Dollars To Pounds: Praise The Lord
- story THE FADER
Just last week I was droning on about how rare it is that bands split up and the constituent members all go on to make records that trump their original collective efforts some kind of musical Yugoslavia. Well I’ve found another example for your ringbinders: Lord Skywave is the new guise for Simon Lord of Simian, the chap who memorably declared that he was our friend, and we’d never be alone again. Last heard of in the underperforming Black Ghosts or providing the vocals for “I Believe”—the standout track on the debut album by his erstwhile rhythm section Simian Mobile Disco—Lord has raided his family’s musical history for this laudable new venture. Turns out that Simon’s Dad Jeremy Lord, a bit of a prog wizard in his day, invented one of the first British synthesisers, the Lord Skywave.
