For the official start of our SIXTH season, musician/composer/producer/instrument designer Markus Reuter brings us an album that grabbed onto his psyche as a teenager in Germany and STILL captivates him over 30 years later: 'Thunder and Consolation' by Bradford, Yorkshire band New Model Army. Led by singer/songwriter Justin Sullivan, the band creates hard-to-classify musical soundscapes that perfectly compliment Sullivan's biting lyrics about navigating one's family, finding your tribe and coming to terms with the often harsh realities of human nature:
"These tracks stretch out before me - the ones you left behind
What I want and what I feel - it's yours, yours, not mine"

Songs featured in this episode: Green and Grey - New Model Army (Live Köln, 2006); River of Things - Markus Reuter (featuring Fabio Trentini and Asaf Sirkis); Tentacles - Stick Men; 51st State, 125 MPH - New Model Army; Schubert Ständchen (Serenade) - Peter Schreier; Ambition, Love Songs - New Model Army; Layla - Derek and the Dominos; Lovesong - The Cure; I Love The World, Vanity, Stupid Questions, 225, Inheritance, Green and Grey, Green and Grey (Live Rockpalast, 2006), The Ballad of Bodmin Pill, Family, Family Life, Vagabonds - New Model Army; 51st State of America - The Shakes; Archway Towers - New Model Army; One Cut Suffices - Markus Reuter (featuring Fabio Trentini and Asaf Sirkis)