Brightlingsea-based blues rock duo When Rivers Meet have released a second single from their latest album – Aces are High – which is due out in the summer.
Perfect Stranger comes out as the husband-and-wife duo of Grace and Aaron Bond start their Breaker of Chains UK headline tour which kicks off on Friday 28 April with a sold-out concert at the Colchester Arts Centre.
“We wanted to write a song about our relationship and how we first met,” said Grace. “Our relationship is intense and creative. We wanted to write a song that reflects that tension throughout.”
When Rivers Meet were the first band to win four awards at the UK Blues Awards 2021 and took another three awards in 2022, including Blues Band Of The Year on both occasions. This year they again won Blues Band Of The Year, making them the only band to win this category three years in a row, and the only band to be inducted into the UK Blues Awards Hall Of Fame for this category.
In 2021 When Rivers Meet were voted Best New Band at Planet Rock’s The Rocks Awards, and in 2022 won Planet Rock’s Blues Power Award and Album Of The Year Award with “Saving Grace.”
According to the band’s publicity, “Aces Are High finds the duo returning with a more powerful sound than ever before. Aaron’s gnarled riffs hit harder alongside his deep vocal tones, while Grace’s vocals range wider with tantalising bite as they effortlessly climb scales”.
For more information about the band’s tour, click here.
