Faunch: The Ghost of Glyndowr (2021)

Faunch: The Ghost of Glyndowr (2021)

Andy is totally solo on this four-track release, which is somewhat unusual as this is an extended song, broken into three, plus a remix of the first. This, the title cut, originally appeared on Faunch’s second album, ‘Venice & Beethoven’, and apparently was always...
Faunch: The Vig (2021)

Faunch: The Vig (2021)

‘The Vig’ is a five-track release which also came out in 2021, the same year as ‘Sodium Vapor’, but again it is a very different release indeed. This time Andy has been joined by Anthony “Bones” Bonito on electric pianos on two of the numbers, but...
Faunch: Sodium Vapor (2021)

Faunch: Sodium Vapor (2021)

This album is a huge departure from ’80 Spheres’, even though it was the next release, not only in musical style but in the way it was approached by Andy Faunch (vocals, bass, guitars, keyboards, samples & manipulations, percussion) as this time around he was...
Faunch: 80 Spheres (2020)

Faunch: 80 Spheres (2020)

It has been some years since I last heard Faunch, reviewing the first two albums back in 2017, but producer and sometime bandmate Michael McClure got in touch with me recently and sent me the next seven, so am working through then in release sequence and it has...
Factory of Art: Back To Life (2024)

Factory of Art: Back To Life (2024)

German power metal outfit Factory Of Art broke up at some point after the second album with their last gig being in 2006, but in 2019 they decided to get back together as a mix of musicians who had been in the band previously along with both lead singers, with the...