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To fill you lovely 'pacers in on the back story, we were both in an indie rock band and spent about five years gigging around London. However, the endless band psychology that comes with trying to juggle four personalities and different levels of commitment finally took its toll and the band called it a day in 2004.

Then, like a crow from the ashes, The Great Distance was born. Putting the rock behind us, we set ourselves the task of recording an acoustic album using only the limited resources we had to hand.

We fashioned a 'studio' out of a three-foot shoe rack, fired up the trusty 8-track and got to work. A certain level of cabin fever inevitably crept in (see Heartfelt Peace) and the album maybe didn't end up as acoustic as originally intended...

However, the final opus was received like a tree full of presents on Christmas Day. In addition to having Billboard vote us the 5th best album of 2005 in their staff pick of the year we also impressed BBC1 enough for them to use three of our tracks in the award winning Child of Our Time series.

Thanks to everyone who has given us such great reviews:

"Mixing the best of Wilco, Sigur Ros and Radiohead makes this one a keeper." Billboard

This album is phenomenal Real Music Review

"A revelation. There are divine traces scattered through The Great Distance" Tasty Fanzine

"It's a lovely effort that draws you in immediately; seamless in terms of consistency and quality. You're in for a lyrical treat" Pop Matters

"Mood music for a summers eve, sultry without trying to be sultry, moody without seeming conceited, laidback and beautiful without ever complicating things. Fantastically good songs The Electric Press

Lovely, downbeat acoustic stuff. The time is right for them God is in the TV

"In a world of shadows and echoes, a duo from London creates haunting, slow-motion, guitar-and-piano-laden music about heartbreak, about hurt, about trying to find something or someone worth living for." www.erasingclouds.com