God’s Own COUNTRYMAN
“Most people my age are starting to think about retirement,” Andy Tillison muses. “Having decided to be a progressive rock musician, I will probably have to work for the rest of my life. There’s no pension, so we just keep going.”
Speaking as his band The Tangent gear up for the release of Auto Reconnaissance, their 11th album, Tillison’s observations shouldn’t be interpreted as a complaint. Aside from being an optimist generally, he’s swift to point out that by virtue of living in the middle of the Yorkshire Dales in northern England, he and his partner Sally have been considerably less affected than most by the challenges of coronavirus and lockdown.
“We’re miles from anywhere, in one of the highest villages in Britain on top of a moor, 1,300 feet above sea level. It’s very idyllic and we consider ourselves very lucky.”
However, as Tillison points out wryly, his personal history and that of The Tangent has not been without significant misfortune. “The story of me, Sally and
