Guilding The Lily

Initially a recording side project featuring members of Christ Art Museum & Magnus. The members became friends through playing shows together in Sydney during early 1996 and before long Guilding The Lily had recorded a 7 track demo and started playing around Sydney. The main song writing force in the band was singer guitarist Grant Byrnes who's warm heartfelt vocals & sublime songs inspired the other members to enrich his already strong stream of ideas. The outcome was an acoustic based folk rock sound with rich twin vocals by Byrnes & Scott James Smith fleshed out with tasteful electric guitar by Geoff Marks, subtle bass riffs by Martin Carr & sublime drums, percussion & lap steel by Syd Green. They released one self titled album during their three year career.