Today’s the day friends. Clann is a celebration of the sense of family within the band and among everyone who supports the music... something for which we'll always be grateful. The inner gatefold is intended to represent this so we hope you'll find the whole album a worthy tribute.
It's available right now on CD worldwide and on Vinyl in the UK.
Talking of digital downloads, what do think of this idea? We're trying it out on the tour merch desk... an 'album pin' no less.
It's a nice 4 cm enamel 'Clann' pin mounted on card with a QR code link on the back to download the artwork and audio in your choice of format... flac, 24 bit wav or highest quality mp3... or you can have all three 😁 It just seems a nice way of providing a physical element to the digital album. If there's any left after the tour we'll add them to our website store.
The 'Clann' Tour
The Clann Tour kick's off tomorrow at the Queen Victoria Hall in Oundle. Very excited this end!.. and there's plenty of room at the inn if you fancy a last minute dash to join us.
Here's the full gig list and ticket links. We'd LOVE to see you at a show!
The incredible Leoni Jane Kennedy will join us from April 5-13 and Ebony, who's currently on an amazing tour of The Netherlands with Anneke van Giersbergen, will make a welcome return to the fold from April 17-20.
Please do join us if you can!
Clann Reviews
We're absolutely thrilled with the early reactions to Clann! Both reviewers and those who pre-ordered the album have been extremely generous with their feedback. Many are posted on our site here if you'd like to check them out https://solsticeprog.uk/news-reviews/reviews/clann-reviews
There's certainly been a lot more engagement generally in the record so I couldn't be happier. It's clear we're slowly but surely getting on more people's radar and that's incredibly motivating.
Our Clann
Our most excellent webmaster, Chris Elliott, has just created a page on our site to celebrate the wonderful folk who do so much to help and support the band. Our Guardians, creative collaborators, radio hosts, promoters and many more. There are, of course, people yet to be added, some who'd rather remain anonymous, some who just haven't read the email 😁 But if we've missed you, or anyone else you feel should be included, please do let us know. https://solsticeprog.uk/about-solstice/ourclann
Earthsong
We've released both 'Firefly' and 'Life' in the run up to today and thought we'd just snuck this one in at the last moment. As with the others, it's the album audio which, in this case, I synced with footage from our Stable class="mchi" s show last year. Hope you enjoy it.
Ok, time to pack the gear for tomorrow and have a quick run-through the set.
Have a happy Clann Day and a great weekend! Love and thanks from us all Andy x
