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ABAND is celebrating its new album release with a special launch gig in Reading next February.
Alternative-rock group The Paradox Twin will mark their music success with a night of live music at Reading’s The Facebar on Friday, February 4.
The venue, on Ambrose Place, will see the band entertain crowds with songs from their new album, Silence from Signals.
They’ll also be joined by special guests John Mitchell, opening the evening with an acoustic set, and Quantum Pig.
The five-piece group features founder member Danny Sorrell, Diane Fox, Nicole Johnson, Leland Freeman and Graham Brown.
Danny said that the band can’t wait to play the new material at the launch event.
“Considering that most of us are from Reading, we’ve never actually played here before, so it’s going to be a very special night for us,” he said.
Nicole explained that the evening is going to be “emotional”.
She said: “Everyone can expect all their senses to have an experience.
“Our show is not just something to listen to, it’s something to see.”
Danny’s main focus in lockdown was writing the album, the majority of which was recorded remotely.
Silence from Signals, launched in October by White Star Records, follows twins, in which one was born with a disability.
It explores how he is navigating through life with the support of his twin sister.
Danny, whose son is autistic, says the album is “his soul spewed out on paper”.
“It’s very raw to me because of the personal experience
I’ve gone through, and I really want to get it out to more parents who may be in a similar position,” he said.
And Nicole, on vocals, added that the songs also hone in on her own experience with her children.
“My voice is my son’s advocacy, and although we’re starting to get more information on autism, a lot of people are still in denial about it,” she said.
Danny added autism isn’t something to be ignored.
He said: “We would really love to reach out to other groups and families so that people can understand this more in the hopes that by connecting to the album they will be able to express their emotions and relate to the concept.”
The pair said reaction to the album has been positive.
Nicole said she has missed the chemistry between heron stage and the audience.
“I took to live streaming gigs in lockdown and it’s just not quite the same as being up there and singing live to a room full of people,” she said.
Danny said that the band has exciting things in the pipeline over the next year.
Having written an EP with three songs, he hopes to release this next Spring.
“The EP includes songs that I didn’t think quite fit in with the rest of the new album, so it’s really a side story to Silence from Signals.”