Unkle Bob Turns To Kickstarter For Comeback

Kickstarter's got another indie rock band that's looking for your money. But this time, you might want to give it to them.

"Melancholic? Harmonious? Deliberate? Impacting? How about all of the above?" writes Coyote Music's Wiley Koepp about the band's latest endeavor. And if you don't agree with him, get out.

Embers is the third album by Unkle Bob, an indie rock quintet out of Edinburgh, Scotland, and the brainchild of singer/songwriter Rick Webster. The band's success seemed imminent as their first two albums gained critical acclaim, and their music made was placed prominently, including in ABC's popular drama, Grey's Anatomy.

Don't lie, you totally watched that show and cried, along with the rest of America. And you know why? It wasn't the acting, and it definitely wasn't the acting. It was the music.

Without a spark to keep growing Unkle Bob's popularity, and an apparent refusal by the band to busk on the street until they really made it big, they split up and went their separate ways...until late 2013.

Webster released a crowd-funded EP under the band's moniker that seemed to rekindle fans' interest in Unkle Bob's music.

Then over five days in early 2014, accepting Webster's invitation to record again, new and former bandmates reunited in a remote studio in Wales.

The group breathed new life into one older studio demo and eight of Webster's new songs, resulting in the nine tracks comprising Embers.

The advance single, "It's Not Enough," is definitive UK in style, a veritable lovechild of influences along the lines of U2, Coldplay, Travis, and even poppy-yet-solemn hints of Morrissey.

Embers' mood is cool, rainy, and foggy, though the production and instrumentation plays crisp, bright, and clean. The album is beautiful--a multi-layered, wide landscape of sound.

Check out the Kickstarter campaign.