TONY PATTERSON & DOUG MELBOURNE

Genesis-inspired British duo create an emotional tribute on their second album.

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“WE DO SEEM to appeal to audiophiles,” muses keyboardist Doug Melbourne, one half of Brit-prog duo Tony Patterson & Doug Melbourne. “Our first album, The Divide, was actually used as a reference recording for a very posh hi-fi brand, and for the new one we’ve had quite a few people saying: ‘Yeah, I’m going to wait for the vinyl!’” One listen to that well-reviewed 2019 debut LP and its even better successor, Dark Before Dawn, and the audiophile thing makes perfect sense. Articulating the writers’ refined, thoughtful songcraft, the Patterson/Melbourne sound is tailored from polished synths, state-of-the-art string and drum programming, live guest musicians and – often stacked in big, bright harmonies – Tony Patterson’s versatile, emotive voice. The pair met as bandmates in top-end tribute act, ReGenesis. Before writing…

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