“We’re not just in a rock ‘n’ roll, punk box. This time, more of my poetry will come out which focuses on things that matter, a commentary on what’s going on in the world. Bands play it safe because they don’t want to upset people. But your job as an artist is to say what others can’t, to speak the truth”.
Speaking of the track Jack explains, “The idea was to write over string parts rather than the other way round.” He continues. “Melodically strings can give you the courage to go somewhere vocally you might not otherwise go. They give it gravitas.”
The pop/hip-hop fusion ‘Blackout’, released via UMG and Island Records UK, is one of the first collaborations between major artists from India and Nigeria and is the debut release from Ananya’s highly anticipated debut EP ‘Fingerprint’, which is out on the 17th.
“Girls like me, we don’t get opportunities” – Manchester’s HARRIET CURRY returns with hard-hitting ‘Girls’, highlighting the troubles growing up as a young British woman of dual heritage .
Lewis Capaldi today unveils his new track ‘How Me While You Wait’ which is available as an Instant Grat now, and taken from his eagerly-awaited debut album Divinely Uninspired To A Hellish Extent – out May 17th on Virgin EMI.
“Faulkner’s albums are dripping with such emotive, gut wrenching and heartwarming tracks that just pull you in each and every time.” Rock ‘n’ Load
To mark the release of DOOM DAYS the band are excited to announce a run of 9 intimate dates throughout the UK
“… although he hasn’t ditched the airily intricate, exploratory and almost meditative guitar style that’s made his name, his new songs are more direct, bigger and surprisingly hooky in places” – Metro