King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard with Strange Collective, Trojan Horse Gullivers, Manchester, 11.11.2014 2014 Photos by Ed Sprake

Trojan Horse ‘World Turned Upside Down’ album launch with Tall Ships and These Ghosts Soup Kitchen, Manchester, 8.10.2014 Photos by Ed Sprake

In their infinite wisdom, E&D have decided I should be given another assignment, as I get the feeling they think I may be some sort of reporter in the field. Sadly I know nothing about reporting and I live in a heavily urbanised area miles away from any fields. Anyway, this time I get to interview the handsome Dan and Mike from Cyril Snear on video, because we thought you deserve to see their handsome faces move and have words come out of them as opposed to reading them on a page. We chat about some band history, and the excellent new Cyril Snear album ‘Riot of Colour’ which is out RIGHT NOW. By Nick Duke

2012 demo by From the Bark Recommended by occasional guest writer Nick Duke of Trojan Horse

Before we dear reader, go any further, I feel you should let me get this statement out of the way because it’s the crux of my whole review really, “I think this new release by Ninetails is incredibly brave”. I’m certain I’ll say various permutations of …

It is often said that it takes a thief to catch a thief so we applied that logic to musicians and sent Nick from Manchester’s Trojan Horse to talk to David from Sunderland’s Field Music, the results were most enlightening. They always say never meet yo …

This would be the first time I’ve ever done anything like this before, writing an article. So essentially dearest reader, I am letting you be my first. Congratulations, you’ve taken my writing cherry. I’m in a band (Trojan Horse) and, as you’ll probabl …

The new bands just keep on rolling; for this week’s Echoes Of The Future we spoke to Nick Duke from Manchester Prog Nouveau Overlords Trojan Horse to try & find out what makes the band tick. 1. How long has the band been together and how did you all me …

If I were to start a search for the next great English Prog rock band I think it’s fair to say that Salford would not naturally be the first place that I would look. The leafy streets of Cambridge maybe? Certainly the rolling hills of the Home Counties …