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A marriage that is of different persuasions quite often fail to ignite serious passions, one side pulling in one direction, the other finding their needs overturned in favour of compromise, of wanting the very best that can be achieved, but knowing deep down that the mine they want to dig in search of Diamond Sounds is one that might forever elude them.

A fresh sense of objectivity is always required when searching for your own treasures, the initial find, the glory of industry and the pleasure of ownership, all soon giving way to the delight surprisingly found when you understand that you need to share this new find; the claim that was staked as you put your name down upon the deeds to the sounds of diamonds being formed, is always better in the hands of the many.

It is in such a claim that Andy Quick, along with the rest of the band Josie Boucharde, Jack Hebb and Martin Jenkins, have mastered their own corner of distributing the spoils of their intriguing and powerful statement of music, Diamond Sounds.

The four songs in question on the new E.P., Tarantula, Caned And Able, More Man Than Monkey and Blood, have come out of that insight and necessity which comes from the willingness to evolve, of pushing each member’s boundary to a new place, one perhaps in the distance where it cannot be found by conventional methods, or by just the recognition in what simple tweak will achieve across the dimension of the songs.

By pushing those boundaries Andy Quick have found tunnels containing earth bound stars reflecting light in abundance, but they have also found a rich seam of gold that cannot be taken away from them, a seam that contains the rarest of Cornish gems.

An unexpected treat; bid Andy Quick welcome, for whatever lays in the soul of this band is quickened by the knowledge that Diamond Sounds cannot be crushed.

Ian D. Hall