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Deep in the Berkshire suburbs lives a man named Mordecai Smyth. He was the first artist to sign to the independent record label Mega Dodo back in 2011. That year saw the release of his pop-psych album, "Sticky Tape and Rust" and the single, "Georgina Jones". In 2017, Mordecai released a more progressive sounding album, "The Mayor of Toytown is Dead" to critical acclaim: it was voted "album of the year" in the American Goldmine magazine's "Spin cycle" section by Dave Thompson. 2022 will see the release of his third album, "Things are Getting Stranger on the Shore". This album builds on the previous one, giving a progressive, and art rock feel, whilst at times skirting around alternative rock/pop genres. Special guests feature on Mordecai's recordings: Dave Lambert from the Strawbs on "Toytown" and Jon Camp formerly of Renaissance, Icarus Peel and Crystal Jacqueline on "Things are Getting Stranger". Mordecai previously worked with Terry Bickers (House of Love / Levitation) from 1995 to 1996 in a band called Cradle. They released one album and one ep for Ultimate records.
