May 30, 2015
Noah Gokey welcomes musical guests Harvey Brice and Embalmed for in studio jam sessions and a journey into the darkest recesses of the mind.
Harvey Brice – aka Harvey Moon – is a British
singer-songwriter living in Buffalo, New York.
He started writing songs and poems at age 6 – moving to Bournemouth in his
teens where he became part of the local alternative/punk scene,
performing in numerous bands where he was recognized as one of the
areas top song-writing talents
In 2002 Harvey moved to New York City where he began collaborating
with US artists and producers including Darren Wilsey, Johathan
Mover, Ron Allaire, Mark Rufino and Jeffrey Brayne. During this
time he recorded two EPs, Still Bard and Brown-eyed Girl, both
available for download on I-tunes.
Harvey has written and co-written over 100 songs all with catchy
hooks, strong harmonies and melodies but always with an alternative
lyrical twist much in the same vane as Nick Cave, REM and the
Smiths.
In 2011 Harvey released a collection of songs about leaving the UK
and making a new life in the US entitled By Each River, as well as
continuing to collaborate with Mark Rufino and Jeffrey Brayne as
band Shutterwax.
After a 5 year hiatus, in 2011 Harvey Brice has started performing
again in the Buffalo area. Including solo and band gigs with the
newly formed Unbroken check out Shutterwax and The UNbroken to
follow all of Harvey's musical activities.
Embalmed started as a Buffalo, New York garage band in late 1986. By 1988 Embalmed had formed into the current lineup and started to use the band name, Embalmed started to gain local notoriety for several light hearted metal songs like Spider Goulash Mosh, Juan Valdez and Dead Girls (Don't Say No). Eventually the band evolved writing serious local favorites such as Shortcut to Death, Bury the Cross and Beginning of the End / Vigilante. The band was also known for the pit moving Imperial Death Mosh. Embalmed was evolving and writing new, more mature material, such as the never before heard song Prisoner of Silence when they started to change members and eventually disband by 1990. In 2010 the band got back together to re-record the above mentioned songs and write many new songs for a CD titled Rebirth. The new songs were written in the style of the original Embalmed Sound as it was in 1990. The new songs include the Title track instrumental intro Rebirth, the dark and disturbing Mourning, the powerful and epic song The Dark Season and the sorrowful outro instrumental Ruination just to name a few. The band also has teamed up with a couple of powerhouse guest vocalists for the songs Dumb Love Limp with Jim Osieja of Jester Heights and Amnesty Box fame, Buffalo Bill Angst of War Prayer and R.U.L.E. fame for the track Pray for the Dead and Dennis Glinski of Grave Descent, Mayhemesis and Tirant Sin fame for the track Beginning of the End / Vigilante.