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Etarlis was released on June 18th 2007 and features guest appearances from Troy Donockley (Iona) and Jonathan Edwards (Panic Room & ex-Karnataka).

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"To describe this album as astonishing would be an understatement… there are bands who toil for many a year before producing a masterpiece of this quality… it is absolutely stunning." Paul Jerome Smith, Fireworks music magazine, UK
“Ranks right up there with the very finest prog releases of the past few years.” Joel Craig, Interstellar Overdrive USA
"Elemental rock on an epic scale." David Randall, Get Ready To Rock UK
“A stunning, epic album… absolutely spellbinding.” Larry Kolota, Kinesis Progressive Rock, USA
“Vocalists Evelyn Downing and Kate Belcher are new stars in the music scene.” Nick Gielkins, Mostly Pink, Netherlands
“A killer album.” Gordon Tanner, Distant Early Warning, Canada
“One of the best albums of 2007.” Artur Chacklowski, Metal Hammer Magazine & Radio Alfa, Poland
“A rich, varied, melodic and multi-layered album.” Ian Fairholm. Progressive Ears, UK
“Mermaid Kiss has made one of the year's best albums.” Anna Maria Stjarnell Collected Sounds USA/Sweden
“An incredibly beautiful album!” Jany Claeskens Prog-Nose Belgium
DPRP recommended album for August 2007
2007 Awards:
Epic Prog named Etarlis the 6th best album of the year in its annual Top 10 list, and Kate won the Best Female Vocal Performance of the Year award for "Shadow Girl."
Interstellar Overdrive placed Etarlis even higher, at 5 in the annual Top 11 list and Evelyn won the Top Female Vocal Performance of the Year award for “The City Of Clouds.”
In addition, the Norwegian programme ‘Glasshuset’ listed Etarlis at 3 in their Top 10 albums of 2007


The band have released two previous CD's "The Mermaid Kiss Album" (2003) and "Salt On Skin" (2006). They've also written and recorded the soundtrack for a short horror film and the score for a stage production of Shakespeare's "Twelfth Night" and have appeared on a number of compilations of cover songs including discs dedicated to the music of The Doors and The Catherine Wheel.Hear the music and find out more at: www.mermaidkiss.co.uk

From reviews of "Salt On Skin"

"It's pretty damn perfect." Dave Randall, The Music Index/Get Ready To Rock (Album Of The Month - March 2006)"Stunning!" Russ Elliot, Musical Discoveries"'The Blushing Bride' is one of the best pieces of music I've heard all year!" Michael Popke, Sea Of Tranquility

From reviews of "The Mermaid Kiss Album"

"To say this is an emotionally charged album replete with gorgeous melodies, stunning vocal work and beautifully conceived ideas, would be an understatement." Greg Cummins, Sea Of Tranquility"Haunting, sexy and compelling... this is the closest to music nirvana that one can get. One of THE releases of this or any other year." Michael Sullivan, The Here & There"Outstanding.... an album of incredible depth and strength." Russ Elliot, Musical Discoveries"An album of rare emotional quality.... makes what most other artists are doing seem insignificant. Nigel Messenger, Phase9 EntertainmentTO BUY THE CDs: If you'd like to purchase any of our albums and live in the UK or Europe, please go to the shop page on our website: www.mermaidkiss.co.uk/shop.htmIf you live in the USA or Canada or anywhere else outside the UK or Europe you can also obtain the albums from our website, or from CDBaby using the form below:(Our music is also available from Amazon, iTunes, Sony Connect and many other stores and sites.)
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My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 3/23/2006
Band Website: mermaidkiss.co.uk
Band Members: Evelyn Downing - vocals, flute, harmonies, loops
Wendy Marks - harmony vocals, oboe, flute, recorders, double bass,
Jamie Field - guitars
Colin Henney - keyboards, piano
Richard Northwood - bass, cello

Others in the Mermaid Kiss collective:
Andrew Garman - keyboards, piano, bass, drums, engineering, production
Nigel Hooton - rhythm and lead guitars

Guests on 'Salt On Skin'
Kate Belcher - vocals, harmonies
Kate Emerson - vocals
Paul Davies - lead guitar

Guests on 'Etarlis'
Kate Belcher - vocals, harmonies
Jonathan Edwards - keyboards
Troy Donockley - uilleann pipes

Discography
Etarlis (11 track CD album) (2007)
Salt On Skin (7 song CD mini-album) (2006)
The Mermaid Kiss Album (14 song CD album) (2003)
Available from the Mermaid Kiss website, CDBaby, Amazon, iTunes, etc

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Influences: I don't know about influences exactly, but here are a few of the artists we listen to .... 3 Colours Red, 60ft Dolls, 10000 Maniacs

Adventure Club, Afterhours, Air, Najma Akhtar, Alfy Benz, Kristin Allen-Zito, Dot Allison, Allman Brothers Band, Altan, Altered Images, America, Tori Amos, Leah Andreone, Anemo, Angelica,Any Trouble, Fiona Apple, Ash, Ashen, Autour De Lucie

Babe Ruth, Barclay James Harvest, Annie Barker, Bat For Lashes, Beach Boys, Beangrowers, Beat, Beatles, David Bedford, Bellatrix, Belles, Better Than Ezra, Bettie Serveert, Biffy Clyro, Big Country, Bjork, Blank Space, Blowpipe, Colin Blunstone, Boykillboy, Billy Bragg, David Bridie, Holly Brook, Jonatha Brooke, Buffseeds, Kate Bush

Café Tacuba, Camel, Canon, Capercaillie, Caravan, Cardigans, Katy Carr, Catatonia, Catherine Wheel, Guillaume Cazenave, Celtas Cortos, Channel Light Vessel, Charlatans, Chicago, Chlorophyll, Ben Christophers, Clash, Clear Static, Bruce Cockburn, Coda, Jill Cohn, Coldplay, Lloyd Cole, Paula Cole, Colosseum, Shawn Colvin, Betsy Cook, Cordero, Counting Crows, Cowboy Junkies, Sarah Cracknell, Cranberries, David Crosby, Crosby, Stills Nash & Young, Sheryl Crow, Cure, Catie Curtis, Curved Air

Damnwells, Cathy Davey, Miles Davis, Deacon Blue, Dead Like Harry, Mercan Dede, Deep Purple, Delgados, Delicatessen, Dexy’s Midnight Runners, Dhira, Rob Dickinson, Diesel Park West, Distant Dream, Divine Comedy, Melanie Doane, Tanya Donelly, Doobie Brothers, Florence Dore, Doves, Dropping Daylight, Dubstar

Eatliz, Echobelly, Editors, Kathleen Edwards, Katy Eggleton, Electric Soft Parade, Electrum, Elk City, Eloy, Emerson lake & Palmer, Eva Trout, Eve’s Plum, Ezra

Favourite Sons, Julie Feeney, Catherine Feeny, Fields, Sarah Fimm, Flower Kings, Focus, Four Star Mary, Marie Frank, Fuel, Full Fathom Five, Futureheads

Peter Gabriel, Gang Of Four, Garbage, Genesis, Gentle Giant, Lisa Germano, Winston Giles, Thea Gilmore, Goldrush, Gong, Goo Goo Dolls, Gorky’s Zygotic Mynci, Clay Green, Greenslade, Patty Griffin

Steve Hackett, Hansi, Ed Harcourt, Hard-Fi, P.J. Harvey, Hatfield And The North, Kate Havnevik, Ofra Haza, Headswim, Kristin Hersh, Terami Hirsch, Kristin Hoffman, Lily Holbrook, Hollies, Honeymoon, Hooverphonic, Hope Of The States, Hopper, Liz Horsfield, Horslips, Steve Howe, Alan Hull, Hush

Idlewild, It’s Jo And Danny

Jenifer Jackson, Joe Jackson, Jam, James, Courtney Jaye, Jethro Tull, Jewel, Jorane, Joy Zipper

Karnataka, Matthew Keating, Kemopetrol, Rose Kemp, Carole King, King Crimson, King Of Woolworths, Knife In The Water, Kula Shaker

Laika, Avril Lavigne, Leaves, Led Zeppelin, Holly Lerski, Lindisfarne, Lisa Loeb, Lowgold, Tracy Lyons

Kirsty MacColl, Fiona Mackenzie, Madder Rose, Magenta, Magic Numbers, Magoos, Taj Mahal, Mahavishnu Orchestra, Majorie Fair, Manassas, Manic Street Preachers, Aimee Mann, Mansun, Marillion, Jennifer Marks, John Martyn, Massive Attack, Sarah McLachlan, Holly McNarland, Tom McRae, Medal, Mellow, Natalie Merchant, Mercury Rev, Pamela Miller, Leslie Mills, Joni Mitchell, Moist, Moody Blues, Alanis Morissette, Moses Mayfield, Most Serene Republic, Motorettes, My Friend The Chocolate Cake

Leona Naess, Graham Nash, National Health, Nectarine No.9, New Order, Heather Nova, Number One Cup

Oasis, Roger O’Donnell, Mike Oldfield, Oom, Beth Orton

Breanna Paletta, Nerina Pallot, Paloalto, Panic Room, Paper Route, Paradise Motel, Parallel Mind, Kat Parsons, Deb Pasternak, Pentangle, John G. Perry, Liz Phair, Anthony Phillips, Pierces, Pink Floyd, Robert Plant, Police, Polite Force, Pooka, Porcupine Tree, Pram, Prayer Boat, Pretenders, Psychedelic Furs, Public Property

Radiohead, Deepak Ram, Rare Bird, R.E.M, John Renbourn, Steve Reynolds, Emily Richards, River City People, Carina Round, Royksopp, Ruts, Ryehollow

Rachael Sage, Saint Etienne, Surinder Sandhu, Sandford Arms, Santana, Peter Searchy, Anada Shankar, Bree Sharp, Maia Sharp, Shortstack, Jane Siberry, Sigur Ros, Elin Ruth Sigvardsson, Judee Sill, Silverheel, Carly Simon, Simple Minds, Siouxsie And The Banshees, Skindive, Megan Slankard, Sleeper, Small Victories, Snowpony, Soft Machine, Solas, Sound, Soundgarden, Sparklehorse, Squonk Opera, Jennie Stearns, Steely Dan, Al Stewart, Chris Stills, Stephen Stills, Markus Stockhausen, Strawbs, Suede, Sugarcubes, Sugar Ray, Summer Obsession, Suncatcher, Sundayrunners, Sundays, Super Furry Animals, Sutherland Brothers & Quiver, Astrid Swan

Tangent, Tantra Tribe, Tarras, Teardrop Explodes, Tempest, Tenderfoot, Tenfold Loadstar, Jennifer Terran, Kat Terran, Thrills, Toad The Wet Sprocket, Toyah, Traffic, Transmissionary Six, Travis, Trespassers William, Triumvirat, TV For Dogs

U2, Unamerican, Unified Theory, Uriah Heep

Van Der Graaf Generator, Suzanne Vega, Laura Viers, Veronicas, Vertical Horizon, Via Satellite

Wannadies, Waterboys, Carla Werner, West Indian Girl, Wheatus, Amelia White, Sarah White, Dar Williams, Holly Williams, Kathrym Williams, Astrid Williamson, Hazel Winters, Wishbone Ash, Without Gravity, Jah Wobble

XTC

Yes, Neil Young

Keren Ann Zeidel, Zwan, Zykos......
Sounds Like: Oh, heavens, this is so subjective!!! A recent review said:"... a band moving in its own direction and refusing to sound like any of the countless other outfits with female singers." (Sea Of Tranquility)....but if you really want to match us up, go to www.mermaidkiss.co.uk, give the music a listen and then you can decide for yourselves...
Record Label: Flame
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Go Before You Leave

Time takes on a strange quality when you spend a lot of it on the road - I begin measuring it in miles not minutes - ten minutes stuck behind a slow moving lorry seems so much longer than the same len...
Posted by Mermaid Kiss on Mon, 20 Oct 2008 05:36:00 PST

Eclectic Mix 2 Playlist -

Our second Eclectic Mix programme goes out tomorrow (Sunday 12th October), 5pm - 6pm BST. To listen online go to: http://www.getreadytorockradio.com/It includes a track from the final, and much underr...
Posted by Mermaid Kiss on Sat, 11 Oct 2008 01:10:00 PST

The Eclectic Mix Playlist - 21st September 2008

The playlist for today's 'Eclectic Mix' show on Get Ready To Rock Radio:Beangrowers  Star In Monaco (from the album "Dance Dance Baby") Kemopetrol  Child Is My Name (from the album "Slowed Down") ...
Posted by Mermaid Kiss on Sun, 21 Sep 2008 09:19:00 PST

The Eclectic Mix

We've been invited to select the tracks for a monthly programme at GetReadyToRock Radio. Each hour long show, called The Eclectic Mix, will  reflect what we've been listening to at Mermaid Centra...
Posted by Mermaid Kiss on Wed, 17 Sep 2008 03:19:00 PST

Live at Bilston

Sunday saw our first gig of the autumn, supporting Breathing Space at The Robin 2 in Bilston which is probably the nicest venue we've yet played. It was also our first gig without Jon. Now Panic Room ...
Posted by Mermaid Kiss on Wed, 10 Sep 2008 12:23:00 PST

New Free Download - "Electric"

We've just added a song for free download at the Mermaid Kiss website www.mermaidkiss.co.uk. "Electric" dates from 2002 and first appeared on an early EP which is no longer available.We've already had...
Posted by Mermaid Kiss on Tue, 22 Jul 2008 05:56:00 PST

American Images - Request for photos etc

We are looking for contributions from you to accompany and illustrate our ongoing musical American Images project - if you have photographs, poems, blogs, short stories or tales from road trips, anyth...
Posted by Mermaid Kiss on Mon, 21 Jul 2008 04:11:00 PST

July

So I was waiting at a bus stop last week when an elderly lady approached me and asked which bus she needed for Edgware Road as she couldn't see. I umm-ed and ahh-ed a bit, not being very familiar with...
Posted by Mermaid Kiss on Thu, 17 Jul 2008 06:11:00 PST

Mermaid Kiss Newsletter 6th June

(Copy (without pics) of the June newlestter sent out today to the MK mailing list)Hi, Everyone, Etarlis T-Shirts  The Etarlis T-shirts have finally arrived. Featuring a design by Evelyn...
Posted by Mermaid Kiss on Fri, 06 Jun 2008 08:29:00 PST

The North

The North. Geographical location or state of mind?   So, another gig sucessfully completed. This one again took us to lands previously known only as untouched pages of the map (but not off the ed...
Posted by Mermaid Kiss on Thu, 29 May 2008 03:40:00 PST