Cardiff-based art-rock outfit Blue Amber recently released their debut album, entitled Rockland’s Workshop, a 10-track collection of experimental rock. Blue Amber’s genesis occurred when Drew Noel took a journey that meandered from NYC to the West Coast. On the trip, he listened to hip-hop, jazz, and lo-fi cult bands like The Microphones. Inspired, he decided to create his own version of the Beat Generation. Made up of composer Freyja Elsy (keyboards, samples, vocals), Kumar Chopra (guitar), and Drew Noel (vocals, saxophone), Blue Amber began life as a solo project in Noel’s bedroom, followed by expanding into a rotating collective of friends and musicians. The band’s sound merges elements of hip-hop, post-punk, indie-folk, and beat poetry into imaginative music. Rockland’s Workshop ...