Genres: Progressive Folk, Chamber Folk, Folk Baroque
The Musiquarium’s My New Band Believe Review Score: 8 out of 10
After his ex-black midi bandmate Geordie Greep had released one of the best and most exciting albums of 2024 with The New Sound, the bar was set high for any new musical endeavours from the band’s other members. Morgan Simpson went on to join Invariance, releasing Wish You Well in 2025 (which I have not yet listened to) and Cameron Picton formed My New Band Believe, whose debut album is full of orchestral whimsy and top-tier acoustic guitar playing.
Target Practice is a pleasant chamber folk opener that abruptly leads into In the Blink of an Eye, which recalls the quasi-psychedelic folk of a song like Led Zeppelin’s Friends. Heart of Darkness is an 8 minute epic with twisting rhythms and an atmospheric outro that wouldn’t feel out of place on a King Crimson record.
Love Story‘s sweet and romantic balladry contrasts with the perverted lust of Geordie Greep’s The New Sound — different sides of the same coin, both driven by desire. Actress is another epic that never loses momentum or suspense over it’s 8 and a half minute runtime. One Night is similar to the opener, which bookends the album.
My New Band Believe is yet another fantastic off-shoot from the short-lived black midi, with Cameron Picton giving Geordie Greep a run for his money. This album shows just how crucial Cameron Picton was to his previous band’s sound and that there was obviously too much songwriting talent in that band for them to last.
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