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The Promise

promise

/ˈprɒmɪs/

Agreement, assurance, commitment, guarantee, obligation, pact, pledge, vow, word

It is what we are called. The promise is to always give our utmost. Andrew was looking to form a band and found Flo and Julia and Aiden. It worked – in spades. Then Noah and Fraser joined for the studio album. Wow!

We have no idea what a song is going to sound like when we start on it, other than the basic cord structures. And the words. And the melody. We think this sounds like pretty much most bands. We play it and mess with it and everyone has a pile of fun – and then we go 'so that's what it sounds like!'

We hope that you get exactly the same big grin enjoyment.

Meet The Band

Aiden Watson aka 'Mr A'

Aiden is just the best percussionist/drummer any of us have ever heard. He's also as cool as a very cool cucumber. He's pretty much the only percussionist/drummer that any of us have heard who actually gets drums to sing. It's not like a tune but it is definitely a profound, incredibly expressive singing and it brings a depth and strength to our songs that is inimical.
He has worked/works with artists like Anna Ling, Josie Corke, Colin Manson, Billie Maree, Flo Fields (yes, the one in The Promise), and The Urban Druids. Check them out. They thrive in improvisational settings with a musical journey that is shaped by a deep curiosity and a willingness to explore new sonic territories, drawing inﬂuence from travels upon many different cultures.
Which we think this pretty much describes Mr A.

https://soundcloud.com/aidan-watson-645884018

Andrew Curran aka 'Professor X'

Musician, songwriter, writer, doctor. Music has been central to Andrew's life for as long as he can remember – and that's quite a long time. When he was born everyone still wore flat caps to football matches.
He's Northern Irish (he insists on both capitals). We can mostly understand him unless he gets really fast. He's written the songs for our first album. It's why they have a strong Irish influence in them.
He does other stuff – tennis, scuba, golf. This is mostly because he's retired, well, from the NHS anyway.
He's got lots of kids and two dogs, one really big and the other quite little.
He loves science fiction and fantasy.
He doesn't have any religion or politics. He says he leaves that to other folk.
He's sung in a lot of pubs.

https://andrewcurran.net

Flo Fields aka 'Gem'

Classically trained, that's Flo. Every note from her voice or her violin is a dream of emotion and accuracy. Its why she is the gem in the promise.
In her back story she has performed as a soloist for BBC Radio 2's Friday Night is Music with the BBC Concert Orchestra. She has played at the Roman Baths, The Pump Room Bath, Indigo O2, Royal Albert Hall, Royal Opera House, Theatre Royal Dury Lane, Edinburgh Playhouse, Liverpool Empire and Metropolitan Arts Centre Belfast (Andrew really likes this one).
She brings the plucked (or in her case bowed) heart strings and singing from her heart to our music. She also writes great songs. Thank you, Flo.

https://soundcloud.com/flofields

Fraser Rowe aka 'The Prince of Persia'

He is doing the amazing keyboard stuff and the horn section on the album.
He started keyboards at 2 years of age. 2 years of age! Read it and weep. He can move his fingers faster than the eye can see, well, unless you are a fly on the wall.
He graduated from the Royal Northern College of Music and, like Noah plays up and down the country with three other maestros (see Noah's page).
He is mostly influenced by other genius.

https://www.instagram.com/fraser_the_laser

Julia Loveless aka 'Angel'

Her voice. Her VOICE! It is simply beautiful. The purity of its production and her sense of moment in any song is goose bump raising. Andrew says it catches his breath pretty much every time. To quote a review it “naturally draws people into the throne room of grace.” Yes, we think that is definitely true.
She tells us that Covid changed her life and set her feet on the path of music. Fortunately for us they walked her right into The Promise.
She is a singer songwriter and a leader of worship. We are glad she is our angel in The Promise.

https://www.julialoveless.com

Noah Curran aka 'Prophet'

He's the one doing amazing things on electric guitar on the album. Check out the lead break in the bridge section of Dance. I mean get over yourself. It's brilliant (Andrew says that just because he is his son doesn't mean we have to big him up so much). Andrew, it's the simple truth.
He is a polymath in music. Which doesn't mean lots of maths apparently.
Noah came to music when he bought a guitar instead of an oboe at 13 years old. Good choice Noah. Oboes are hard to mix into a folk/country/rock band - though it is a thought…….
He graduated from the Royal Northern College of Music and performs up and down the country with three other musical maestros (see Fraser's page).
He tells us he has just gone back to martial arts. All we can say is 'watch those precious fingers.'

https://www.instagram.com/noahcurranmusic

Charlie Lintern aka 'Cogs'

Charlie aka Cogs is central to everything we as the band want for our work. He has 376 plug ins (we counted them) and he knows not only exactly where each one is but everything about the numerous slides and knobs on each one. Working with him is seeing an actual real live wizard in action.
Eat your heart out Harry Potter!