gavD - Richmond Road sessions

By Gavin Davies 1 November 2001

Songs recorded in the year or so after leaving university.

Leaving uni broke my heart. I don’t know if I really got over it until my kids were born. It was so strange to not be in that environment any more, I didn’t handle the change well at all.

This era saw me write a lot of angry, confused songs. Metal was creeping back into my musicality.

One of these songs, “Overdrive”, became “Overload”, a Vibration White Finger track. One of these songs I would use later in collaborations - like Butterfly.

There are clear influences here from Primal Scream, RHCP, Primus and nu metal.

The last 7 tracks are bass solos, I think I was envisaging some kind of suite of styles, but really it’s just mostly aimless noodling!

01 Intro

Download 01 Intro.mp3

02 Pressure Cooker

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03 All Is Not Lost

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04 Beatbox Digital

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05 Cauldron Nails

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06 Castle Walls

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Shoegaze/black metal/breakcore song.

Whilst obviously most black metal bands are spiritually very dark, and I don’t recommend listening to it on that account, I’ve always loved the sound and production of black metal - the tremolo picked guitars and sheer noise of it can create an amazing soundscape. I had a guitar teacher at university - Huw Davies - who showed me how to play this way and I always enjoyed it musically speaking.