“I chose to leave, to focus on myself… It was a very difficult, painful, sad time for everyone”: Vincent Cavanagh had to quit Anathema to become The Radicant
"... After abandoning a fully-written solo album in 2021, former frontman looks forward to a life without a leather jacket – and possibly without a guitar – with his debut EP We Ascend leading the way...
Vincent Cavanagh has been quietly operating as The Radicant since 2017, but he’s finally gone public with it three years after the dissolution of his old band, Anathema. Debut EP We Ascend swaps sweeping, guitar-led rock for textured electronics and glitchy experimentalism – although it’s still recognisable as the work of one of the musicians behind albums such as We’re Here Because We’re Here and Distant Satellites. As Cavanagh tells Prog, music is just the tip of the artistic iceberg...."
