Yorkshire and Cardiff based guitarists Henry Parker and David Ian Roberts met in 2019 when their respective folk-influenced albums ‘Silent Spring’ and ‘Travelling Bright’ were finding their way to new audiences via a series of co-headline tours across England and Wales. A shared appreciation of Nick Drake, Ryley Walker, Genesis and John Martyn naturally led the pair of musicians to sit down, guitars in hand, to improvise and compose during their free time on the road. The result of this collaboration is an album of all-original, steel-string instrumentals which blur the lines between traditional folk, psychedelia, and progressive music, bound by the beautiful simplicity of two acoustic guitars, panned left [Roberts] and right [Parker] in the stereo field.
‘Chasing Light’ was largely written and was entirely recorded in the Dales village of Malham, North Yorkshire over the course of three weekend sessions in 2023. These intense periods of creativity produced eleven focussed compositions which reflect David’s long journeys north in the winter, Chasing Light, the limestone landscapes of rural Craven, Wedber Wood, and the nature themed artwork of the Pre-Raphaelite period, The English Dreamers. The album was self-recorded, over three long days, utilising two microphones and requiring no overdubs; the energy of these freshly written songs being deservedly laid down in a pure, simplistic form.
"A rich, fulfilling work by two players operating at a very high level and seemingly enjoying every moment." KLOF Magazine (Glenn Kimpton)
