“The Sirens of Titan inhabit a world of arcana and paraphernalia, melancholia and transgression, well-thumbed paperbacks and lyrics scribbled on backs of cigarette packs, black coffee and valium, faces, non-places: the LAX airport lounge, hotel rooms pulling all-nighters writing until daylight, then back on the open road for further punishment” – Jeremy Allen, author of “Relax, Baby Be Cool: The Artistry And Audacity of Serge Gainsbourg”

The Sirens of Titan began life as an audio-visual project dreamed into being by freewheeling creative spirit, novelist, arts writer and editor John-Paul Pryor, (former front-man of explosive noughties avant-rockers The Lancaster Bombers) and the producer and multi-instrumentalist Jez Leather. The band’s first offering Apocalypse Sessions was recorded in a series of live sessions back in 2017 by Andy Strange, and was intended as a riposte to overproduction. Some people seemed to like it, some seemed far less impressed, with one French magazine notably comparing it unfavourably to “the drug-shattered work of Syd Barrett after his departure from Pink Floyd". But the band loved that, of course. Over the next two years John-Paul was backwards and forwards to LA for work, and it wasn’t until late-2019 that the more ambitious Age of Treason was ready to be mastered.

Due to the pandemic, the release of the second album was delayed until 2023, but when it finally came out, it was well received critically, as the music critic Jeremy Allen noted: “Embracing the chaos that presents itself, The Sirens of Titan are doing things the wrong way round, with their assured second album Age of Treason rocking up like a débutante some five years after the event – a swaggering Neve-desk produced opus that provides a vicarious sonic rush when placed on the stereo. Its rich, layered and uniquely bohemian psyche-blues sound unashamedly tapping into the rich heritage of rock and roll for a dionysian blast, where The Stones meet The Doors, and Scott Walker collides with Syd Barrett.”

Now in the autumn of 2025, The Sirens of Titan are preparing to release their third record, LOST KINGDOM, which takes them into some heavier, and more experimental territory. This the story so far, stick around to see what happens next …

The Sirens of Titan:

John-Paul Pryor: Songwriter/Vocals
Jez Leather: Guitar/Backing Vocals/Production
Simon Drowner: Bass / Dan Bali: Piano/Synths / Matt Millership: Piano / Phoebe White: Gospel / Marco Testa-Ryan: Drums
Wider collective/collaborators include: Phil Martini: Drums / Sami Salo: Guitar / Andy Strange

Atlantic Curve Records. Schubert Music Publishing.