Northwind Sister, Brother, Lover...

Northwind's debut album "Sister, Brother, Lover…" was released in 1971 on Regal Zonophone in the UK and France, selling more than 10,000 copies. The band went on tour supporting the likes of Fleetwood Mac, Free, Deep Purple, Yes and Hawkwind. However, without much support from the management and the label, they soon disbanded. Thereafter Brian Young built a studio in his basement for his musician friends and eventually became a renowned mastering engineer, while other members have also remained active in music throughout the 70's to the present day. "Sister, Brother, Lover…" fuses the elements of various genres which made up the rock scene at that time. There are pastoral rock sound of the seminal pub rock band Brinsley Schwarz or Help Yourself ("A Home for Frozen Roses", "Sweet Dope", "Guten Abend") and early prog rock ("Acimon & Noiram", "The Candle Tree") alongside powerful rock numbers such as "Castanettes" and "Quill", all of which are beautifully recorded.