There may be no finer example of the fragility of life as a touring musician – when The Phantom Band had all their equipment stolen from outside a venue in 2015, that was the end of the upcoming Glasgow act.
Guitarist Duncan Marquiss spent several years on art and filmmaking, but has now returned to music with his debut solo album.
Its seven wide-ranging instrumentals include ‘Drivenhalle’, a mix of sitar and synths more eastern-sounding than its title suggests, while ‘C Sweeps’ could soundtrack a range of documentary film genres.
‘Minor History’ takes us to the US dust bowl, while the title track is a mesmeric mantra of windchime-like loops.
The album’s much-travelled sound may have been generated mainly in the head of Marquiss, but now it’s time to welcome him back.
This article originally appeared in the Sunderland Echo.