Following a trilogy of unanimously well received sci-fi themed releases, Scanning the Dark Horizon, The Starships Are Gathering and concluding with last year’s Here Come The Robots!, the John Irvine Band (JIB) continue their space odyssey storytelling with this latest…
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Here Come The Robots! concludes John Irvine’s three-part sci-fi based concept albums which started with 2023’s Scanning The Dark Horizon, followed by The Starships Are Gathering in 2024. And in case you missed TPA’s reviews of parts one and two…
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Ravaged by the consequences of our total disregard for the planet, along with frequent attacks from an ever evolving alien species, was scene for Scanning the Dark Horizon, part one of a three part concept release from The John Irvine…
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“It was time to leave Earth. Truth be told, it was time years ago – but we’d held on, waiting for things to get better. They never did, of course. They’d only got worse. “We were always Scanning The Dark…
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Happy New Year! Another strange year – this seems to be becoming a habit! At least there has been plenty of new music to enjoy and live performances are well and truly back on track. As is usual at this…
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Edinburgh based, The John Irvine Band return with album number five, and it’s a welcome addition to the already impressive back catalogue released over the last decade or so. Formed circa mid-2011 – and it probably goes without saying –…
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Solo album number four for The John Irvine Band, the follow up to the excellent Metaphysical Attractions released in 2018, and the third album to be reviewed here on TPA. But just in case you missed the first two reviews…
View More The John Irvine Band – The Machinery of the Heavens
One of the earliest album reviews to appear on TPA was the second release from Edinburgh based The John Irvine Band, their name derived from the man behind the project – composer, guitarist and multi-instrumentalist, yep you guessed it, John…
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Next Stop is the second release from The John Irvine Band and follows up their impressive debut Wait & See from 2011. As with their debut Next Stop is written and composed by John Irvine (guitar & keyboards) and features…
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