Chasing Pandora, bring an
exquisite collection of superb musical masterpieces to Malta and UK
shores with the arrival of their latest album, ’The Driver and the
Dancer’, released on 1 March 2010. 
Following
hot
on the heels of the band’s single success in 2009, The Freedom Studio
at The Roundhouse
on 11th February will be an evening of song writing
at its finest showing Chasing Pandora at their musical best.
Their new single ‘Escape (lucky, lucky me)’ is to be released on 15th
February which they are hoping will follow the success of ‘Time’ and
‘Running In Circles’ both of which reached the number one slot for
several weeks in the Malta Music Charts.
Delivering a spell-binding mix of folk/pop, intoxicatingly oozing its
way through glorious tales of gritty real-life emotions, ’The Driver
and the Dancer’, proudly boasts a culmination of twelve beautiful
tracks; all of which stand strong on their own, whilst forming part of
an overall musical jigsaw when brought together – there’s definitely no
‘album fillers’ here.
Dedicated to her
daughter, baby Asia Rain, Melissa cascades a lifetime
of worldly-wisdom into the diverse spectrum of tracks on this
collection. From the title track, ‘The Driver and the
Dancer’, which was influenced by a London cabbie and a chamber maid on
a recent trip to UK, to love songs such as, ‘Running In Circles’,
‘Burning Skies’ and ‘The Distance Between Us’; right through to
exploration of the world around us in, ‘Tree’, which sees the world
from a tree’s perspective and ‘Time’ which touches on the brevity of
life, this album knows no boundaries and refuses to conform to
convention. As Keith comments, “This album wouldn’t let
anyone steer it – we started off with a vision 
but
ultimately the songs
dictated their own colour and texture. ‘The Driver and the
Dancer’ has made its own way into the world and has written its own
storyline.”
‘The Driver and the Dancer’, is real-life musical beauty, the kind that
can only be found in a heart that’s been sent on a journey of life’s
deepest darkest emotions and returned to enjoy and relish the joy that
simply ‘being alive’ can bring. This album is special.
Musically superb and lyrically untouchable, ‘The Driver and the Dancer’
is a classic that’s sure to remain a precious possession to anyone who
hears it.
