Touchstone "Oceans Of Time"

Country: UK
Sub Genre: Progressive Rock, AOR
Label: Hear No Evil Recordings
Release date: October 7, 2013
Tracklist: 
1. Flux
2. Contact
3. Tabula Rasa
4. Fragments
5. Spirit Of The Age
6. Suffer The Little Children
7. Shadow’s End
8. Solace 2013
9. Through The Night
10. Thunder & Crickets
11. Oceans Of Time

Line-up: 
Kim "Elkie" Seviour (Lead Vocals)
Rob Cottingham (Vocals, Keys & SFX)
Adam Hodgson (Guitars & SFX)
Andre P Moorghen (Bass, Backing vocals)
Henry Rogers (Drums & Percussion)

Description/Reviews: 

On this eagerly awaited new album, the band continue their "Wintercoast” story with the dynamic, moving epic title track ‘Oceans Of Time’; the sequel to the title tracks of Wintercoast and The City Sleeps. Another familiar theme comes from ‘Shadow’s End’, the final part of the Shadow trilogy, which started with the track ‘Shadow’, from Discordant Dreams.
Fans will enjoy a more guitar-orientated sound from Oceans Of Time than previous albums due to the nature of the writing process. All the music is written by Touchstone, with lyrics by lead vocalist Kim "Elkie” Seviour, and keys man Robert Cottingham, whilst guitarist Adam Hodgson again designed the cover artwork. 

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Rob Cottingham "Captain Blue"

Country: UK
Sub Genre: Progressive Rock
Release date: January 14, 2013
Tracklist: 

1. Condemnation
2. Vantage Down
3. Before Your Walls Came Down
4. Captain Blue
5. Chasing Storms
6. Final Kiss
7. Reach Out
8. Only Time Will Tell
9. Thin Ice
10. The Drowning Man
11. Stray Dog
12. Spinning The Wheel
13. In The End
14. Refrain
15. When The Walls Came Down
16. Still Running
17. Soaring To The Sun
18. The Drowning Man - Radio Edit

Line-up: 
Rob Cottingham (Touchstone) - vocals, keys, and SFX
Heather Findlay (Mostly Autumn and The Heather Findlay Band) - vocals
Adam Hodgson (Touchstone) - guitars
Gary O'Toole (The Steve Hackett Band) - drums
Dr Goat Foot (The Carpathian Inflammable Shadow Puppet Orchestra) - bass

Description/Reviews: 

It's all about time, death, self-realisation...and not taking yourself too seriously... A 'cross-genre'ational blend of prog, rock and pop.
Or musically schizophrenic? You decide...!

Rob is the singer-songwriter and keyboard player who founded rock band, Touchstone, in 2001.

Read the review  by Tim Hall

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