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Spacedust ep release date 1 August 2011

The Vow have recorded an album's worth of new material at Liverpool's world famous Parr Street Studios. The 5 songs on the Spacedust ep are a sampler for their forthcoming album.Graham explains that "the songs were written over a period of 2 years and my intention was to record a solo acoustic album. I began recording it at Parr Street in the August of 2008, and that's when things started to get a bit out of hand. Once Martyn, Tony and Guy got wind of this, they all wanted to get involved! The idea of an acoustic album got binned and it was then a full on Vow experience!" The only song that remains in the original acoustic vein is "For a Dreamer" which features on the Spacedust ep.

Graham and Martyn''s musical affiliations go back to their school days when they formed a band at Quarry Bank school (that's the same one John Lennon attended). Martyn remembers how "We used to bunk off school when we should have been at Games or in General Studies lessons, and we'd go round to each others houses to learn the guitar and write songs; mostly punk parodies. We've come a long way since then!" Tony recalls his marathon day / night drumming session for the album. "I was living in Dubai at the time and I made a lightning trip back to England to record what I thought was a "big ask" of 10 songs, and then the lads sprang another 3 on me! 13 songs in a day! Within 10 hours of finishing the session, I was back sitting in my apartment in Dubai, like nothing had ever happened!"

The Vow's engineer Andy Strange has an illustrious past. He was mentored by George Martin at Air Studios and went on to engineer some of the works of George Michael, Elton John and Robbie Williams. He lived with Robbie in Los Angeles for two years, engineering while Robbie and Stephen Duffy wrote his Intensive Care album. Guy Davies worked as Australian legend Jimmy Barnes's musical director and now writes with and produces David McAlmont (of McAlmont and Butler fame). Guy says: "When I heard the demo of the album, I was immediately struck by the quality of the material. It had everything - great lyrics and melodies and feel, and I wanted to be a part of the project. I was particularly struck by the potential of Spacedust, a song which I collaborated with Graham on."

Graham explains what inspired the lead track Spacedust. "It came from watching too many Science documentaries on telly; the big bang and the subatomic world - those kinds of things. It gradually dawned on me that infinity works both ways - going into the future but also into the past. Infinity is a pretty hard concept to grasp anyway, but reverse infinity too? Mind blowing. So that's what I mean by "There's no beginning and no ending. Always was and always is". The rest of the song is a mishmash of memories from my childhood right through to the present. I've just thrown everything into it. Spacedust is a reflection on death but also on a spiritual and physical eternity. Essentially, we are all just spacedust."

The Vow are Graham Trust on vocals, bass guitar and acoustic guitars, Martyn Gilbert on electric and acoustic guitars, Tony Potter on drums and Guy Davies on keyboards .

Vince Mayo,
2011