{"title":"Noctorum","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"honey-mink-forever-rsd-2024","title":"Honey Mink Forever - RSD 2024","description":"\u003cp\u003e\n                            This product is a Record Store Day exclusive title and is not available to pre-order.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n                            To buy in-store: 8am, 20\/04\/2024 (Record Store Day).\u003cbr\u003e\n                            To buy online: 8pm, 22\/04\/2024. (Subject to availability).\u003cbr\u003e\n                            Don’t forget: Click 'Notify Me' to be the first to know about its availability online. It also helps us to place accurate orders so that we can please as many of you as possible on the day.\u003cbr\u003e\n                            \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNoctorum is a collaboration between guitarist\/singer-songwriter Marty Willson-Piper (The Church, The Saints, All About Eve) and producer Dare Mason Dare and Marty grew up together on the Wirral, near Liverpool, listening to classic sixties Pop singles, Singer- Songwriters, Krautrock, Spacerock, Prog, Art Rock, New Wave, Punk, Funk, Glam Rock, Heavy Rock, Reggae and Soul - probably the reason for their diverse and eclectic sound. Moving to Australia in the early eighties, Marty joined The Church and then in the early nineties All About Eve, while Dare concentrated on becoming an engineer and producer, working at the renowned Townhouse Studios in London, before founding the VIP Lounge studio in Penzance, Cornwall. In the early noughties Dare and Marty formed Noctorum and in 2003 they released their first album on Heyday Records, Sparks Lane (RSD 2021) . Before their second album, Marty joined The Saints and in 2006 Heyday released Offer The Light (RSD 2023). Their third album Honey Mink Forever was released 2011 and has never been released on Vinyl. The album features some really beautiful guitar tones throughout with Marty's playing varying from soft and sensitive to rip- roaring full on lead. The album concludes with a giant jump into Jazz as two worlds meet with local Jazz players doing their thing while Marty adds a left-wing rock guitar element making this an interesting hybrid. The cover art is a photograph of the artefacts window in the physical In Deep Music Archive and arguably the coolest album cover of the band's catalog. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Schoolkids Records","offers":[{"title":"Yellow LP","offer_id":50408556593483,"sku":"2182116","price":39.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/test_8160fff3_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1726605374"},{"product_id":"offer-the-light","title":"Offer The Light","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eOffer the Light\u003c\/i\u003e is the second release from Noctorum, the collaboration of  Marty Willson-Piper (the Church, All About Eve, The Saints) and multi-instrumentalist and producer Dare Mason (the Church, Placebo, Wedding Present), following up the success of the band’s most successful album to date, 2019’s \u003ci\u003eThe Afterlife\u003c\/i\u003e and the 2021’s Record Store Day release of their debut Sparks Lane.   Both \u003ci\u003eThe Afterlife\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eSparks Lane\u003c\/i\u003e sold out immediately and are currently out of print, making \u003ci\u003eOffer The Light\u003c\/i\u003e a sought after collector’s item. As any fan of The Church already knows, Marty’s one helluva guitar player. Is an avid supporter of independent record stores, worked in one in Stockholm for years and has a Vinyl record collection of over 50,000 albums.   He also hosts a daily blog and website called the “In Deep Music Archive” where he talks about vinyl and albums from the past, showcasing several entries a day and having a loyal readership of several hundred followers a day.  Offer The Light’s sonic blueprint doesn’t stray too far from The Church’s blend of Velvet Underground menace and the Byrd’s glorious jangle.  Willson-Piper has written a rather beautiful ’70s rock album, along the lines of Pink Floyd, but not too far from the band for which he is most famous. \n\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Schoolkids Records","offers":[{"title":"Orange LP","offer_id":50468695114059,"sku":"2012400","price":17.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/Offer_the_Light_49b024f0_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1727350232"}],"url":"https:\/\/shop.roughtrade.com\/collections\/noctorum.oembed","provider":"Rough Trade","version":"1.0","type":"link"}