Radio Silence

NCT's elegant and explosive third album 'Radio Silence', the bands most complete statement to date, explores uncharted extremities of the acoustic piano trio.

In just a few short years, and over the course of two acclaimed albums, pianist Neil Cowley and his band mates, bassist Richard Sadler and drummer Evan Jenkins, have carved out a reputation as one of Britain's most exciting bands. 'Radio Silence', their Naim Jazz (via Hide Inside) debut, is their most complete and eloquent statement yet.

Cowley's music, a powerful examination of the possibilities of the acoustic piano trio draws equally on classical, trance, rock and jazz, and led Mojo to hail the bands 2008's 'Loud... Louder... Stop!' as a "Modern Classic", and list it in their '50 Best Albums' of that year.

'Radio Silence' is the sound of a band fully comfortable in their unique sonic skin. It is the record that Cowley has been working towards, seizing the magical empathy of a unit, who, with thousands of hours under their belt have learnt to breathe and listen as one.

Described as music for the 'heart and feet', 'Radio Silence', moves effortlessly between moments of heart-stopping beauty, rip-roaring rock riffs and Chaplinesque ditties, that reminds us that for all his many influences, Cowley's music is as quintessentially British as 'Test Match Special', warm beer or a bacon sarnie.