Revelation Reef

• 1 Revelation 02:59
• 2 My Sweet Love 04:23
• 3 Provide 04:53
• 4 How I Got Over 04:07
• 5 Don't Go Changing Your Mind 03:49
• 6 Precious Metal 03:46
• 7 Just Feel Love 03:54
• 8 Ball and Chain 03:54
• 9 First Mistake 05:37
• 10 Darling Be Home Soon 03:01
• 11 Lone Rider 04:12
• 12 Like a Ship (Without a Sail) 04:31
• Total Runtime 49:06

Info for Revelation

Reef sind zurück! Revelation ist ihr erstes Album seit mehr als 18 Jahren und ihr erstes mit dem neuen Gitarissten Jesse Wood. Aufgenommen in Irland und produziert von ihrem langjährigen Mitstreiter George Drakoulias (The Black Crowes, Primal Scream, Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers), wirkt niemand geringeres als Sheryl Crow auf der Lead Single My Sweet Love mit.

Wir wollten nicht einfach nur ein gutes Album erschaffen, wir wollten ein ausgezeichnetes Album aufnehmen, erklärt Reef-Sänger Gary Stringer. Seit zweieinhalb Jahren schreiben wir an Songs, die wir während unser Live Gigs immer mal wieder vor Publikum testen konnten. Jeden Abend spielten wir vier, fünf neue Songs und haben die Reaktionen der Fans ganz genau beobachtet. Wenn ihre Blicke wie weggetreten wirkten oder sie sich auf den Weg zur Bar machten, landeten die Songs sofort im Mülleimer. Aber wenn sie ein Song mitriss - eine Melodie oder ein Gitarrenriff - dann wussten wir, dass wir auf dem richtigen Weg sind. Diese Herangehensweise hat uns dabei geholfen, das Album so gut, so stark wie möglich zu gestalten.

In Irland aufzunehmen war für uns etwas ganz Besonderes, fügt Gitarrist Jesse Wood hinzu. Für mich war das schon immer ein magischer Ort und wir haben gemeinsam mit George ein paar tolle Wochen dort verbringen können. Ich freu‘ mich jetzt schon darauf, das nächste Album aufzunehmen.

Die Welt ist eine schönere mit Reef; ihre Liebe zum Leben und zur Musik ist ansteckend, sagt Produzent George Drakoulias. Für mich ist es ein Privileg, diese Reise gemeinsam mit ihnen anzutreten.

2016 kehrten Reef mit How I Got Over, ihrer ersten Single seit 2003, zurück. Der Song schaffte es auf Anhieb auf die A-List bei BBC Radio 2, zählte in jenem Jahr zu den 20 meistgespielten Songs des Senders, und wurde von der Band live in der Chris Evans Radioshow und der The One-Show auf BBC1 performt. Chris Martin höchstpersönlich lud die Band ein, als Vorgruppe von Coldplay im Wembley Stadium aufzutreten.

Gary Stringer, Gesang
Jesse Wood, Gitarre
Jack Bessant, Bass
Dominic Greensmith, Schlagzeug

Reef
Emerging at the height of Brit-pop, Reef had little in common with their British peers; instead of sounding like an amalgam of the Beatles, the Jam, and Stone Roses, they were indebted to the Stones and the Black Crowes. But, through constant touring, as well as being featured in a television commercial for Sony's Minidisc player, they managed to cultivate a large fan base that expanded significantly with the release of their breakout album Glow.

Comprised of Gary Stringer (vocals), Kenwyn House (guitar), Jack Bessant (bass), and Dominic Greensmith (drums), Reef formed in Street, England, a small town outside of Glastonbury. Initially named Big Talk, Stringer and Bessant were the core members of the group and House rejected their initial overture to join the band. Big Talk relocated to Cornwall, where they merged with the Glastonbury-based No Smoke, who were looking for a new singer since their previous vocalist had left to become a Hare Krishna. The new band became Chief. After a few months, Chief broke up; its drummer, Paul Winterhart, would later join Kula Shaker. Stringer and Bessant split temporarily as they traveled the world to find themselves. Bessant returned to England, where he began studying music at the West London Institute and met House and Greensmith. Shortly afterward, Stringer returned to London, and all four musicians formed Naked. The band recorded a handful of demos in the fall of 1993, sending the results, titled "The Purple Tape," to S2, a subsidiary of Sony Records. S2 signed the group but asked them to change their name; the group settled on Reef. The label had Reef tour the U.K., and after a few months, the group graduated to headlining appearances, eventually opening for Paul Weller at the Royal Albert Hall in 1994.

Replenish In March of 1995, the group released their debut single, "Good Feeling," which climbed into the Top 20. A few months later, Reef contributed "Naked" for a television commercial for the Sony Mini-Disc player. The commercial substantially increased the size of Reef's audience, and shortly afterward, "Naked" reached number 11. Both singles were from their 1995 debut, Replenish, which climbed into the U.K. Top 10 and received good reviews from British metal publications. Following performances at summer festivals, the band released the non-LP "Weird," which became their third Top 20 hit. On the strength of constant touring, including opening slots for the Rolling Stones and Soundgarden, Replenish reached the U.K. Top 10 in early 1996.

Reef returned with the new single "Place Your Hands" in the fall of 1996. Unexpectedly, "Place Your Hands" became a huge hit, rocketing into the Top 10 and laying the groundwork for their second album, Glow. The album entered the charts at number one upon its January 1997 release, going silver in its first week. "Come Back Brighter," which was released two weeks before the LP, and "Consideration" both followed the album into the Top 10. Glow was released in the U.S. in the spring.

Rides Recording soon began for Reef's third album, Rides, at Ocean Way Studios in Los Angeles, again with George Drakoulias. Released in 1999, Rides peaked inside the Top 5 in Great Britain. Fourth album Getaway appeared in 2000, produced by Al Clay (Pixies, Stereophonics), and reached number 15. The band financed their own recordings, getting back to basics with a rawer sound, but Sony disliked the results, and only a handful of songs appeared on the compilation Together: The Best of Reef. Greensmith then left the band, replaced by Nathan Curran, but Reef dissolved soon after.

Other projects abounded for the bandmembers, though, with House playing in a band called McArthur, and Greensmith forming Kubb and also playing in punk supergroup Carbon/Silicon with the Clash's Mick Jones and Generation X's Tony James. Meanwhile, Stringer and Bessant played in a group called Them Is Me.

Revelation In 2010, Reef reunited for a brief tour, including appearances at the Isle of Wight Festival and Glastonbury. Occasional live dates during 2011 and 2012 followed, but House left the band, replaced by Jesse Wood. The group recorded a single in early 2016 titled "How I Got Over," and opened for Coldplay at Wembley Stadium in June 2016. Over the next few years, the group began road testing new material before heading to Ireland with Drakoulias to start recording. The resulting fifth album, Revelation -- coming some 18 years after the release of Getaway -- was issued at the beginning of 2018. (Source: AMG)

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