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The English Rain is a Brisbane based band, co-founded by Steve Boom and Neil Steward.

The band was named after Steve’s favourite Beatles song, and that the rain in England could be both depressing and joyous, which covered the feeling of the songs. During 2019 the pair decided to finally record their forthcoming debut album Echoes of You and start the project with the first single My Town.

For My Town they asked Alister Bell of speedstar to provide vocals, and the results were so good, he is going to handle quite a few songs on the album. Jason Millhouse from the Sean Sennett/Rob Hirst band plays multiple instruments on the track as well as producing the single and album.

The first single My Town is both a tribute to the city of Brisbane as well as to the memory of Grant McLennan of The Go-Betweens. Steve said “I was lucky enough to work with, and get to know Grant during my time at EMI, until his sad passing in 2006. I received a call the morning after, and instinctively picked up the guitar and started writing the song.

The band will be back in the studio mid year to finish the album. ‘We have the luxury of having a catalogue of about 140 songs so the first album track listing is mostly settled.  I have had the demos in a playlist of the album for awhile now and originally concerned with the different styles of songs on the record’ said Steve. ‘ My fear was that would going from a jangly pop song into a trip hop song then to a rock song be too much for the people, but ultimately they all sound like The English Rain, so that gives it a consistency.

The Beatles, The Jam, Tom Petty
Indie Rock Jangle Pop
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