EP. VOL 1 will be the first of many releases.

These EPs will give space to songs that, for different reasons, won’t fit on a full album: maybe because they are cover versions, or outtakes of our albums, one off recordings or songs that fit perfectly our live set but not our records. Whatever the reason, and as often it is, these little misfits hang well together…

These recordings feature the current ..LOWLANDS.. line-up:

Edward Abbiati - Lead Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, Harmonica; Simone Fratti - Bass & Double Bass; Stefano Speroni - Acoustic Guitar; Chiara Giacobbe - Violin; Philip Ariens Mercaldo - Drums & Percussion; Roberto Diana - Electric, Slide & Acoustic Guitar, Lap Steel, Dobro, Bouzouki; Ste Brandinali - Piano & Keyboards Francesco “lebowski” Verrastro - Acoustic Rhythm Guitar; Louise Abbiati - Backing Vocals;

Up and coming Italian artist Cristiano Baricelli, a good friend of the band, allowed us to use one of his stunning pictures for the EP’s artwork. It is our intention to have Crybik’s (Cristiano’s signature name!) art gracing our EPs for many years to come. We are honoured and proud to be working with him. Check him out on line (www.myspace.com/cristianobaricelli)

We also want to thank Kevin Russell and the mighty mighty GOURDS for allowing us to release a cover of their song ..LOWLANDS... We named our band after that song. Hope they don’t mind what we did to it…

The EP will be made available online and from our website, and selected stores (including CD Baby) in August. You can listen to them NOW on our myspace!

So here they are, our 5 new songs: treat’em well!

See ya out there

Edward Abbiati

PS: BTW…the band is already busy working in studio on the full length follow up to “The Last Call” and we expect to release our next full album next spring.  Fingers crossed…