Through your ears you will hear:
Andy Mort - Guitar, Piano, Vocals, Percussion, Programming, Glockenspiel and stuff
Ben Munday - Guitar, Bass, Stylophone
Luke Roberts - Drums
Jon Mort - Keys and Computers
Jono Munday - Bass, high pitched vocal sounds
Kat Hattersley - Cello
Through your eyes you will see:
The artwork of Sarah Jones
The photography of:
Dave Shearn
Daniel Francis
Josh Gibson Vito Santoro Ana Laya Matt Maldre Michael Roseingrave Johnny Blough Mikael Colville-Anderson Mark Houtzager
These people all contributed to the new album with their photography. They are all amazing.
Sounds Like
a fresh spring morning
a warm summer afternoon
a crisp autumn dusk
a clear winter night
I have a new website RIGHT HERE where you can download my new album ABSOLUTELY FREE. Believe!
Here too is my brand new video, created by the amazing Caleb Christofer, it is the Gunfight at the O.K. Corral, lego-style. Enjoy!
Andy Mort has played in bands since before his voice broke, starting behind the drums as a schoolboy in Leamington Spa. Between 2002 and 2005 he fronted Aphron, a five piece experimental pop rock outfit, before different priorities and circumstances took them their separate ways. However, in 2004 he took seven months after leaving school to write and produce The Final Scene, which was a collection of thoughts and sounds in addition to the Aphron project, which was reaching its inevitable close. Atlum Schema was born and June 2005 saw the first live outing, which comprised of Andy, a guitar, piano and a loop box.
Ever since, apart from releasing a mini EP and completing a degree, he has been travelling between bedrooms, kitchens, garages and hallways playing live and working on the follow up LP. The self-titled 11-track album has taken three years of evolution and reworking. At points Andy was forced to stop and use his imagination in order to raise the necessary funds to carry on recording and now release the LP on his own label. It is an impressive piece of work inspired by the Wild West and a fascination with human interaction, influence and submission. If post-pop indie with a dark electronic underbelly were a thing, it might be a fitting way to describe the sounds that Andy has developed.
After working completely alone on the debut album, the follow up is supported by much more organic foundations as Andy enlisted the help of others with, among other things extra drums, guitars and cellos. He recorded and produced it all himself between Warwick and Southampton, living through four different houses before eventually letting it all go, handing the songs over to be mixed and mastered by John Rivers in Leamington Spa. It was the beginning of the end of an era. To fund the mixing process, during the summer of 2008 Andy undertook a challenge to write, record and distribute a new song every week for five months for anyone who signed up through the one-off payment that entitled them to receive all twenty tracks. It has been his innovative and creative drive that has led people to follow and eagerly anticipate whatever he might come up with next. He is currently selling a lot of his possessions in order to fund the release of the first single, Gunfight at the O.K. Corral and a mini UK tour to promote it.
‘F*** ME!! Passionate, gorgeous epic songwriting: a MAJOR new talent’
Tom Robinson (BBC 6 Music)
'Andy’s daring and innovative approach to creating and releasing modern music has proved him and his alter-ego Atlum Schema to be a bright beacon in the depths of British music today – watch out.' Bearded Magazine
'This is the sort of album that is either going to disappear without trace and be picked up on in 20 years time as a lost classic or it might just make its way onto this year’s Mercury Prize list. Either way give it a listen now. You will be intrigued and impressed.' New Sound Wales
'Atlum Schema may well be the best talent you don't yet know.' Banquet Records
‘an impressive display in technological wizardry’
Cross Rhythms Magazine
hey man, ta for checking us out! nice to know people are chatting about us.
we'd certainly love to come and play some shows in the midlands sometime. we're putting together another tour for the new year, maybe jan/feb time, so how about then? :)
Also, cheeky and a bit daft though it sounds, do you know if the bill is full for that date you've got in Southampton on Monday? We're down in London/Reading this weekend, and had a date cancelled on us on the 9th. Would be really cool to play if there was any room!
If you're going to be playing one of The October Game's nights, I will undoubtedly see you there... And make up for missing most of your set on Saturday, LOL!
We got waylaid on the way on Saturday and only caught the last two songs, but they were good songs! :) Anyway, managed to get myself an album to listen to!
Wicked performance tonight! And great to finally meet you. Very impressive, polished and atmospheric. Good luck with the rest of your tour. I hope you get a bigger audience next time as you deserve to have more people hear and see you live, Reb :)
Great to meet you in Petersfield, really loved and enjoyed your musical ideas. Thanks for the CD. Let me know if you fancy more gigs down South, i'm sure i can sort you out with a few :)
Easy bruv!! Thanks very much. I too enjoyed your set! My mum says you sound like Damien Rice, I'm not sure about that, more of a Thom York........maybe a cross between. But it was a fun night. Albeit cold, very fun and a lovely place, if the sun had been shining, it would have been rammed, no doubt!! Take care and be well. Rokhsan
Hey lovely! How are you? Not ignoring your text, Squirrel went on hiatus over summer so just figuring out dates to start back, as soon as I do I'll be on the phone to you :) x
Hello friend, the new stuff is out - give it a listen and if you like, order a copy from www.cryingduck.co.uk - can't wait to play a gig together in October - we'll talk more soon, cheers brother, E
we played with you at hamptons a while back and i thought you were great. I just got an emial from Iain from stiff promotions about a song writers competiton, we cant enter as we are a band but thought id pass this on to you. Hope alls well with you. catch you soon
Hey man, sorry for the THIRD comment, but I thought you might want some immediate feedback, though bear in mind I don't have track 6 or 7 :( But yeah, so far Hold On and Warning Light are my favourite tracks, Warning Light's vocals are absolutely stellar, and I love the end part. I need to listen to everything a bit more cus I've only really heard most of them once now and haven't heard the last 2 yet haha. But yeah sounding great so far, great production too, sounds very full!!
For fucks sake, my iTunes has done this before, I've bought it and then iTunes fucking died when it was buying it so now for some reason it only says I've purchased 9 of the 11 tracks and I can't download track 6 or track 7 without having to buy them again! Can you send me them or something? My iTunes is ridiculous.
But on a lighter and much less angry note, I've heard the first 2 tracks and it's sounding great!
Hi Atlum, just thought I'd let you know I got a video coming up online shortly that I did with Camp America. We recorded it on the roof of the Athlete tour bus. Watch this space! J0N
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