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The Treat

About Me

Brand new, critically acclaimed double CD album 'AUDIO VERITE/DECEPTIVE BLENDS' available directly from WWW.THETREAT.CO.UK Also available, first two albums, 'IN TECHNICOLOR' & 'PHONOGRAPHY'. ============================================== All CD albums by THE TREAT avialble from AMAZON, PLAY.COM, HMV, TOWER and all good independent retailers in the UK and overseas. ==============================================Albums released through Rockular Recordings Ltd. & distributed by Code 7/PhD. ==============================================Albums also available for download from ITUNES, NAPSTER, RHAPSODY & AMAZON MP3. ==============================================For Biography and all other details please go to : www.thetreat.co.uk ==============================================Contact THE TREAT via Myspace or at [email protected] ==============================================Further info from : [email protected] ============================================== REVIEWS FOR 'AUDIO VERITE/DECEPTIVE BLENDS'‘Entertaining, enthralling and effervescent’ - Classic rock presents PROG‘An explosion of talent’ - The Big Takeover‘It’s impossible to convey the scale and ambition of this album in a review. Suffice to say The Treat pull off a huge undertaking with aplomb’ - Classic Rock‘The band's third work is undeniably their best so far. This is art rock wandering through genres, while at the same time trying to be as accessible as possible’ - Metal Perspective‘This sprawling collection has some really good stuff’ - Rock’n’Reel‘The musicianship, instrumentation and package as a whole is tremendous’ - Classic Rock Society‘Oxford's finest are back and they have blown the expectations out of the water’ - Room 13‘Enough variety and quality to justify a long and happy musical relationship’ - Terrascope'Each track introduces something new and colourful. The album is quirky, undeniably eclectic, creative, idiosyncratic, indulgent, brave, experimental, and yes, ambitious' - Blog Critics‘Audio Verite/Deceptive Blends feels like the spiritual successor to The Beatles ‘Abbey Road’. A tasty Treat, indeed’ - Progression==============================================

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Member Since: 02/12/2005
Band Website: http://www.thetreat.co.uk
Band Members: MIKE HYDER : Lead & Backing Vocals /6 & 12 string Acoustic & Electric Guitars/ Mandolin/Banjo/Sitar Harmonium/Theramin PercussionDOM LASH : Electric Bass Double Bass/Wurlitzer Electric Piano Occasional Backing VocalDAVE HART : Tablas/Djembi Tonbak/Congas/Bongos Timpani/Glockenspiel/Chinese Gong Clarinet/Bass Clarinet/Saxophone Flute/Melodica/Accordion Didgeridoo/Piano Occasional Backing Vocal
Influences: A melting pot of influences from nearly 5 decades of rock music.
Sounds Like: Neo-classic rock grooves & in your face riffs, wrapped around the coolest melodies. A modern Classic British rock band.
Record Label: Rockular Recordings Ltd.
Type of Label: Indie