Amblare was formed by principal songwriter and frontman Matt McGuyer, bassist Alex Wallwork, and Bryan St. Pere, revered around the globe for his decades of drumming with Hum. Their forthcoming self-titled album was recorded at Earth Analog Recording Studio by Matt Talbott (Hum) in 2019 and 2020, and mixed and mastered by Mario Quintero (Spotlights). Sadly, St. Pere passed away in the summer of 2021, just as the Amblare album was nearing completion

McGuyer describes how the undeniable chemistry between the three musicians transformed a solo project into a full-fledged band: “I started playing drums at five years old. Guitar at ten years old. I played in many bands but I always wanted to write, record, and release a record, entirely myself. While working towards that goal, around 2016, I began posting what I had been working on. To my surprise, my posts caught Bryan St. Pere’s attention and he contacted me, asking if I wanted any help with what I was up to. We got together to hang out and we agreed that starting a band for these songs I had been writing was a fun idea and worthwhile quest. He mentioned that for bass, we needed a local guy we knew about and loved the playing of, mutually. That is Alex Wallwork. My first time ever seeing Alex, he was playing bass at a local music store and I fell in love with his playing. We fit together instantly. So, we officially became a band and Alex made up the name Amblare.”

Lead-single “Starlight,” is described a two-minute burst of hope and longing that sets the scene for what is to unfold over the next seven tracks. Slamming, groove-heavy drumming lays the base for crunchy rhythm guitars, glistening leads, and mesmerizing vocals. “‘Starlight’ is about loving someone so deeply and intrinsically that telepathic energetic communication beyond the grave is possible,” states McGuyer. “It’s a swaying ballroom in the cosmos.”

“We are honoring Bryan’s wishes to press the Amblare album and release it,” says McGuyer. The LP will be released via Melodic Virtue, the Evansville-based label and publishing house run by designer Aaron Tanner, whose catalog includes beautiful, authorized coffee table books on such artists as The Residents, Ministry, and Pixies.

Plans are in motion for live shows in 2024 with an as-yet-unnamed drummer filling St. Pere’s shoes. McGuyer and Wallwork meanwhile lend their talents to numerous other projects; McGuyer is the newest member of long-running indie rock favorites Mock Orange and Wallwork plays with trad metallers Faerie Ring, to name two.

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Tracklist:

1) Starlight
2) Iridesce
3) Underest
4) Flyin
5) The Splits
6) Mine’d
7) Undivided
8) Weakend

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