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New Album: Gavin Bowers' Cheap Therapy Upfront, I have to declare an interest.  I met Gavin Bowers soon after lockdowns became history and we have kept in touch ever since about any new music in town, his projects, always promising to meet soon.  We've both been busy adapting to changing circumstances, just like everybody else, so the 'soon' has been stretched a little.  We both came to Norwich with our respective plans, but Life happens and priorities get reconfigured.  However, we are both still here and keep making that 'catch-up soon' promise, whenever our crazy-paving paths cross.  So, I was delighted to hear from Gavin that he had been working on a solo project, in which he has been relaying his path into some semblance of order, or least trying to make some honest sense of it. His debut solo album Cheap Therapy is the result. It is now available on all digital platforms, as well as in a limited run of vinyl pressings. I reviewed the single release of Our...

Gavin Bowers' debut album imminent Our Flame, the first single from 'cheap therapy' out 6th March 2026 There's always good music streaming out of Catch-21 Records.  Producer Gavin Bowers has been investing in supporting some of the best new acts working in Norwich and East Anglia for the best part of six years now. Operating out of his studios along Magdalen Street, rock, psyche-rock, country, folk and blues musicians have been nursed through their first singles and album recordings with sensitivity, patience and genuine concern to capture the authenticity of their music. I am not going to name these acts because this post is about the musicianship of Bowers and Bowers alone. I first became aware of Gavin's guitar work when he was playing locally with WAXX! Seeing them play at the Wild Fields Festival post-lockdown was an eye-opener.  There was an accomplished authority to the band's performance. The sound was full, the blend of rocking guitars, bass and drums w...