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"It’s not big, but it is clever and impressively orchestrated. As such, There Is a Mountain ranks as one of the year-so-far’s most recommended under-the-radar releases." BBC

THERE IS A MOUNTAIN by COMMON PRAYER out NOW

on Down Load & Ltd advanced CD

"The most appealing aspect of There Is A Mountain, the exquisite debut record from Common Prayer, is the element of surprise that is layered throughout the album; where the plaintive beauty of one song hardly prepares you for the wildly inventive percussion of the next, and where decades of listening to music scarcely primes you for the fluid blend of heartfelt sincerity and offbeat experimentalism found within these numbers." THE LINE OF BEST FIT

"Endearingly wayward and ragged. Combination of strings and junkyard percussion is bold and effective and its sudden switches of mood are unexpected and exciting." OHM

"Given a quick glance or a casual ear There Is A Mountain is ostensibly a pop record; it’s packed full of ear-worm melodies and, with the majority of tracks clocking in at around three minutes, it’s over in little more than a half hour. However, dig a little deeper and you’ll find an album which is fit to burst with ideas; it’s peppered with tricks, ticks and turns of phrase that are as clever as they are effective. There Is  A Mountain is an album you’ll love instantly, return to constantly and never tire of." CULTURE DELUX

“One of the finest records of the year” Les Enfants Terrible

Spring 2009: In the English village of Steventon, Brooklyn based songwriter/principal heretic Jason Sebastian
Russo (formerly of Mercury Rev) and a constituency of British pop talent hauled several half-tuned guitars,
myriad scraps of rusty metal and a piano with a knee-high flood watermark into a cow barn on Hill Farm. So was
born Common Prayer’s first album, There Is A Mountain.

COMING SOON

LOVE IN THE MIST by Holton's Opulent Oog

to be released on Vinyl, CD and DL It features Neil Halstead, Joe Bennett, Robin Bennett, Ian McCutcheon, Tom Crook, Paul Blewett & Roger Proctor

Live Dates:
7th August at Edinburgh Fringe - Ten Tracks, Roxy Art House, Edinburgh.

Other releases for 2010/11 will include

Black Hearted Brother, President Sweetheart, Caz Mechanic & Sparton Dyes