Winter

Description

Winter is a three-track single-sided cassette EP by the British alternative rock band The River Thieves, self-released on River Music in 1991. The EP was recorded and mixed during October and November 1991 by Alex Cable at his Raven Studios in Camberley, England (originally operated out of a spare bedroom in his house in Camberley, Surrey); with the band producing and arranging. All songs written by the band.

The River Thieves features Tim Sherrington on vocals and guitar, Steve Bray on guitar, Mike Boylan on bass, and Paul Ruske on drums.

The River Thieves formed in 1991, originally comprised of Tim Sherrington (vocals/guitar), Steve Bray (guitar), Mike Boylan (bass), Jo Clyne (keyboards), and Paul Ruske (drums). Clyne left in Oct 1990. In 1991 this Farnborough based combo were initially turned down for Greenbelt, but their demo and badgering got them a last minute ‘new band’ slot in The Twilight Zone. They were so well received that they filled a Main Stage cancellation the next day. They self-released a 3-track cassette EP titled Winter in mid ’91, and received some interest from record companies, with their U2-esque sound. In ’92 «Tear It All Down» appeared on Son of Farnborough Groove Volume 2. In Sept that year Sherrington left and went on to form ministry-orientated rock band The Electric Revival; Boylan and Bray picked up vocal duties. Return of Farnborough Grove Volume 3 carried «Winter» and the Never Heard of ‘Em compilation carried «Sacrifice» in ’93 and the band continued with Ruske eventually replaced by Johnny Gill to become Inter in 1995. [The Christian Underground Encyclopedia]

Cassette tracklist:

Side One
A1. “Hard Rain City”
A2. “Winter”
A3. “Sacrifice”

Side Two
Same tracklist as side one

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[youtube_sc url=”VP8zclPrNVA” title=”The River Thieves – Sacrifice” autohide=”1″ rel=”0″]

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[youtube_sc url=”” playlist=”iddwbrDYrro,vOGGf0nzB5g,95ckTOflgQo,vgnZ4Zgts3s,K22EFKH3QyE” title=”The River Thieves – Spirit + Shine + Lie With The Demons + Dance With Me + For Just One Day” autohide=”1″ rel=”0″]Other tracks by The River Thieves: “Spirit”, “Shine”, “Lie With The Demons”, “Dance With Me”, and “For Just One Day”.