Rhyn - Wishing the World Away
25th September, 2007 by Chewbacca
UK born and bred, Rhyn are a four piece band from Buckinghamshire who specialise in rock of all kinds. After they started performing together in 2003, they started to self-produce and develop their own album: the aptly titled “Home Recording Made Easy”. Even though you can tell the production values are low, it actually adds to the feel - and you can see they have real devotion to trying to get their music out and in the open. The album was released in December of 2005 and featured some of their biggest tracks they’ve performed. As they say, they sometimes also experiment with using piano and slower songs, and this is one - my personal favourite of the album which is gentle and relaxing. The entire album was licensed under a Creative Commons license and can be downloaded for free from Jamendo, but you might also consider donating if you enjoy it! Here is Rhyn’s “Wishing the World Away”:
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