The Amber Herd

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The Amber Herd, on the one hand, widescreen atmospheric rock and on the other trippy mellifluous acousticity. Notts-based five piece who’ve spent the last 18 months clawing their way through the soft white underbelly of the local Nottingham scene, now sliding their way up through the ether to deposit themselves somewhere near the stars.

The Amber Herd formed in Summer 2006 and includes ex members of Sheffield's Beulah Kop and Nottingham's Wide Eyed Wonder. The original four piece band made its live debut at The Old Angel in Nottingham in September '06. Following this, in Autumn '06, we played at two big Pink Floyd tribute shows, in Brighton at the Komedia and at Glasgow's Jumpin' Jaks.

A 10 track CD of original songs, TAILS OF WASPS, was finished in 2006 and features Stage Fright and Apple and others from the live set. The band will shortly be going into the studio to record some new tunes.
In 2007 we recorded Magnolia for the Neptune Pink Floyd website DOUBLE CORE originals album project and a cover of Floyd's "The Gnome" for Volume 3 of the NPF tribute series. Double Core has just been released and is a 60-odd minute continuous piece featuring tracks from bands in the USA, Croatia, Sweden and the UK to name but four. The full ten minute version of Magnolia forms, in our opinion, the centerpiece of this album.

The Amber Herd have been busy playing venues in Nottingham and further afield with some great bands - such as Made of Leaves, Model Morning, Hijak Oskar, The Silver Tongues, Fat Digester, Satnam's Tash, Breathe, Curis Whitefinger, Lisa de'Ville and Ying.