Hailing from Oxford (yes they are from there too) Unbelieveable Truth consisted of Andy Yorke, Nigel Powell and Jason Moulster. They played beautiful, beautiful music that was best heard in a lovely small venue like the Fleece and Firkin or The Louisiana (two venues that I saw them play at). Debut single 'Building' was released on Shifty Disco in 1997 and was a gorgeous piece of music which defined their style and sound. The fact that Andy was 'his' brother was something that both helped them (got them press, gigs, attention) and hindered them (always having every article ever written about them mentioning the R word). They deserved all the attention though and debut album 'Almost Here' lived up to all expectations with other classic songs including 'Higher Than Reason' and 'Finest Little Space'.
The band were dropped from Virgin records and so the returned to Shifty Disco for their second album 'SortryThankYou' in 2000 which was met with less enthusiasm from the media and a short while after Andy left the band (but didn't go to Russia but instead back to University). Nigel hung around to put together the 'Misc. Music' double album or rarities and live stuff which was released to fans via the internet. Nigel went on to do other things and stayed within the music business releasing loads of old UT MP3's he dusted off from the vaults and kept the official UT website going for a while. He stayed in touch with Jason and now Andy and they played together as a band again last year at The Zodiac in Oxford after it was reopened.
Whilst writing this entry I've been listening to the tracks on Nigel Powell's Sad Song Co. MySpace page. For everyone who thought that R******** were so innovative in releasing an album and you could pay for it what you wanted well I wonder where they got the idea from??? Sad Song Company did it first back in March of last year and when 'Poignant Device' was released you could decide how much to pay. Go to the Sad Song Co. website and order it now (and pay him a fair wack for it).
Then later on this year Andy Yorke finally returns to the music scene with his debut solo album after disappearing for a while (and not going to Russia apparently). Listen to some of Andy's new stuff and keep in touch with everything he is up to at his website.
For more information:
Unbelievable Truth on Wikipedia
Andy Yorke Official Website
Sad Song Company (Nigel Powell)
Essential Listening:
Almost Here
SorryThankYou
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