Alternative Press Release

Musically inspired by the late 60’s-early 70’s, the album adopts the 7-song format and approach of classics like The Stooges’ Fun House, Neil Young’s , Funkadelic’s Maggot Brain, and Deep Purple’s Machine Head.

In line with that, it allows room for some instrumental exploration and long guitar solos, notably on the 9-minute closer, Record Store Blues. Similarly, there are some shorter songs, with perhaps more of a mainstream appeal, as in the two intended singles, Unsigned and Proud, and Make Some Noise.

The title too, is taken from that era. The Exodus Is Here is a line from Baba O’Reily by The Who, the opening track of their 1971 album, Who’s Next. Nonetheless, these links to older times are done in the wider context of the album, which largely deals with the changes in the way music is now being created, promoted and consumed.

The Exodus Is Here is Alien Alright’s third release so far, with each release being stylistically different from the next. His debut, Howard Good’s Radio Sessions (2004), was largely acoustic, whereas its follow-up, The First Impression EP (2005), used looped beats to combine straight forward Rock with Hip-Hop and Funk.

“I can remember the feeling of going to the record store”, sings Alien Alright in one of the concluding lines on the album. The future of record shops might be in doubt, but there can be some consolation, if thanks to the independence that the internet gives, more musicians make albums which are adventurous as well as accessible, and with something to say.