Sweet Billy Pilgrim - Motorcade Amnesiacs

Kscope releasing brand new studio album from UK based, Mercury Prize Nominated experimental art rockers Sweet Billy Pilgrim.Motorcade Amnesiacs follows on from their critically acclaimed album 'Crown and Treaty', which was awarded a coveted five stars by Mojo and featured as Album Of The Week in The Sunday Times and its Mercury Music Prize-nominated predecessor 'Twice Born Men' released on David Sylvian's Samadhi Sound label.Not ones to respect musical boundaries, Sweet Billy Pilgrim have thrown every ounce of their belief and passion into the genre spanning excellence of 'Motorcade Amnesiacs', an album of adventurously inspired melodies, intertwining riffs and eclectic rhythms, heavenly harmonies and thought-provoking lyrics.The first radio single on 18th May 'Just Above Midtown' sees the band fuse their pop sensibilities with swaggering rock groove. 'Longstreth' showcases guitarist & songwriter Tim Elsenburg's dynamic song writing ability, mixing beautiful harmonies with pounding guitar riffs, the groove-led 'We Just Did What Happened And Nobody Came' lodges firmly in the memory long after it ends and 'Tyrekickers', revels in co-vocalist Jana Carpenters heart-worn tones.They have been confirmed to play at this year's Desertfest in London on April 25th with more dates to be announced soon.'Motorcade Amnesiacs' cements Sweet Billy Pilgrim as one of Britain's greatest cult bands. 'Motorcade Amnesiacs' will be released as a 2CD Media book with limited edition bonus disc with 3 brand new bonus tracks including a remix of Steven Wilson 'Insurgentes' with a 24 page colour booklet.What the press say about Sweet Billy Pilgrim:'Twice Born Men' finds songwriter Tim Elsenburg making great strides forward with an ambitious cycle of songs' The Independent Newspapercleverly crafted, dramatic stuff. NMEThey've re-emerged, stronger, more focused and full of headspinning ideas QMagazineA richer feast, from more humble ingredients, could scarcely be imagined Mojo MagazineA simply glorious new album from Buckinghamshire's premier experimental outfit BBC Music�bouncing all over the map from synth pop to clanking blues, reeking of quality and daring to dream ???? Mail on Sunday�celebrates the restorative power of music itself. ???? Classic Rock MagazineA wonderful band� ???? Independent on Sunday�this new, equally brilliant album� ???? Sunday TimesThere are impressive moments aplenty from raffish swagger to the epic and soulful???? Daily Mirror�it maintains the high standards set by Mercury-nominated Twice Born Men and ravishing Crown & Treaty�. ???? The SunEverything that made their past albums so engaging � the lopsided melodies, frontman Tim Elsenburg's anguished drawl, those lazy Bacharach-style brass fills � is still here, but harnessed to better songs� 'Motorcade Amnesiacs' might just be the album to drag Sweet Billy Pilgrim out of cult obscurity the into the great wide world ???? Q MagazineAnother art-rock masterpiece Prog Magazine