Stone Broken

For the West Midlands, Walsall-based four piece – comprising vocalist/guitarist Rich Moss, drummer/vocalist Robyn Haycock, guitarist Chris Davis and bassist Kieron Conroy – it definitively sums up a re-energised musical direction born from a collective desire to push themselves as both musicians and people. And, with this newfound sense of creative empowerment, the band embarked on a quest to write that better song, capture that inspired recording and deliver a unique production. It heralds the start of a significant new era.

“When we first started out, our goal was to write songs that people would leave gigs singing – we wanted our music to get stuck in people’s heads,” explains Moss. “But this new album was about something more, we wanted to take risks and challenge ourselves to raise our creativity, sound and production to a whole new level.”

It’s fair to say that none of this would have been possible were it not for Stone Broken’s new creative partnership with award-winning producer and former SikTh guitarist, Dan Weller (Enter Shikari, Holding Absence, Bury Tomorrow). Spinefarm Records put the band in touch with Weller back in early 2019, and both artist and producer hit it off right from the get-go.

“Dan came to Walsall, which is brave,” laughs Moss, remembering their preliminary first hometown meetings. “We talked for hours, not even about music, but just life itself. We got to know each other on a personal level, and then we also realised that Dan really understood what we wanted to do. He connected with us as people and we shared a similar creative vision. He really unlocked a lot of things for us, and I don’t think that we would have ended up with this record, at this particular time in our career, without Dan.”

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