Also
Eden have been playing to (mainly!) appreciative audiences since the
first gigs in 2005. Here are what the critics have had said ...
DPRP
- Summer's End Festival, 2005
First
on the bill are Also Eden, a relatively new band with the lead singer
being none other than the aforementioned Huw. And they were not bad
at all. The opening slot at all day festivals is a difficult gig, but
they seemed to have a decent turnout and gradually won the audience
over, not just with their excellent music but with Huw and drummer Mark Hall's
entertaining between song banter. Closing song Between the
Lines was very impressive, and the band seemed genuinely surprised to
be called back for an encore. I wasn't.
iO
Pages - ProgFarm Festival, Holland 2006
The
next band Also Eden was introduced as Almost Eden. Personal problems
were the reason that the bands drummer and bass player did not make
the trip to Bakkeveen. Only a couple of days before the festival did
I get the news that not the whole band would perform the music of the
bands masterpiece "About Time". At first I was very dissapointed.
But after I had seen the trio playing the three songs from this fantastic
album plus a great Peter Gabriel cover ("Here comes the flood")
and one new piece, I probably would call their performance the best
of all done during this anniversary festival. Lead singer Huw LIoyd-Jones,
keyboardist Ian Hodson and gitarist Simon Rogers must be given a big
complement for playing such a professional concert without any rhythm
section.
Fireworks
Magazine - Club Riga, Dec 2006
Oh
boy! I felt so sorry for these two bands, and indeed the promoters,
as they ended up playing in front of the proverbial one man and his
dog. I’m glad I made the effort as I have now been introduced
to a great new band in Also Eden, and also witnessed a great gig. In
the circumstances one could have forgiven the bands for taking their
foot off the pedal but they didn’t. Also Eden must have been tempted
to turn around and go home at Reading when they heard that neither drummer
nor bass player were going to make it, but they soldiered on with an
impromptu set of rearranged songs and a splendid job they did too.
I was immediately taken by their sound and the excellent voice of Huw
Lloyd-Jones, which has more than a touch of Alison Moyet about it and
his performance on the cover version of Peter Gabriel’s ‘Here
Comes the Flood’ was a clincher as far as I was concerned and
said that these guys have class.
I jotted notes like Pallas, Jadis and Marillion as comparisons as they
played three of the five tracks from their debut album alongside the
aforementioned cover and an edited version of an epic, ‘Widow’s
Eyes’, scheduled for the sophomore release. I look forward to
seeing the full ensemble at some point in the not too distant future.
Gary Marshall