"A Clockwork Orange meets Cheap Trick"
Mix 70's classic rock, rockabilly, a little punk, r&b and funk, add some New Orleans swing and spice, top it off with add a little dirty blues edge, bring it to a boil in a big ol' bubbling voodoo brew, and you'd have yourself this monster swinging rock band called Amberola, named after Thomas Edison's internal horn cylinder phonograph the Edison Amberola.
Originally from the small town of Mission BC, Canada, but now calling Gibsons BC home, Amberola consists of Rick Speke - Lead vocals/Rhythm guitar/Harmonica, Scott Reinson - Lead guitar/Vocals, Nadina Dodd - Lead/Backing vocals/Percussion, Heather Anderson - Trumpet/Trombone, Mac Roy - Bass/Vocals and Kody Raymond on drums. Amberola debuted to an overwhelmingly positive response on Halloween 2015 at the Legendary Railway Club in Vancouver, under the impromptu name "100 Proof", soon restamped Amberola. The debut EP "Rock n Rolla" was released on March 5, 2017, and since its release the album has been added to the playlists of independent and Canadian college radio stations such as CFUR, CITR, CIVL and CJAM. The first single "The Never Ending" from the EP was picked up by a music placement agency in Los Angeles, pitched for many shows including Virgin River and was placed in the movie "Under the Silver Lake" starring Andrew Garfield, Riley Keough and Topher Grace. Jamie Robash of Divide and Conquer described The Never Ending as "a dark and twangy stutter step of alt country. Its tone and dark lyricism suggest the dissolution of a romantic relationship and the unraveling of its singer."
Amberola played the Summer Festival circuit with the highlights of performing at the City of Surrey Fusion Festival headlined by Nelly Furtado, along with other notable performers as The Zolas and Classified. Headlining festivities at the Maple Ridge Country Music Festival, and opening for Canadian guitar legend and multi Juno nominee David Gogo at the MNET Radio Music Festival.
Amberola wrote and released several singles on all major streaming platforms during Covid, all to be part of an upcoming album which includes an epic 13 minute song called Seul Au Monde, and just finished performing as part of the Sechelt Summer Concert Series.
