A Bournemouth musical partnership formed more than forty years ago has returned with a new album released today.
Green Isaac, featuring singer songwriter Paul Holman and drummer Andy Place, has unveiled Branch, a record shaped by a long creative relationship that began in their teenage years and continued through changing priorities, shifting careers and an enduring friendship that outlasted periods of musical inactivity.
The album was recorded live at Noel Gallagher’s Lonestar Studio and Idaho Studio near Salisbury, working with producer Paul Strangeboy Stacey, and brings together songs reflecting on time, resilience, family life and the quiet persistence required to sustain collaboration over decades rather than chasing short term momentum.
Paul and Andy’s shared history spans early bands in the 1980s, near misses during the 1990s and a prolonged phase where maintaining their friendship mattered more than releasing music, allowing ideas to develop slowly until the moment felt right to return to recording together.
Drummer Andy Place said the pair made the album simply for the love of it, adding that if the songs were not written, they would have nowhere to go, a sentiment that underpins the reflective and unforced tone running throughout Branch.
Branch is released today (Tuesday) and is available to listen to across digital platforms including Spotify, Apple Music and Bandcamp.
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