Geoff Bradford Releases “The Voyage Out” Album & Single “Never Be Lonely Again”.
Geoff Bradford - The Voyage Out Featuring The Single Never Be Lonely Again
Never Be Lonely Again is the first single taken from US musician Geoff Bradford’s latest album The Voyage Out. The track combines a novelist’s knack for storytelling with an elegant international groove and is essentially a love song about a man trying to get some straight talk from an evasive woman, blending romance and mysticism to intriguing effect, perfectly capturing the spirit of The Voyage Out…
True to its title, The Voyage Out is a wildly adventurous yet deeply focused album, full of massive hooks and imaginative sonic exploration. Geoff Bradford takes a mad scientist’s approach to his distinctive brand of psych-rock, incorporating elements of electronica, funk, avant-garde, and jubilant world music flourishes. Hypnotic grooves give way to moments of tranquil beauty, resulting in one of the most compelling rock albums you’ll hear this year.
This record is inspired by, and dedicated to, Virginia Woolf – a seminal influence whose portrait Geoff has tattooed on his right arm. “The Voyage Out” was the title of Woolf’s first book, and “The Waves” is the first of Woolf’s books that Geoff read at age thirteen. “They Lived In Squares” is a song about the Bloomsbury Group, a collection of influential British intellectuals which included Woolf.
Opening with a frantic burst of energy, Geoff and his bandmates show their instrumental versatility on the title track. Defined by odd meters and lattice-work interplay between the musicians, it serves as a perfect mission statement. The interstellar journey of ‘Space Colony’ shows the groups reverence for classic rock. Geoff’s wry observations on society’s misgivings are bolstered by heavy guitar riffs and intricately arranged horns.
“A solid mix of jazz, rock, pop, and some dazzling psychedelic tones. Geoff Bradford is full of twists and turns that audiophiles of any genre should feel excited about.” – Colin Jordan
An early album highlight arrives with the mesmerizing ‘Never Be Lonely Again.’ Blending Middle Eastern melodies with a frantic electronic beat, this inter-generational love story reveals Geoff’s ability to combine disparate genres into something entirely original. The swaggering psych-funk of ‘Magic Bubble Theory’ then gives way to the thoughtful meditations of ‘On Mars The Women Fight Besides The Men.’
Shrouded in poetic mystery, Geoff’s lyricism can be infinitely thought-provoking. “I’m in love with a woman who died before I was born,” he sings on the Latin influenced ‘They Lived In Squares.’ From there, he goes onto explore a history of human achievement, both technological and artistic, blending personal and political sentiment to amazing effect.
Each of these tracks has a life of its own, with disparate aspects combing in the most surprising ways. Geoff’s music will continually surprise and inspire listeners, right until the serene closing notes of ‘Waves.’ In a world where innovative rock artists are harder than ever to find, Geoff Bradford is poised to carry the torch of the genre into a new era.
About Geoff & the Band
The Voyage Out is about migration, change, humans washing across the planet in waves over thousands of years. We think the current situation is permanent, but who in five thousand years will even remember the names of the countries?
Geoff’s bristle is the sum of his life movements —Venezuela, France, Liberia, Switzerland, New York City in the 1980s. After taking time off from music to raise a family and have a career in IT, Geoff migrated to Austin, Texas in 2014, where among other musical projects he began playing bass in a swing band, the Armadillos – this was a big influence on him in two ways. One, it introduced him to the world of jazz. The musicians he collaborates with have strong academic backgrounds, Eric Hargett on sax and Marco Antonio Santos on guitar both have Doctorates in Jazz Composition, Frank Cano on Keys has a master’s degree. Two, it reconnected him with the infinite possibilities of written music. Although there are a lot of improvisational elements, at the core is music in standard notation, everyone can read music and it gives them a common language.
Growing up overseas, Geoff developed a distinctive international worldview, which has formed the foundation of his musical career. Although his home base of Austin is not a huge city, it’s known around the world and attracts people from all over. This project is multinational. In the band Marco Antonio Santos is from Brazil and Frank Cano is from Mexico. Tiery F is a producer in France, and Ulrich Ellison on guitar and production is from Austria, living in Turkey. Justin Douglas at King Electric grew up in Indonesia and cut his teeth in engineering in Montreal. The primary artist, Trippiesteff, lives in Berlin. André Castro does the mastering from Portugal.