19th July 2016: “Just damn fine music.” ★★★★ from Jazzwise Magazine for Preston – Glasgowe – Lowe debut album

Preston Glasgow Lowe is the eponymous debut album from London-based trio David Preston (guitar), Kevin Glasgow (six-string electric bass) and Laurie Lowe (drums).

The sheer, virtuosic rapidity of the playing found within these 65 minutes is striking – from the tumultuous, firecracker synchronicity of ‘C:\>PU’ and ‘Colour Possesses’ to the melodic guitar breadth and animated bass grooving of ‘Everything in Everything’, and the breathless six-string bass velocity of ‘Elephant and Castle’ to Laurie Lowe’s viscerally penetrating drum eruption at the centre of three-part ‘Within You’. Presenting a cool, synthy spatiality, ‘Song to the Citadel’ prompts exquisite fretboard roaming and pitch-bending from both Preston and Glasgow; while the intensifying, rock-infused urgency of ‘The Priory’ – written in part as a through-composed drum solo – features Lowe’s relentless yet nuanced drumming.

This weekend, the band will be playing at Portugal’s  Viseu Jazz Festival at the Parque Aquilino Ribeiro (details.)

Highlights from the latest reviews for Preston Glasgow Lowe:

“Stunning debut album… Just damn fine music.”
★★★★ Jazzwise Magazine (website)

“An attractive inwardness to the writing and a thoughtful energy.”
The Wire (website)

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