I Am The Manic Whale "Things Unseen"

Country: UK
Genre(s): Progressive Rock
Label: Plane Groovy (vinyl)
Format: CD, digital, vinyl
Release date: April 24, 2020
Tracklist: 
1. Billionaire (7:30)
2. The Deplorable Word (7:56)
3. Into The Blue (6:28)
4. Celebrity (19:01)
5. Smile (4:24)
6. Build It Up Again (7:03)
7. Halcyon Day (5:28)
8. Valenta Scream (7:19)

Total Time 65:09

Line-up: 
Ben Hartley: drums, percussion, vocals
John Murphy: keyboards, murphatron, vocals
David Addis: acoustic, electric and classical 6 string guitars, vocals
Michael Whiteman: bass guitar, strombolief bass pedals, electric and acoustic 12 string guitars, vocals
   With
Ella Lloyd: flute (3, 7)
Iona Garvie: bassoon and contra-bassoon (4)
Rob Aubrey: unsolicited additional bass pedals on Valenta Scream and others

Halcyon Strings (1,7,8):
Violins: Coral Powell, Martin Carrick, Michael Bullock
Viola: Mairi Warren
‘Cello: Matthew Talks

Media/Samples 
Valenta Scream
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I Am The Manic Whale "Gathering The Waters"

Country: UK
Genre(s): Progressive Rock
Format: CD, digital
Release date: October 30, 2017
Tracklist: 
1. The Man With Many Faces (7:32)
2. The Milgram Experiment (7:53)
3. The Lifeboatmen (11:22)
4. Strandbeest (13:32)
5. I'll Interlude You In A Minute (1:25)
6. Stand Up (18:30)
7. One (Hopeful Song) (7:49)

Total Time 68:03

Line-up: 
Ben Hartley - drums, percussion, xylophone, backing vocals
John Murhpy - keyboards, murphatron, backing vocals, second lead vocal (1, 7)
David Addis - electric, acoustic and classical guitars, backing vocals
Michael Whiteman - bass guitar, bass pedals, twelve-string guitar and acoustic guitars, lead and backing vocals, percussion
   With
Ella Lloyd - flute (3,4,6)
Matthew Talks - cello (6)

Media/Samples
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I Am The Manic Whale "Everything Beautiful In Time"

Country: UK
Genre(s): Progressive Rock
Format: CD, digital
Release date: December 6, 2015 (digital)
Tracklist: 
1. Open Your Eyes (6:37)
2. Pages (9:04)
3. Princess Strange (5:05)
4. Circles (Show Love) (16:28)
5. Clock Of The Long Now (9:16)
6. The Mess (6:12)
7. Derelict (21:28)

Total time 74:10

Line-up: 
Ben Hartley: drums/percussion/vocals
David Addis: guitars/vocals
John Murphy: keyboard/vocals
Michael Whiteman: bass/vocals/keyboards/guitars/drums
Ella Lloyd: flute

Description/Reviews: 

The first ever album by symphonic prog rock group I Am The Manic Whale from London, UK. The songs on it are all about finding the beauty in things that are often not considered beautiful and how this changes with the passage of time.

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