“‘Chosen Family’ is a very special song for me. The concept of a chosen family is, to me, a queer one – people are often kicked out of their homes or ostracized by their family”
Manchester band ist ist – are rescheduling their upcoming UK dates for later in 2020. The dates originally planned for this May, will instead…
The track is a staple on TikTok with over 3M videos created to date. “death bed” made its Billboard Hot 100 debut last week, catapulting up the charts with major radio adds rolling in internationally.
Jack co-wrote the song with his Italian fans during a live Instagram writing session during the early stages of the lock down. All proceeds will be donated to one of the worst affected hospitals in Northern Italy, SanMartino di Genova.
Headlining the party at the home festival is 70s Disco Group, HOT CHOCOLATE with lead singer Kennie Simon performing a live set from his home featuring the bands biggest hits
“In these dark days, we need to find comfort in small joys. Purity Ring’s third album is a shimmering escape, and as good a self-isolation soundtrack as you’re likely to find – 8/10” – Loud & Quiet
“All the live footage in the video was shot during our last tour across Europe supporting AJR! Seeing as our headline shows have been postponed we thought we’d put this together to remember those good times.”
Amber Mark releases a cover of Nirvana’s ‘Heart-Shaped Box’ as part of a series of covers and originals to be released over the coming weeks…
Speaking about the video, Sumney shares, “‘Cut Me’ is a satirisation of the medical industrial complex, and a chuckle in the face of black death.”
“I loved putting these two tales into one story via video…it was very cool to work with these guys and bring two different aspects of the album narrative to life” says Charles.