Born Again
Aug 05, 2022
3 minutes
Words: David West
Images:
Vince Edwards
It might be an obvious analogy but Born, the excellent debut from San Diego’s Birth, marks a rebirth of sorts. Singer and multi-instrumentalist Conor Riley and guitarist Brian Ellis set the prog and psych scenes alight a decade ago with Astra, releasing two acclaimed albums with 2009’s The Weirding and 2012’s The Black Chord. They toured the UK and Europe and seemed poised to be the next big thing in Mellotron-drenched euphoric prog, but then it all went very quiet. What happened to the bright young things?
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