Somerset rockers Brother John scrap album, start again

SOMERSET-based rock band Brother John, having almost completed an album in 2008, have decided to scrap the project and start again. Reads a statement from Risen Records' Tom Maynard, "They decided that what they had recorded didn't capture what they were after, nor the Spirit of what it is all about. So after years of hard work, weeks of preparation and precious annual leave taken off for the recording they scrapped it ALL. The good news is that the process has well and truly started over again! This time round, Brother John have called in the help of professional London producer Stu Reid (recent projects include [dweeb]'s 'It Came From Outer Space') who has helped them in the songwriting process. Brother John are really excited to have booked in recording time into a studio in central Bristol where P J Harvey and John Parish have just been recording and things are shaping up well for the album. Without wanting to put a deadline in place, the album should be finished in 2009. When it is ready, the band will begin gigging both in the UK, Europe and hopefully further afield."