Everybody… everybody…
We like pop songs, and we like rock songs, but we don’t think that the answer lies there. There must be more: more sounds to make, more experiments to try, more surprises to uncover. There’s a message to get across, and the message is that things can be better if we make them better. We don’t have to settle for what we’ve already heard or what we’ve already got. We can break new ground for new sounds and a better life.

We work with the tools at our disposal, which at first was a melodic rock trio. We’ve added extra vocals, melodica, violin, synths, drum loops, mandolin. Sometimes we swap instruments; sometimes we stop playing and bash bits of percussion. We get bored with the usual approaches and want to try new stuff. We’re sometimes quiet and sometimes very loud; sometimes we’re contemplative, sometimes we’re angry, sometimes we just want to dance.

Is Shepherd has been a band for around two years now, comprises Andy Brown, Ben Trenerry, Bob Douglass, Paul Burns, and occasionally Ally Heley. So far has recorded one record and played many gigs. We mix soulful music with alternative rock, ‘e(c)lectronica’, and a bit of folk if necessary. We’re based in Newcastle-upon-Tyne and we love the north-east of England.

The Music is the Shepherd.