BYARD LANCASTER - Us LP + 7" RSD “Shovels isn’t the greatest name

“Shovels isn’t the greatest name for a band

Comprised of members of Clockcleaner

“This is basically representative of our first 18 months”

Al- bum opener ‘Invisible Water’ is a contemplative start as frontman Peng Liu’s yearning vocals reach out across synthesisers reminiscent of sonar and the hypnotic lapping of water on an un- known shore

and Math The Band

BYARD LANCASTER - Us LP + 7" RSD “Shovels isn’t the greatest nameAt the beginning of the 1960s, at the Berklee College of Music, Byard Lancaster met some feisty friends: Sonny Sharrock, Dave Burrell and Ted Daniel. It is easy to see why he rapidly became involved in free jazz. Once he was settled in New York, he appeared on Sunny Murray Quintet, recorded under the leadership of the drum crazy colleague of Albert Ayler. In 1968, the saxophonist and flutist recorded his first album under his own name: Its Not Up To