Biography
Recorded in a barn on the banks of Loch Tay in the Highlands of Scotland, Rick Webster (aka Unkle Bob) returns with The Highest Mountains - the luminous sequel to May 2016’s darker The Deepest Sea. This mini-album is his best work to date and the documentation of a journey that took him to Ghana, Berlin and the Highlands of Scotland.
Following a music project in Africa organised by Glasgow’s Green Door Studios, Rick decamped his entire studio to a community-run barn in the Scottish Highlands. Sometimes alone, sometimes with visiting friends (inc Chris Hardwick- drums, Scott Cousins- bass, Eilidh Mcmillan- cello & backing vocals), Rick began sketching out and recording new song ideas inside a small hall in the barn. Two months later he emerged with seven fully-formed songs that after some further production tweaks in Glasgow, would become The Highest Mountains.
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The album draws influence from Nick Cave, Sun Kil Moon, Sigor Ros and has an analogue, raw feel to the production thanks to Green Door studio’s Samuel J Smith who mastered The Highest Mountains. Tracks such as And I Know embody the uplifting, autobiographical melody featured throughout this mini-album which has bursts of fuzz, folk and pop.
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