Biography
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Years Active
2020 – present (4 years)
Catalyst*R formed during the first UK lockdown of 2020 when ex-ESP lyricist and vocalist
Damien Child approached PGR for help in finding a possible collaborator. Ex-This Winter
Machine composer and founding member Gary Jevon was contacted and the pair hit it off
immediately. A long-distance writing partnership between London and Yorkshire began and
they quickly amassed enough ideas to complete a full album. Greg Pringle (ESP, Simon
Townshend and Quadrophenia) soon joined on drums/percussion.
CATALYST*R have created an album that is technically and musically ambitious, whilst also
melodic and accessible. This emotive experience begins with the driving urgency of opener
Welcome To The Show followed by a sense of isolation in Apollo One Three. The bittersweet
melody of Someone Else’s Dream gives way to the driving rhythms of You Against The World.
In The Deep End conjures images of loss and grief, whilst Immortal revels in nostalgic joy.
Album closer Goldst*R finds the band firing on all musical cylinders with a narrative ghost
story that invokes the spirits of M.R James and Lovecraft.
The album showcases the various musical influences of each member and includes – but not
necessarily limited to – prog, glam, electronica, northern soul, metal, big band, jazz and
musical theatre!
For obvious reasons, CATALYST*R’s debut album was recorded remotely and – as yet – the
band still have not physically met. Work has already begun on a follow-up album, which will
– hopefully – involve spending some time in the same room as each other.
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