To listen to the latest single from The Plea, “Wild One” is to listen to a pair of songwriters that really know how to take their life experiences and transcribe them into lush, meaningful musical memories. Just check out our review HERE to find out. And now we get to talk to one of those musical minds and get a glimpse of the story behind the artists, Denny Doherty. Denny, along with his brother Dermot, Paul Toland on Bass, and Gerry Strawbridge on drums, create a solid formation of a band that is in tune with their surroundings, both sonically and emotionally.
Check out today’s interview with Denny of The Plea and take note. This is a lesson in songwriting.
Check out The Plea’s latest song “Wild One” on Amazon, iTunes, & Spotify.
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The Veldt Release ‘The Shocking Fuzz of Your Electric Fur’
Schoolkids Records have released The Veldt’s wonderfully titled ‘The Shocking Fuzz of Your Electric Fur’ Mixtape EP worldwide. The band is also presenting a new video for ‘One Day Out of Life’ (Andrew Prinz/ Mahogany Remix) to accompany this release.
This EP comes on the tail of their successful Record Store Day 7” single ‘Symmetry / Slow Grind’.
The album is a solid, fully loaded weapon in the shoegaze arsenal. I say this knowing how much of an oxymoronic phrase that is, given the very nature of shoegaze itself, but this is true. ‘The Shocking Fuzz of Your Electric Fur’ is a pure sonic adventure that grabs you by the ears and penetrates your mind for days afterwards. Each track is layered in multitudes of well-placed instrumentation over soothing and crooning vocals in such a way that some artists may want to rethink the way they are doing things. To make such a varied album without compromising what makes the group what it is is a sign of true musicianship.
“The Veldt could never be pigeonholed, no matter how hard the world tried to put the African-American brothers and their bandmates into a box… with songs that should have been massive hits… anthems that demand to be heard.”
– Pitchfork“Their passion is infectious, their commitment to the unique sounds and rhythms in their perfectly calibrated guitar tones do the awesome work of elevating beyond stereotypes. In so doing, they are crafting both a loud and a quiet revolution. It is really hard to not fall in love with this band.”
– Huffington Post“With Danny’s enveloping hooks, Daniel’s swooning falsetto… the new songs invite paradoxical praise: serenely assaultive, vertiginously soothing.”
– The Guardian“Atmospheric sounds… their presence in and of itself is historic.”
– Noisey / VICE“The Veldt are a unique and singular, musical proposition – authentic American soul music, without post-modern irony, without cliché. They are Kane’s kissing kousins.”
– Rudy Tambala (A.R. Kane)“Awesome wobbly psychy guitar music and from-the-heart soulful vocals…myself and Robin Guthrie are just 2 screaming fans.”
– Creation Records’ Founder Joe Foster“For black artists, doing anything outside of the bubble, beyond what’s derivative of what white kids are doing, being able to express yourself honestly, is not celebrated at all.” So when I heard these guys, it gave me confidence.”
– Doc McKinney (The Weeknd, Drake, Estherio)LINKS:
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Callow Youth Release ‘Did It Really Matter’ (The Week in #Indie Segment)
Teenage Mancunian indie gang Callow Youth has released their debut single “Did It Really Matter?” through all digital channels. The track is currently XS Manchester Radio‘s Record of the Week on their “XS Evening show”, so is played every night for the next week.
“The song is a reflection on tricky teenage relationships in a world captivated by mobile devices and social media, with two young teenagers going out for a night, with high expectations, only for it to end in a messy argument” explains frontman Alfie Turner.
Callow Youth is arguably the most hotly tipped young band to emerge out of Manchester in the past year and hail from the city’s suburbs of Ashton-Under-Lyne and Failsworth. Their catchy, melodic, original songs belie their age and time together – and the fact that most of them couldn’t play their instrument and had never attempted to write a song when the band formed less than 2 years ago.
The band are currently recording new tracks with Gavin Monaghan (respected industry veteran and acclaimed producer of The Blinders “Columbia” album as well as records by Robert Plant and JAWS) – they have material lined up for release throughout 2019, and plan a debut album release before the end of the year.
Callow Youth is:
- Alfie Turner – Vocals, Guitar
- Tom Hilton – Lead Guitar, Backing Vocals
- Nathan Wrigley – Bass Guitar, Backing Vocals
- Connor Wilkinson – Drums, Backing Vocals
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Last Days of Jude Release ‘Misery’ Video (The Week in #Indie Segment)
Last Days of Jude, a.k.a. Fre Pacheco, has dropped his new video for the track titled ‘Misery’.