Ether were a trio from Blackwood, Caerphilly, who formed in early 1996, and consisted of songwriter Rory Meredith on vocals and lead guitar, Gareth Driscoll on bass and Brett Sawmy on drums. They signed to Regal Recordings after their first ever gig, and released their first single 'He Say Yeah' in 1996, before moving on to Parlophone Records and putting out four further singles, followed by their sole album 'Strange' in 1998. The same year they they had a minor UK hit single when 'Watching You' was extracted from the album and released as a single, and in 1999 they recorded tracks for their second album, but they split up later that year and so the album was shelved by Parlophone. Meredith later formed the band Sugar Rush with singer-songwriter Katherine Davies, releasing an album 'Beautiful But Tragic' in 2006 on LA based indie label Beverly Martel Music, but for fans of the band, and there are some around according to the Youtube comments, here is what would have been the follow-up to 'Strange' had it come out in 1999 as expected.
Track listing
01 Life Is A Four Letter Word
02 Little Animal
03 Goodbye 20th Century
04 I Scare Myself
05 Precious Soul
06 Sci-Fi
07 Make Believe
08 Modern World
09 Wonder
10 What I Feel
11 So Right
12 Answer To It All
