Bicycles With No Riders is the new solo project of Umair Chaudhry (Abandon, Monday Morning Sun, Absence etc) and focuses more on stripped down, basic song writing than the multi-layered approach of his other projects.

“Hold You Up To The Light” is Umair’s debut solo release featuring 11 acoustically based songs. For the most part the only instruments are acoustic guitar and voice, with the occasional backing instrument such as piano and electric guitar. The songs are deliberately sparse and minimalist, drawing on Umair’s primal instincts of tonality and melody.

Release date: 2nd of December 2013, on Digital Download.

Listen to “Gone” taken from the album here:

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