Adam Leonard
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Press & Reviews
Matt 'MV' Valentine
"Excellent... sublime... intriguing... ambitious... This is a curious little gem of an album and one that should delight the discerning listener, time and again."
Terrascope Online
"Charming, ramshackle album that whirls and fidgets round the muddy pastoral fields of middle England; here, a little Robyn Hitchcock, there some Syd Barrett whimsy and Swell Maps pout even the odd sarcastic E. Smith colloquialism. Nice."
Everett True, Plan B Magazine
"Really special"
Tom Robinson, BBC 6 Music
"Leonard has developed a signature style and it's working well. The whole thing has the ramshackle feel of a bumpy journey in the south of France."
Jeanette Leech, SHINDIG! Magazine
"His singing and songs are imbued with the same wonderful eccentric characteristics as people like Roy Harper and Michael Chapman, but in a similar fashion to the aforementioned greats, he never loses sight of 'the song' in a quest to be quirky. In other words, he's what all good singer/songwriters should be in an age when so few are."
Steven Collins, The Owl Service
"An almost Syd-era Floyd psych nugget."
Cargo
"The Message Tapes are played out on an acoustic guitar, but with Leonard’s slightly distant vocal. Containing an off the wall sample and his dry, infectious picks, this is just totally compelling material. A very clever and intriguing collection".
Manchester Music website
"Excellent. A Barrett-esque piece of dark psych-pop".
Boa Melody Bar
"Music For A Slow Motion Film sees Adam sitting on a rock on the sea shore playing a mandolin while the wind whips his gravelled voice into a swirling echo".
'Careless Talk Costs Lives' Magazine
"Single Of The Week" ('It Happened On A Day' 10")
Norman Records
"Syd Barrett meets The Fall. Ominous folk".
Piccadilly Records
"Spooky and effect-laden, like George Harrison trying to write his own version of Space Oddity. A round of applause please for Mr. Adam Leonard".
PLAYLOUDER
"A Drakeish air and an English drift".
fROOTS Magazine
"Just plain brilliant music".
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Contact
My email is adamleonard {at} hotmail {dot} com
General Info
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Genre: Experimental / Folk / Other
Location Derry, Ir
Profile Views: 62353
Last Login: 1/22/2013
Member Since 11/15/2005
Website www.themessagetapes.com
Record Label Real Wood, Apport, Bottled, Great Pop Supplement.
Type of Label Indie
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Releases
Adam Leonard - How Music Sounds
CD album (Real Wood, RW010), 2003
Adam Leonard - How Real Is Real?
CD mini-album (Apport), 2004
The Exciting Sandwich - Sgt. Pepper
CD album (Bottled Music, BOTLP22), 2005
Adam Leonard - Leonardism
CD album (RW021), 2007
V/A (incl. AL with PG Six) - It Happened On A Day
10" EP (GPS23), 2007
Adam Leonard - To Give Up You Have To Bloody Start
CD, live EP (RW023), 2008
REDLIP - Dan & Headless Bill
CD mini-album (RW024), 2008
The Owl Service - The View From A Hill
CD album (Rif Mountain, RM-004CD), 2010
Adam Leonard - Nature Recordings
Vinyl LP (Great Pop Supplement, GPS63), 2010