Oxford based Unbelievable Truth has reunited after 25 years but haven’t lost an ounce of their initial vibrancy and is arguably better than ever.

Release Date: 21st March 2025

Label: Noosphere Records distributed by Believe Music

Format: vinyl / streaming

RE-EMERGING WITH STYLE

For a band that split up 25 years ago it is remarkable that their re-emergence with this EP that their sound is as together as it sounds. The enjoyment that they have in making music together is clearly reflected in the music and by Andy Yorke’s statement: “Getting together again has felt really, really good and also quite therapeutic……… going back to it and rediscovering the real joy of what it’s all about – which is getting into a room with Nigel and Jas and making music – has been really lovely.”

Bandmate Jas Moulster concurs: “I might have had an inkling we’d do something at some point, I never considered we might actually write and record new music.”

The tracks are all unique yet together they combine to make touching melodies. Whilst admitting to be not particularly politically motivated, vocalist Andy Yorke admits his concern over current global leaders as “powerful people who have found a way to use the internet to influence what we think, to make us believe whatever they want.’“

CHEERY AND BOUNCY

This is expressed in the paradoxically cheery and bouncy Chemtrails, which has a Canterbury prog scene feel about it but is definitely a foot tapper. Madison is intimate and sombre and although you feel his loss, you are lulled by the gentle rhythms and vocals. As you also are by the rich, choral acapella harmonies which open Non-Combatant . The different textures within the song , yearning vocals, swaying orchestration reveal the versatility between this talented threesome which make the summer tour an appealing act to look out for.

A trip to Manchester’s Deaf Institute will be pencilled in but the venue in Glasgow ‘The Hug and A Pint seems more appropriate especially when in their title track Citizen’s Band they employ a feather-like touch with divine keyboards and melancholic vocals. An alternative way to gather support for their rallying call rather than the loud brash rhetoric used to herald the masses. Also catch them in Leeds, London and Brighton.

The freshness of their sound is exemplified by Nigel when he says: “it feels like a new band, but only because it’s the same band with gallons of extra life experience – same band, extra pain!” From the listener’s point of view it is far from painful!!

Here’s Chemtrails:

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