Freedom To Glide are a Midlands UK based band formed by Andy Nixon and Pete Riley. They formed Freedom To Glide in 2010 after collaborating on a Riley composed song Hypnotized. The seed was sewn for a full blown album project. Their RAIN EP was released in April 2012 and has been an extremely received debut release. The RAIN EP contained alternative mixes of 3 tracks from their eponymous 2013 full length debut album RAIN, a concept album dealing with the consequences of a century of war. Rain (part 1) official video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6hghhhlWSOg Remembrance Sunday 2012 saw the release of their 6 track mini album "THE WAIT". A concept album in its own right The Wait follows the story of an unknown soldier's experiences of WW1. Freedom To Glide described The Wait as a taste of things to come. Their music is thought provoking and sometimes deeply moving. Their 2014 release "SICK TO DEATH" EP (released 05.11.13) is a concept piece about the effects of 'Shell Shock' in WW1. The official video to the opening track 'A Better Way' illustrates the concept perfectly: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5X_5s_I46Dk Excerpt from a review of RAIN by Phil Stiles: Freedom to Glide are a progressive rock band from England. Featuring Pete Riley and Andy Nixon, both of whom play in a Pink Floyd tribute band, Freedom to Glide draw together the sound of Pink Floyd, King Crimson and Porcupine Tree on an album that is very much the spiritual successor to ‘The Final Cut’ with its conceptual theme of the costs of war. Beautifully played and perfectly recorded, ‘Rain’ is a throwback to the sublime melodies and fluid guitar work of ‘WYWH’-era Floyd with a touch of ‘Starless and Bible Black’ era Crimson thrown in for good measure. Poignant and intelligently written, there is no surprise that the album gained a number of plaudits (including Prog Mill album of the year) upon its release. Read the full review: www.sonicabuse.com/2014/02/freedom-to-glide-rain-album-review/ Freedom To Glide's new album FALL was released 01.07.16, The 100th Anniversary of the first day of The Battle Of The Somme. FALL is the second in what will be a trilogy of war themed albums from f2g and continues to deal with a century of war from WW1 to present day: https://freedomtoglide.bandcamp.com/album/fall The album features a guest spot from Original 70s Badfinger member Bob Jackson on the track 'Silent Code', a song about Andy Nixon's Grandfather's experience on returning home after being a Far East POW from 1942-45. (Andy joined "BADFINGER feat. Bob Jackson" in 2015 and continues to tour with them as well as writing and recording for Freedom To Glide). Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.