The Curator "Inside the Whale"

Country: UK
Sub Genre: Art Rock, Classical
Label: Cromerzone
Release date: December 20, 2012
Tracklist: 
1. Inside The Whale (20.38)
2. Snakes And Ladders (7.43)
3. The Warmth Of My Pillow (3.48)
4. Courtiers (5.42)
5. First One Home (4.40)

Line-up: 

Alistair Murphy: Keyboards, Guitars and Vocals

Pat Mastelotto (King Crimson, XTC, Mister Mister) : Drums and Percussion
Steve Bingham (No-Man): Violins, Violas & Conductor of Ely Sinfonia
Mark Fletcher (Judy Dyble, Terry Stamp): Bass
Diana Hare (Terry Stamp): Vocals
Phil Toms : Orchestral Arrangements
Jeremy Salmon : Guitar
Brenda Stewart : Viola
Lucy Mitchell: Cello
Harry Fletcher : Guitar
Janet Brook : Oboe
Andy Heard : French Horn
The Ely Sinfonia

Description/Reviews: 

By day, a mild Norfolk museum curator and by night a be-caped purveyor of sophisticated excess, Alistair Murphy's second solo album finds the eccentric keeper of antiquities in fully-fledged Orchestral Rock mode.

Consisting of one twenty minute side-long spanning epic and four shorter pieces, the album revels in its non-digital-era arrangements and 1970s influenced sense of scale.

Orchestrated by Phil Toms and featuring the Ely Sinfonia conducted by Steve Bingham, Inside The Whale also includes the ever-versatile Pat Mastelotto on drums.

Developing further the musical and lyrical themes that marked his quirky debut Sometime Soon, Inside The Whale evokes singer-songwriter, Progressive and 20th Century Classical styles.

A modern man adrift in the modern world using modern technology to make a traditional statement of grand intent, The Curator is a fascinating anachronism; not quite of this time or any other.

Media/Samples 
First One Home
Entire album online

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