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Two Spot Gobi: New Single & Video - “Guiding Star”

Music Genre: Pop | AAA

Brighton based organic pop band Two Spot Gobi are set to return with their stunning new track ‘Guiding Star’, released February 28th. The soaring track is a musical journey perfectly capturing the band’s undeniable melodic charms and songwriting prowess and featuring their unusual instrumentation. This track is taken from the band’s forthcoming album ‘The Sun Will Rise’, and was recorded with legendary producer Niko Bolas (Neil Young, John Mayer, My Morning Jacket) at the California home of Grammy Award winning artist Jason Mraz.

Featuring the effortless vocals of frontman James Robinson, ‘Guiding Star’ takes their trademark sing-a-long melodies to new levels, with a track that climbs and unwinds from the first note, building from an intense cello riff into an explosion of pounding ethereal pop.

James describes the track as: “'When Rob and I were writing Guiding Star we wanted to make a track that sounded different from all our other songs, something with a far eastern feel and that was full of urgency, desire and mystery. The lyrics in the song were inspired by one of my all time favorite films 'Akira' and it's all about the power we all have to do great things in life“.

Having already performed with the likes of Bruno Mars, Newton Faulkner and Michael Bublé, as well as supporting Jason Mraz across Europe and the US, Two Spot Gobi is hopped to breakthrough in 2011.  This summer will see the band play live dates across the UK and they have also set up their own music school initiative, Music Set Free, where the band provides a live performance and a series of workshops to encourage and inspire young people to make music.  For more info see www.musicsetfree.com.