WHIMSICAL CREATURE

I Am The Manic Whale’s main man and flautist explore their acoustic side.

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A CAMPFIRE CONVERSATION at the end of last year’s summer holiday ignited a musical spark for I Am The Manic Whale’s Michael Whiteman and his close friend, flautist Ella Lloyd, who has played on all the band’s albums. “We were sitting up really late looking at the stars and just chatting about music, when we had the idea that we could write some music together – just the two of us,” recalls Whiteman. That campfire moment resulted in The Stargazer, their first song as Whimsical Creature. It’s early days for the musical pairing but they’ve already performed their first gig together at a church in Reading, in southeast England, where they played The Stargazer, Chris Squire’s Run With The Fox plus a few Manic Whale songs. Whiteman says, “This is…

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