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No Hot Ashes release new single ‘Bellyaches’

Since catching No Hot Ashes at Neighbourhood Festival back in October, the Stockport four piece have been a definite band to watch for me. In a world of indie bands with the exact same sound as one another, No Hot Ashes are a stand out band. Early releases ‘Goose’ and ‘Cool Cat’ have been firm favourites of mine for a while, so when I discovered the brand new ‘Bellyaches’ in my inbox I got a little bit excited.

No more than 30 seconds into my first listen of ‘Bellyaches’ I knew it was going to become one of my favourite songs of 2017 so far. With powerful vocals and more riffs than you could ask for this is most definitely the band’s strongest release yet. No Hot Ashes sound like a band that’ve been doing this forever, there’s not a single flaw in this new single, just perfect indie-funk. 

No Hot Ashes are one of the most refreshing, exciting bands I’ve come across in a long time and with a rapidly building fanbase and sold out headline shows, it won’t be long before they’re the next big thing. 

‘Bellyaches’ is available now on all digital platforms. 

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Get to know: The Blinders

The Blinders is a name you should have heard by now. The Manchester based trio are probably the most exciting live band around right now, they’re selling out shows all over the country and rightly so. Debut single ‘Swine’ has had a firm place in my playlist since hearing it live at This Feeling’s ‘Big in 2017′ show at Nambucca and it will definitely be staying there for a while.

I sent the guys some questions to get to know them better, you can read what they have to say about themselves below.

What made you want to form a band together? Lust for life. Getting 15 minutes out of Maths for Guitar lessons really paid off in helping us escape the rat race.

Describe yourselves in three words… Charles Milles Manson

How would you describe your live shows to someone who has yet to experience one? Have you ever watched that scene from Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, where Hunter S. Thompson has a flashback to that really cool club in which Jefferson Airplane are playing, and some dude is sniffing suspicious powder of a guys sleeve in the bathroom? It’s like that, but without the acid. Also, lots of shouting about tory injustice, and the punkest, baldest old-cats bobbing their heads along to our songs.

If you could only listen to one album for the rest of your life, what would you choose? I’d have to say… The Best of The Beatles by The Beatles. No, that’s too hard to answer. We’d have to go for something like Led Zep IV. That’s got a bit of everything, hasn’t it?

Is there anything in particular that influences your lyrics? It varies. Sometimes you pick up a line from a Dylan or Cave song, and have an existential crisis, furiously trying to expand on what you took from it. Most of the times though, it’s flicking on the television and gawping at the stupid cunts trying to run the country.  

Name three bands we should be listening to… CABBAGE, The Moonlandingz and Avalanche Party… and  Strange Bones. That’s three, right?  

What is your ultimate aim as a band? Socialist uprising. We’ve got a long list of names to send to the Guillotine. There’s all sorts on there! From Jeremy Clarkson, to even our housemate, Max.

What can we expect from your upcoming This Feeling tour? Bundle O’ Fun. We’re always up for a drink and a chat after the shows. We’ve also got some 7” vinyls of our debut single, “Swine”, complete with an unheard B-side. They’re only a fiver. Dig it.

The Blinders are out on their first headline tour, make sure you catch them before they blow up. Tickets

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The Velvet Hands - “I Don’t Mind”

“I Don’t Mind” is the infectious new single from Cornwall rockers The Velvet Hands. Set for release on 3rd February through Easy Action Records, the track will be available as a limited edition 7″ vinyl as well as online. 

Packed with riffs, “I Don’t Mind” is a stunning follow up to the bands earlier releases. There’s a slight hint of The Strokes running through the track, packed with riffs and proper rock n roll vocals. It’s a playlist essential, perfect for cheering up a boring day.

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KASHMERE set to release new single ‘Porcelain’

KASHMERE are a four piece indie rock band from Stockport, consisting of Joey Newey (vocals/guitar), Charlie Cole (guitar), Dave Pennington (bass) and Andy Law (drums/vocals). 2016 was a big year for the band, they received support from BBC Introducing and This Feeling, as well as securing plenty of festival slots.

Their huge debut single ‘Blow Your Mind’ recently came to my attention and has been stuck in my head ever since. Now, they’re back with their huge new track.

Debuting on BBC Introducing in Manchester, ‘Porcelain’ is yet more proof that these guys know how to write music worthy of indie anthem status. It’s an atmospheric track packed with striking guitar and endearing lyrics, at three minutes long I find myself constantly wishing it would last longer. 

From just two tracks it’s clear to see that KASHMERE are a serious band with a knack for writing huge indie-rock tracks, definitely a band to look out for in 2017.

‘Porcelain’ is available on all major platforms from 13th January 2017.

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Introducing: Wide Eyed Boy

Wide Eyed Boy have intrigued me for a while now. The Liverpool based four piece formerly known as Whitecliff have returned with a new name and their exciting new single ‘Wolves’. It shows a different side to the band from their fun and energetic live shows, with a darker, slightly moody feel this single proves Wide Eyed Boy as a band with huge potential.

I had a chat with the guys to find out a bit more about the band and what we can expect to hear from them in 2017. Read what they had to say below:

How long have you been playing and writing together as a band?

We've been mates for ages as we studied together up here in Liverpool.  So we've always been writing and playing together but at the end of last year we decided to form Wide Eyed Boy and put our first single our 'Wolves'.

Where did the inspiration for ‘Wolves’ come from? How did it come together?

We wrote "Wolves" last summer in Hungary.  It was the warmest day of the year but we somehow still managed to write one of our moodiest, darkest songs. It's a song about self sabotage really and how your inner demons and bad influences affect your life.

How would you describe your sound, is there any major influence?

Our sound is a combination of all our influences. It has pop elements because we all love pop music but at the same time it can be dramatic and melancholic sometimes.  Rich Turvey our producer is also a huge part of our sound. He introduced us to new sounds and has really influenced our music.

Your live shows are very fun and energetic, if you were to perform with any other artist (dead or alive) who would you choose?

It would definitely have to be singing BV's on a super group consisting of John Bonham, Sting, David Bowie, Prince and Phil Collins.

Liverpool is overflowing with great music at the moment, aside from yourselves is there anybody we should be listening to?

Liverpool is such a great city for music there is so much cool music out there at the moment.  We really like Clean Cut Kid and Louis Berry.  Our mates Venus Demilo have also just put our there new single which sounds great.

What can we expect to see from Wide Eyed Boy in the future?

In 2017 you can expect to see and hear a lot more from us.  We have some tracks lined up to come out later in the year and we will be playing a few cool shows as well. So keep your eyes peeled.

‘Wolves’ is available as a free download on Soundcloud, here.

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5 of the most exciting bands for 2017

2016 has been a huge year for new music. Despite losing Bombay Bicycle Club and The Maccabees, we’ve been lucky enough to have countless incredible bands keeping us going. Debut albums from Black Foxxes and Let’s Eat Grandma have proved there is promise for the future, while The 1975 and Two Door Cinema Club returned with a huge new sound. 

Here are my top 5 picks of who to look out for in 2017;

Who: Sundara Karma  - Oscar, Haydn, Ally and Dom.

Sundara Karma have had huge success in 2016. The release of EP II provided us with one of my favourite EP’s of the year. Four incredible tracks, including a collaboration with the amazing Marika Hackman. 

Reading & Leeds Festival saw the four piece play main stage at their local festival, a huge achievement for such a new band. None the less, they pulled off a great performance, easily worthy of such a huge stage. Their headline tours were a huge success, with mostly sold out shows and a slot on the BBC Presents tour in the US they've proved themselves as ones to watch for 2017. 

Debut album Youth Is Only Ever Fun In Retrospect is released on Jan 6th.

Who: The Amazons - Matt, Chris, Elliot and Joe.

The Amazons are another Reading four piece with huge promise. Latest single Little Something debuted on Radio 1 as Annie Mac’s Hottest Record In The World, and deservedly so. It’s a huge track packed with riffs, yet heavier and darker than earlier releases. 

Live, they’ve put together a show deserving of big stages and wild crowds. They’re a real rock n roll band and it’s easy to see they’re on the cusp of something huge.

The Amazons head out on tour in March - Tickets

Who: Black Honey - Izzy, Chris, Tommy and Tom.

Brighton’s Black Honey spent most of 2015 under the radar, an exciting and secretive band with little online presence, they put out a phone number for fans to chat and ask questions and their music was available at live shows only. However 2016 has seen them explode, huge tours with Slaves and Ash, and their very own headline tour has got everyone talking. 

Their headline show at Manchester’s Deaf Institute left me almost speechless. Izzy is the perfect front woman, her energy is contagious, capable of making even the most difficult of crowds move. Their live show is aesthetically pleasing and I think I can safely say that Black Honey played one of the best live shows I’ve seen in a long time. 

Who: Dream Wife - Rakel, Alice and Bella. 

London based Dream Wife formed in Brighton as a performance art piece, with the project being so successful that the girls went on to sign with Enfer Records. Throughout 2016 the three girls have been playing energetic and exciting live shows, including a tour with Black Honey, a slot on the DIY Presents stage at Liverpool Music Week and a variety of festivals. 

A Dream Wife live show is exciting and endearing, Rakel bounces around the stage with a sweet smile on her face as she sings lyrics such as “gonna fuck you up, gonna cut you up”, these are the kind of girls who make you want to join a girl gang. They’re a refreshing mix of sweet and sassy, filled with girl power. 

Dream Wife play the DIY Hello 2017 tour in January. - Tickets

Who: Twin Wild - Richard, David, Edward and Imran.

Having toured with Nothing But Thieves in early 2015, Twin Wild secured a small, dedicated fanbase early in their career. I’ve been very excited about this band for a long time, early releases Another Stranger and Fears are proof of their potential. Infectious lyrics and packed with riffs sounds almost too good to be true for a band at this stage. 

2016 has been quiet as the band have been working on new material following their signing with PIAS, yet new EP My Heart was well received, it shows an exciting, heavier side to Twin Wild than we have previously seen, proving that 2017 will be a big year for the band.

Twin Wild play their first headline tour in March - Tickets 

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Live Review: Let’s Eat Grandma, HAARM, LUNA, Mary Miller @ LMW

Following their recent appearance on Later… With Jools Holland, Norwich teenagers Let’s Eat Grandma played a headline show at Arts Club for the DIY Breaking Out series at Liverpool Music Week. Support came from HAARM, LUNA and Mary Miller.

Mary Miller was the first of the night, providing a short set of atmospheric, dreamy pop. Using just a guitar and a macbook Mary created a lovely atmosphere, with plenty of cheering and whistles coming from the crowd following each and every song. Although a little shakey at first, the set improved as it progressed and became a really enjoyable opening to the night.

After a short break LUNA took to the stage, for me this was the low point of the night. Powerful vocals filled the room, somehow failing to capture the attention of the crowd. The set included a cover of Wstrn’s ‘In2’, which got a little more attention than the original tracks, but still left people fidgety.

The final support came from Liverpool’s own HAARM, LMW playing host to their first ever gig. Although it was their first, you would never have been able to tell. On stage they sounded as though they’d been playing together for years, perfect harmonies and infectious riffs filling the room.

The sound wasn’t great early in the set, it was a bit of a struggle to make out the vocals but the problem was soon resolved and the set continued in a way I can only call perfect. They chatted and laughed with the crowd before ending with a flawless performance of ‘How Long Has This Been Going On?’

HAARM were incredibly refreshing, if this is how they sound at their first gig then I can’t wait to hear them again.

By 10pm the room was busy with people awaiting the headline performance. Let’s Eat Grandma took to the stage, matching outfits and huge hair adding to the mysterious atmosphere in the room.

Within a few minutes, Arts Club had transformed into what felt like an eery fairytale. The set opened with Deep Six Textbook, Rosa and Jenny playing pat-a-cake on the dark stage before taking to the keyboard and saxophone, their vacant stares and haunting vocals creating an intense atmosphere in the room.

I’ve never seen a crowd as mesmerized at a gig as at this one, everyone completely silent and focused on what was happening on the tiny stage. Eat Shiitake Mushrooms was definitely one of the highlights, it’s xylophone intro and rapping lyrics left me feeling like I was in a movie.

This was the kind of set that leaves you feeling quite inadequate, these two girls have more talent between them than you could find in a room full of people. The stage was filled with various instruments, keyboards, guitars, mandolins, xylophones, recorders, saxophones, drums and a macbook full of electronic beats, all of which were played with no obvious flaws.

The stage presence was completely different from most other gigs, the girls didn’t speak a word to the crowd, simply flowing from song to song with actions instead of words. They would drop to the ground, playing dead as songs ended before slowly rising up again to begin another. To have a crowd so engaged without speaking a word to them is truly impressive, and so rare to see.

The set flowed on, featuring the slightly creepy Rapunzel and Chocolate Sludge Cake, before ending with Sink. I couldn’t help but feel I was witnessing something truly special. In a world where almost every band are beginning to sound the same, Let’s Eat Grandma are truly original.

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Live Review: The Big Moon, Trudy and the Romance, VYNCE @ LMW

Arts Club is just one of the many venues for Liverpool Music Week this year. Last night the intimate loft kicked off a series of shows for DIY Breaking Out, starting with The Big Moon. Support came from local bands, indie pop four piece VYNCE and ‘nowhere boys’ Trudy and the Romance.

VYNCE were in full swing as I arrived at the venue, there wasn’t a huge turnout but there was a nice atmosphere amongst the crowd. They played a nice set of infectious, melodic indie pop, slightly lacking in stage presence but still a good, pleasant performance.

Next up were Trudy and the Romance, by this point the crowd had filled out a bit and the atmosphere was building. They kicked off a fun set of “50s mutant pop” with their latest song Doghouse, it didn’t take long for the crowd to start bouncing and enjoying themselves.

Further into the set the trio invited Pink Kink up onto the tiny stage for a very energetic rendition of The Beatles’ classic, Don’t Let Me Down. There was plenty of stumbling and laughs as the girls danced on stage, definitely improving the mood in the room.

Trudy have a familiar sound, but I can’t think of a single band to compare them to. Although there was a bit of messing around with sound, each member having to ask for more vocal or guitar, they played a well rounded, energetic set which everyone seemed to enjoy.

After a short break headliners The Big Moon took to the stage. They went straight in with recent single Silent Movie Susie, dancing around the stage and whipping hair all over the place. Lead singer Juliette chatted to the small, intimate crowd, telling them how she has “the sniffles” and hopes she won’t phlegm on the front row.

The girls continued their set with plenty of energy and enthusiasm, smiling and laughing the whole way through. It was clear the band were comfortable and confident on stage, their presence was great and they managed to engage the crowd for the most of it.

The setlist included Beautiful Stranger and The Road, but it was early single Cupid that made the highlight of the night. The infectious, irresistible chorus and melody sounded almost perfect, I’ve had it stuck in my head ever since.

It’s clear to see that The Big Moon would fit in just fine on bigger stages with bigger crowds. They’re true professionals on stage, definitely worthy of a much better turnout than there was at Arts Club, but they didn’t let the small crowd bring down the quality of their performance, this was a brilliant performance that would’ve had a huge crowd moving.

One thing is for sure, I’ll definitely be heading to see these girls again.

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Youth Club ‘Sorry’ video and announce UK tour

Youth Club have released their fun new video for their latest single ‘Sorry’ 

Following a UK tour support slot with Young Kato and appearances including Radio 1′s Big Weekend and Sunday Brunch, the Essex band have announced their own headline tour, including the following dates:

Oct 28 - Chinnerys, Southend On Sea Nov 17 – Bleach, Brighton

Dec 06 – Sound Control, Manchester Dec 07 – Broadcast, Glasgow Dec 08 – Headrow House, Leeds Dec 10 – The Bodega Social Club, Nottingham Dec 11 – O2 Academy 2, Oxford Dec 12 – The Boileroom, Guildford Dec 13 – The Joiners, Southampton Dec 14 – The Borderline, London

This is sure to be a fun tour, definitely not to be missed. Tickets are available here.

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Sundara Karma release ‘Olympia’ - announce huge UK tour

Sundara Karma are back with another huge track. Olympia debuted on Zane Lowe’s ‘Beats1′ show on Thursday following a live video release to their mailing list. 

As we’ve come to expect from the Reading four piece, Olympia is a catchy, heartfelt track, slightly slower than previous releases but still enough to get a crowd moving. This is definitely one of my favourite tracks from SK so far and will definitely be on repeat for a while.

Sundara Karma have also announced a huge UK tour for February 2017. Including shows at Manchester Albert Hall and 02 Shepherds Bush Empire tickets are available on pre-sale 9am Wednesday, general sale 9am Friday. 

Sign up for pre-sale tickets here. 

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Preview: Liverpool Music Week 2016

Liverpool Music Week is set to take place from the 26th October - 4th November 2016. A huge line up will spread across various city centre venues, including The Dome at Grand Central Hall, Leaf, Liverpool Olympia and Arts Club. 

Headline shows from John Carpenter, Warpaint, Dinosaur JR and Liverpool locals Clean Cut Kid guarantee a wonderful week of exciting gigs from some of the best bands around at the moment. 

DIY Magazine have teamed up with LMW to bring some of the most exciting new bands of 2016 to Arts Club Loft. The Big Moon, Amber Arcades, Let’s Eat Grandma, Dream Wife and Abattoir Blues will play in a series of intimate shows, with many special guests.

The LMW16 Closing Party will take place on the 4th of November at various venues across North Liverpool Docklands and will feature a huge line up of local and national talent. Early bird tickets are available from just £6 at http://www.liverpoolmusicweek.com/

Tickets and wristbands for all shows at LMW16 are available from just £4 at http://www.liverpoolmusicweek.com/

Must see shows of LMW16:

Clean Cut Kid - 

When: 29th October. Where: Arts Club Theatre

The Big Moon - with support from Trudy and The Romance and V Y N C E

When: 28th October Where: Arts Club Loft

Let’s Eat Grandma - with support from HAARM, LUNA and Mary Miller

When: 30th October Where: Arts Club Loft

Dream Wife - with support from Switches and Whitecliff

When: 1st November Where: Arts Club Loft

http://www.liverpoolmusicweek.com

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5 Playlist Essentials

The Amazons - In My Mind 

In My Mind is the biggest track from The Amazons yet. It shows a much heavier side to the Reading band, packed with plenty of riffs and a catchy chorus. This is definitely one of my favourite songs of the last few months.

The Magic Gang - All This Way 

The Magic Gang are back with a new EP, having recently signed to Telharmonium. All This Way is a melodic singalong track, just as you’d expect from the Brighton band. 

The Night Café - Mixed Signals 

I came across The Night Café at a Sundara Karma show a few weeks ago. I’ve had Mixed Signals on repeat ever since. A really nice indie track from a new Liverpool band.

Black Honey - Hello Today 

Hello Today is the latest single from Black Honey. It’s accompanied by the bands first ever music video, shot in the desert and directed by Nadia Lee Cohen. It’s just as catchy as previous releases and definitely one of their strongest tracks.

Inheaven - Drift 

Drift is another song I’ve had on repeat over the last few months, it has a really warm, nostalgic feel to it. It has the consistent Inheaven sound, with beautiful harmonies and cheerful guitar. 

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Interview: Black Foxxes

Black Foxxes are rapidly growing in popularity, with new single Husk bringing in 190,000 views in the first week, plays from Zane Lowe and Radio 1, big things are coming. I met up with the band before their Manchester show on the Nothing But Thieves tour to get to know them a little bit better.

How did you all meet and what made you want to work together?

Mark: I’d already started a project back home, two of the members were just doing it for a hobby, I wanted to do it more seriously. We had a couple of songs already and I messaged Ant randomly cause he used to play drums for one of my favourite local bands, he was on board so we jammed and made some songs, then Tristan came along a little bit later. It just clicked from there.

Tristan: The weird thing is, I’d known Ant for a while and he just texted me out of the blue like ‘Oh do you want to come and jam in this band I just started?’ and I was like ‘Yeah, I haven’t played bass in a band for a while so whatever’ so I came along to what I thought was a trial but there was never a ‘Yeah, you’re in’ it was just like, I kept coming back. I’m still waiting for the yes.

Did you always want to work in music or did you have a different ‘dream job’ as a kid?

Mark: I did, I used to have stuffed toys and I used to line them up and I had a tape player and I used to pretend I was playing Glastonbury to my toys. That was my thing, I always wanted to be a musician.

Ant: Yeah, I always wanted to be in a band since I was like 12, but I did go to uni and study something else as a back up.

Tristan: Well I never realised I wanted to be in a band until I was in a band. To be fair I’ve never really had a burning desire to do anything. It wasn’t until I started playing music with other people that I thought, this is definitely for me.

Would you say you’ve been influenced by other artists?

Tristan: I feel like we’re all quite eclectic in our taste in music.

Do you think that had an effect on your sound?

Mark: I think it does. It’s natural.

Tristan: Some of my favourite bands are like, acoustic, soft. All sorts. It doesn’t translate to what we’re doing but it’s all about having that drive, I guess.

How has the response to Husk been?

Mark: Yeah that was crazy, we had 190,000 views in a week which is just wild. It was so much more than we thought.

Tristan: It’s an in-comprehendible number.

Mark: Zane Lowe has played it a few times now and Radio 1 have too. It’s one of our weakest singles, so it’s good.

Tristan: When you consider it’s probably the first thing people have heard since the EP which was two years ago, it’s great.

What’s the atmosphere like for you before a show? Do you get nervous?

Mark: It’s really chilled now, recently it’s been very chilled.

Ant: We kind of don’t say a lot, just sit and stay quiet.

Mark: I used to get really anxious for like the past year, but you just get really used to playing to crowds like this now.

Ant: I get more scared playing to less people, they can see all of your faults.

Tristan: It’s a lot more obvious when you fuck up when there’s less people.

Mark: We don’t do any team chants or skipping, anything like that. There was a group hug before Reading, that was a big one.

What’s the writing process like for you? Does it change with each song?

Mark: It changes quite a bit, I tend to have like a spine of the song, with melodies and lyrics and then I’ll take it in. Sometimes I’ll have a full song, sometimes an intro and a verse. It’s always really quick, I don’t think we’ve ever spent longer than like a practise. Obviously you tweak things until it’s a full song, otherwise we just get kinda tired with it and it’s not a natural process.

Do you ever struggle with creative block?

Mark: I’ve had it for like four months before, yeah. It’s really annoying, obviously there’s a lot of pressure to write but thankfully it went at the right time.

If you each had to introduce yourselves to new fans, how would you describe yourselves?

Mark:  A sassy flufficist

Tristan: (As described by Mark) A vaping box anorak

Ant: Misunderstood

If you could have any animal as a pet, what would you choose and what would you name it?

Tristan: A fox called Roscoe.

Ant: I’d like a sloth called Johnson.

Mark: A puffin called Augustus. I’d like an otter too actually, or a pack of otters. Then I’d need a bear.

What’s the weirdest thing that’s happened to you at a show or on tour?

Ant: I had a sound guy tell me to tape a wallet to a snare drum, that was quite weird.

Mark: There was a gig we played in Cornwall, really early on in the band. This sound guy was on acid. During our set he came up, set up a kick drum mic whilst we were playing a song and gave me two microphones, mid set because one wasn’t loud enough. He just put everything up full so it was just feedback.

Ant: He gave up half way through, he started out as a professional sound guy who’d toured the world but at the end of the night he said he’s never done sound before.

When can we expect the album?

Tristan: Late summertime.

Mark: The plan is roughly August, but obviously it’s all going to change. We don’t know ourselves yet.

Would you say it has a different sound to the EP?

Tristan: It’s definitely different from that.

Mark: It’s more eclectic, there’s much more variety. We’re just excited to get it out now, people have been waiting for so long.

If you could collaborate with any other artist, dead or alive, who would you choose?

Mark: I don’t think I’d do something obvious, I’d do something really random. Like someone who’s just a genius, Mozart or something. Just someone who’s that well known. Or maybe Hendrix or Neil Young.

Tristan: Neil Young would just take one listen for about 30 seconds and go, ‘It’s shit.’

Ant: David Bowie would be good. It’d be so much fun, get sassed by David Bowie.

What do you hope to have achieved by this time next year?

Mark: Someone said that to us at Reading and we said, kind of a joke that we’d definitely do Reading next year, and it’d be the biggest thing we could possibly do. So we said imagine opening the biggest tent. I think next year will just be one up again, Glasto would be good.

Ant: Get out of the UK a bit more.

Tristan: America, Japan, Poland, just get out of the UK. Once the albums out we’ll do some touring of our own and hopefully get out and about.

Mark: If we even manage to get a top 40 album or platinum would be amazing.

Ant: Puppies on the rider.

Husk is available on iTunes now.

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http://blackfoxxes.com

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Album Review: The 1975 - I Like It When You Sleep, For You Are So Beautiful Yet So Unaware Of It

I Like It When You Sleep, For You Are So Beautiful Yet So Unaware Of It is easily one of the most hyped albums of the year so far. The follow up to debut album The 1975 brings a whole new side to the Manchester band.

First single Love Me caused quite a stir amongst fans, old and new and also saw a lot of change in earlier perspectives of the band. Most of the people who ‘hated’ Healy and co’s previous work seem to have changed their minds after hearing the new material. 

The album shows the band transition from black and white indie pop to whole hearted full colour pop, filled with synth and catchy guitar.  Opening with a rework of the older track The 1975 before moving into the bold, catchy Love Me and Ugh! this album is an instant pleaser.

Please Be Naked is 4 mins and 26 seconds of beautiful piano and synth sounds, a nice calm point in the middle of the album, while Loving Someone is a more up tempo track. 

For me the stand out track has to be She’s American, I’ve been really excited to hear the studio version of this song having heard it played live on the ‘Love Me Tour’ and it definitely does not disappoint. It gives the feeling of a 90′s movie, it’s slightly dramatic with a chorus that will stick in your head for days.

The album definitely lives up to the hype that has built over the last few months. 17 perfect tracks with the perfect balance of big sing alongs and low tempo tracks that you just want to lie back and enjoy.

I Like It When You Sleep, For You Are So Beautiful Yet So Unaware Of It is available on the 26th of February on Dirty Hit. 

Pre-order on iTunes here.

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4 Songs You Should Have In Your Playlist

VANT - Fly By Alien 

The perfect track to bounce around your bedroom to while getting dressed, lots of guitar and a slightly mad, colourful video to go with.

Oscar - Sometimes

A lovely bit of pop-rock that’ll make you wanna dance. This is one of my favourite songs of the year so far, it’s super catchy and the video is quirky and fun.

Nothing But Thieves - If I Get High

Quite a raw, emotional track that really shows how great Conor Mason’s vocals are. RJ Mitte stars in the new video, themed around lucid dreaming. 

Blossoms - At Most A Kiss

Blossoms are everywhere at the moment, this song seems to be constantly stuck in my head. The video is a bit moody and dramatic, kind of what you'd expect from the indie band of the moment.

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Track of the month... Somebody Else

The 1975 are back, and they’ve brought a whole new sound with them. ‘Somebody Else’ makes you feel like you’re in a movie. A beautiful, chilled out track, filled with synth and break up lyrics,  completely different from ‘Love Me’ and the older tracks. 

Premiering on Beats 1, Zane Lowe introduced ‘Somebody Else’ as “the one” and I totally agree. I’ve had this song on repeat pretty much since the first play and I’m not going to be stopping anytime soon. 

Listen to ‘Somebody Else’ here.

‘I Like It When You Sleep, For You Are So Beautiful Yet So Unaware Of It’ is released on the 26th of February on Dirty Hit.