Robin Allender’s debut release with a full band, In the Grip of Light, will be released by Dreamboat Records on 26th May.

The Allender Band is made up of Alex Wilkins on guitar, Sam Tarbuck on bass and Dave Collingwood on drums.

The E.P. moves away from the acoustic-based folk of Allender’s solo album The Bird and the Word towards a more expansive sound. While still featuring Allender’s hushed vocal delivery and unusual, poetic lyrics, In the Grip of Light also contains elements of rock, gothic country and experimental indie. The EP’s lush, spacious melodicism recalls Red House Painters, while its subtle, dynamic arrangements show the influence of post-rock figureheads Talk Talk and The For Carnation.

The EP costs £4 and is available to buy from the Dreamboat Records website, and will shortly be available to download from iTunes and Bleep.

The band will be performing, and selling copies of the EP, at Bristol’s Folk House on Saturday 24th May.