After the collapse of Crimson Creatures in 2023, Richard Stockdill (who had recently quit Lonely Trees) was suddenly left bandless, and clutching a bunch of unfinished songs. First, he took up Steve Taylor (drummer and 2nd singer from Lonely Trees) on his invitation to collaborate, and, second, he recruited me, to continue with guitar, backing vocal and production.
Work progressed slowly over the next few months, until Stockdill met up with Martin McKendrick, provisionally as a side-project. When McKendrick proved to be a good fit, he became the final piece in a new writing partnership in March 2024. After 6 months’ writing and recording, the final mix of an album was completed.
But, it was decided that there was no point releasing the album into the void. The band had no gigs booked and thay hadn’t rehearsed at all. It seemed that there were already a million bands releasing music and fighting for public attention. So they decided to make a couple of music videos to promote their music. The first release was a single, called Remembering Ariadne, involving the well-known Greek myth.
A couple of weeks later, they released the album, self-titled Ambassadors of Doubt, together with a music video for the album finale, Last Minutes. It’s too early to say if people think it was worth the wait.
Rather than begin preparations for gigs, the band started working on the difficult second album. Watch this space.