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Honey Ryder: 'Love In Time' is a Roy Orbison cover version

Following their recent Top 40 successes with Numb and Flyaway, and their Radio 2 playlisted track Choices, Honey Ryder have announced details of their new single Love In Time and debut album Rising Up.

Love In Time, a cover of a relatively unknown Roy Orbison track which was posthumously released by Roy Orbison’s label on a compilation of B Sides and demo recordings, has since been added as a bonus track on Honey Ryder’s forthcoming debut album Rising Up.

The London-based duo, Martyn Shone and Lindsay O’Mahoney have just returned from performing at Midem in Cannes, and from Austin, Texas where they performed at the SXSW Music Festival.

Subsequent international deals have followed for the duo, with EMI Canada being the first to snap them up.  News stories on them have also featured on national TV in France and Japan, where they have a growing army of fans.

There is no doubt that Honey Ryder are currently one of the hardest working bands on the UK live circuit.  The band have recently played to over 200,000 people across 50 live dates, taking in venues including the Royal Albert Hall and Birmingham Symphony Hall, and performing in front of 10 million viewers on BBC TV for Children in Need alongside The Script and Enya.  International interest has also been sparked in the band following shows in Texas, France and Canada.

Honey Ryder have, through lateral thought and sheer hard graft, generated considerable industry and consumer interest in their epic brand of radio friendly pop rock.

A recent full page feature in Music Week highlighted the unique funding model they have devised for the project, which involves selling shares in the future profits from income they expect to generate.  The band have so far raised, completely on their own, an impressive sum of over £250,000 to fund their promotional campaign.

The band’s unique business model has, impressively, caught the eye of former EMI CEO Eric Nicoli who has taken the role of personal mentor for the duo who are proving to have a fast growing fanbase – including the likes of Annie Lennox, Terry Wogan and Janice Long.  Wogan has called Honey Ryder “mean, moody & magnificent”, while Long has already booked  the band for a 2nd live session towards the end of June for her Radio 2 show.

Honey Ryder new single Love In Time is to be released on 13th July. Their debut album, Rising Up is out now.

For more information on the band please visit: www.myspace.com/honeyrydertheband or visit the official Honey Ryder website.