Dave Cureton and Adam Gough have been close friends for over 2 decades and over that time, their writing partnership has become one of the most talked about acts in Progressive Rock. Having received accolades such as "Best New Album", "Best Unsigned Act", "Album Of The Month" and others across many of the most respected Progressive Rock websites, their profile has been on the rise since their first appearance in late 2009.

Having received rave reviews for their debut album and the award for "Best New/Unsigned Band" in the Classic Rock Presents Prog Readers Poll 2010, the upcoming release of their second album is one of the most highly anticipated of 2011.

In writing the follow-up to their eponymous debut album, the duo behind IOEarth made one major decision. NOT to write a follow-up.

When IOEarth was released and became such a hot property within the progressive rock community from Europe to the USA and Asia, there was one fan question that became prevalent:

"The debut album contains movements for Water, Earth and Air ... will your next album be the "Fire" movement?"

The fact is that Dave and Adam always planned on writing a three movement album and so did not have a collection of songs written for a fourth. In addition, they had already started writing new material which was taking them in rather new and different directions creatively and they decided that breaking that "chain of thought" would not be a good idea.

So, IOEarth's second album was decided: Moments.

Dave and Adam have fully embraced their "IOEarth sound". Where, during the creation of the debut album the sound was still evolving, they now feel they have come as close to completing it possible. That being said, they accept that the sound will continue to evolve as their writing partnership further grows and matures and they view this as a very positive thing.

"Moments" still embraces the idea of taking musical styles and instruments that are not usually found together and melding them into something new, unusual and very often breathtaking. Many of the new pieces blend 70's Rock, Symphonic Rock, Asian, Jazz, Industrial, Dance and Ambient genres (amongst others) and still, the overall impression the listener will receive is one of a single, well developed, cohesive style that is simply unique to IOEarth.

While influences from the likes of Steve Vai, Led Zeppelin, Benoit Atras (Cirque Du Soleil), Groove Armada, Massive Attack and others can be heard, the way that Adam and Dave present their weird and wonderful musical ideas to us comes across as fresh and truly progressive.