Sly and cunning with a great hook. I really like this…” – Steve Lamacq, BBC Radio 6Music
• “Really good … smashing record” – Gideon Coe, BBC Radio 6Music
• “Splendidly anarchic” – Tom Robinson, BBC Radio 6Music
• “Fresh, invigorating & snappy” – Mickey Bradley, BBC Radio Ulster
• “Fantastic. A great debut record” – Across The Line, BBC Radio Ulster
• “Incredible. An absolute must-have. Get them into your life as fast as you can” – Stephen McCauley, Electric Mainline, BBC Radio Foyle
• “On an aural axis that freewheels between Roxy Music and Magazine. Slickly drilled post-punk … Steeped in wit, waywardness and white hot effervescence” – Mark Barton, The Sunday Experience
• “It will be looked back on as a cult classic” – Louder Than Words

Available on vinyl, CD & download via bandcamp: CLICK HERE, or record shops throughout Ireland, UK & Europe. Distributed by Clear Spot.

Label: Tectona Grandis
Cat: TEAK005, released January 6th 2017.

From the place that I’ll be landing

It’s four in the morning, the end of December

2/12/16 – Photo by Blathnaid. First gig in ages, and first gig with new drummer John and it was pretty, pretty good.

For the ghost and the storm outside will not invade this sacred shrine

The poster says it all really. Invaderband play their first show this year, upstairs in Sandinos, Derry. There will be a little present for everyone who comes. Note that this is NOT an album launch – I’ll try to sort that for January. x

A bright red seventeen

The Invaderband album is now out at the start of 2017. Blame me for not realising how long vinyl takes to press. However people who ordered the vinyl will still get the album on the original release date of 25th November, albeit on a CD (pictured) instead. The vinyl will then follow around Christmas time.

The street date for the album is now 6th Jan 2017.

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Invaderband Is Nigh

It’s been a while. Sorry I’ve been quiet. Life, etc.

But I’m delighted to finally be able to announce my next record. It is the self-titled debut album from Invaderband. And I believe it’s the best thing I’ve ever been involved with. It will be released on 25th November on Digital Download and Vinyl LP formats.

Pre-orders of the vinyl edition will also bag you a free & exclusive 3-track CDr of previously unreleased Invaderband material. These tracks will not be made available in any other way, ever. An instant rarity. Anyway, you can listen to the opening track and pre-order here.

 

If you don’t want to use bandcamp, you can also pre-order a copy directly from me, which is fine and dandy as it means I won’t have to pay bandcamp or paypal fees.

To enter into such a shady deal, drop me a line at adamleonard@hotmail.com

 

When someone attacks your imagination

Invaderband ‘Attack Of The Pod People’ – 3 track single OUT NOW!

Digital download:
Bandcamp
Amazon
iTunes
Google Play

Limited Edition CD available via https://adamleonard.bandcamp.com/merch

Official website: http://invaderband.com/
Official Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/invaderbandmusic

After being played by Steve Lamacq a couple of times, the single has been put on the BBC 6 Music Recommends Playlist. Woah!

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Klaatu barada nikto

The Dark Dog

In the clearing where you wait
There’s no love and there’s no hate
Only he can know your fate
He is seated at your gate
The dark dog

On the blackened snowy street
There’s no light and there’s no heat
All your paths now obsolete
He is snarling at your feet
The dark dog

Now your mind comes to the boil
And a fog descends on all
Ice is forming on your wall
He is scratching in the soil
The dark dog

‘Last Night I Dreamt Of Hibrihteselle’ by Richard Moult

Composer, painter and poet Richard Moult‘s new solo album Last Night I Dreamt Of Hibrihteselle, a Loegrian dream sequence, can now be purchased from Delphine Dora’s exquisite label Wild Silence. The album comprises of song settings to poems by Mary Webb, Ivor Gurney and Gladys Mary Coles, and includes guest appearances from members of United Bible Studies, as well as artists such as Delphine Dora, Adam Leonard, Amanda Feery and Sophie Cooper.

 

I am honoured to sing on this album. It has been an immense labour of love for Richard, a friend and true artist, and I believe the finished album to be a triumph.

Download or buy the release via the Wild Silence bandcamp page:
https://wildsilencelabel.bandcamp.com/album/last-night-i-dreamt-of-hibrihteselle