Lifesigns

We are an independent UK band of virtuoso professional musicians.

The latest studio album Altitude was crowdfunded by our dedicated fans in 40 countries worldwide (including 36 US states) and has been compared to everything from Steely Dan to Pink Floyd to U.K.

Our previous album Cardington got to number 4 in the UK Indie chart without so much as a play on mainstream radio.

We have toured the UK, USA, Canada, Germany, the Netherlands, Poland and Lithuania and have played on five sailings of the iconic Cruise To The Edge. On the 2024 cruise Simon Phillips (Toto, Protocol) guested on drums.

In July 2023 we released a live album recorded at De Boerderij in the Netherlands and a Blu-ray version is to follow. Work has commenced on our fourth studio album.

You can listen to a selection of full tracks from our albums using the music player at the bottom of the page.

Personnel:

John Young (Asia, Scorpions, Bonnie Tyler) Vocals & Keys

Dave Bainbridge (Iona, Strawbs) Guitar & Keys

Jon Poole (Cardiacs, Dr Hook) Bass & Backing Vocals

Frank van Essen (Iona) Drums & Viola

Steve Rispin (Yes, Asia) Sound & Production

Band History

Altitude - our latest studio album

Released on CD March 2021 and on vinyl July 2021

As an independent release sold by the band, Altitude is not eligible to follow its predecessor into the official charts. Nonetheless it reached the Top 100 in the Amazon UK charts and was Number 1 in the US Gagliarchives radio chart (for 14 weeks) and in the Dutch iO Pages magazine chart.

Altitude was voted No 2 album of 2021 in the Prog Magazine Readers' Poll, with individual accolades going to John Young (1st keyboards) and Dave Bainbridge (3rd guitar).

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