Rise Above

The first solo album by Epic Soundtracks formerly drummer in Swell Maps , These Immortal Souls & Crime & The City Solution. The album includes an array of guest musicians all of which were friends who'd popped by including J Mascis of Dinosaur Jr, Lee Renaldo of Sonic Youth, Rowland S Howard , Will Pepper of Thee Hypnotics, Martyn Casey from Nick Caves Bad Seeds. Plus string arrangements from Primal Scream's Henry Olsen and produced by Victor Van Vugt who produced The Good Son for Nick Cave. The album has been out of print for over 15 years and now the CD (only) has 8 bonus tracks of outtakes plus an entire extra discs of early versions. In depth liner notes by 'What a Nice Way to Turn Seventeen' author Chris Seventeen who was close friends with Epic and his brother Nikki Sudden. The booklet features unpublished photos and memorabilia.