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Steve Mason’s second solo effort sees him putting his own tender and reflective stamp on the protest album. He’s been the deep-voiced frontman of the underappreciated Scottish astro-folk crew the Beta Band … In the absence of a phlegmatic and idiosyncratic frontman, the Aliens surface as a most pleasant bunch of retro 60's hipsters.
“After I finished the Beta Band, I finished with my girlfriend at the same time. “Drugs are so fucking boring,” said Steve Mason. Still, six years after their split, fans and critics alike to support Mason’s post-Beta endeavors, and the critical response to Send us a tip using our anonymous form. With their creative songscrap approach and maverick attitude, the Beta Band earned a somewhat notorious reputation among fans and the U.K. press during the post-Brit-pop era, thanks to releases like 1998's The Three EP's and 2001's Hot Shots II. Steve Mason is a Scottish musician, best known as the lead singer and one of the founding members of We want to hear from you!
How the Scottish rocker overcame depression and his band’s crash on ‘Boys Outside’Over the last decade, Steve Mason has performed under many guises. Scottish singer, songwriter, and producer Steve Mason rose to widespread critical acclaim in the late-90's as a member of indie darlings, the Beta Band. Scottish singer, songwriter, and producer Steve Mason rose to widespread critical acclaim in the late '90s as a member of indie darlings the Beta Band. “I’ve never really earned money from music. https://www.thecourier.co.uk/fp/lifestyle/entertainment/music/rocktal… Steve Mason is a Scottish musician, best known as the lead singer and one of the founding members of The Beta Band Sites: stevemasontheartist.com , Facebook , YouTube , Wikipedia
“I understand that people don’t want to pay for music anymore, but what I don’t understand how they expect quality products to be available to them if they’re not prepared to pay for it. Over the last decade, Steve Mason has performed under many guises. I do think ultimately it’s a good thing that major labels are on their knees crippled, but we’ve still got a long way to go in the music industry before anything is sorted out.”Mason has also returned to the live stage with a series of dates in the U.K., including a slot at Glastonbury, and hopes to make his long-awaited return to the U.S. in the coming months.
On his new album Mason’s confidence reflects a bend he’s rounded both musically and personally since the Beta Band split in 2004 — he infamously branded the group’s self-titled major label debut as “a crock of shit” to the press prior to its release — but The Beta Band were saddled with high expectations following the release of However, many of the personal demons Mason suppressed during his EMI tenure came to the forefront following the dissolve of the Beta Band. While festivals around the world have come down with reunion fever and are willing to open their wallets to make it happen, Mason says he hasn’t yet received any “serious” offers to reunite the Beta Band, adding he was satisfied with the band’s final concerts in 2004 as a proper sendoff.“It’s not something that’s in my periphery vision,” Mason said of a reunion. I’m not really sure what happened, but I just had a massive mental breakdown.
I think some sort of happy medium has to happen. He’s been the deep-voiced frontman of the underappreciated Scottish astro-folk crew the Beta Band and the brains behind the melodic King Biscuit Time and dark electro project Black Affair. It was pretty horrendous,” Mason says. Up in the air just like the Inspiral Carpets once were, with harmonic choruses and hard hitting organ riffs, their debut album 'Astronomy for Dogs' has it share of catchy moments.