New album on Kscope from Daniel Cavanagh & Daniel Cardoso (Anathema) with Sean Jude and Kevin Murphy. Leafblade was formed in 2003 by Sean Jude, Kevin Murphy and Daniel Cavanagh of Anathema. Their powerful, yet subtle, blend of acoustic refrains, poetry and emotive vocals has been described as 'nature-mystical'. Leafblade have previously released one album, 2006's Beyond, Beyond. They return in May 2013 with their new album, The Kiss of Spirit and Flesh, to be released on the Kscope label. They are joined on the new album by Dan's Anathema bandmate, Daniel Cardoso who plays drums. Produced by Cavanagh, The Kiss of Spirit and Flesh steps up the dynamics from Beyond, Beyond, with powerful anthemic refrains, uplifting orchestration and leaden guitar-work as well as the idiosyncratic lute-like nylon strings and multi-range vocals. Dan feels that the album has found a natural home at Kscope, the label that he has worked with extensively over the past few years, 'the writing is absolutely top class and the progressive nature of the music makes it very much part of Kscope's orbit'. He continues; 'we feel the album is a special one thanks to the beautiful lyrics, top class arrangements and excellent musicianship, and it should appeal to Anathema fans and progressive fans alike.'