With style, groove and humour as boldly free as artists such as Beck,and a darker sense of space like The National and Bon Iver, Catch Release will have you hooked. Soul and folk melodies layer on top of edgier jazz chords, and classical instrumentation, creating a cinematic soundscape. Cheeky, yet enigmatic frontman Tom Lee-Richards gives the music place with his suggestive lyrical imagery, creating mood and moments of child like wonder. Catch Release formed in early 2010, when Tom L-R envisioned a fresh sound combining jazz, reggae, soul, classical, folk and pop elements. To support this diversity of style French horn, Clarinet, Violin, Organ, Bass, and percussion made an appearance, and a unique style of Beat boxing. Bill Bate adds to the playfully eclectic mix with his background in African percussion. Navin Gulavita (Violin and effects) and Tim Hannah (French Horn) bring strong floating melodies to the picture, and Sean Hamilton builds the groove on Bass. The band in its earliest form played in venues across Melbourne such as The Espy, The Vineyard, Veludo, The Cornish Arms, and The Builders Arms among others, winning a round of the Storytellers competition run by MLG Presents in 2010. The grand sound as it is today was first realised in February last year whilst recording ‘Berrybabe’ and ‘The owners’. The first official single, ‘Driver’ “a warm, stylish song with numerous tempo changes” (Melbourne City Newspaper) was released at The Northcote Social Club on June 1st. C R played to a full crowd, selling their entire run of singles on the night. The NSC, and Melting Pot, who presented the night, considered it to be a great success. Currently Catch Release are crafting more songs to appear on the debut album coming out in the following few months. The group is planning to tour wider Victoria as well as interstate to share their music with new audiences. You can expect a dynamic show with bare honest moments, followed by rising infectious groove, not to mention the occasional Dolphin mating call on their most requested song ‘Moko and Opo’. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Catch+Release">Read more on Last.fm</a>. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.