At first glance the striking artwork for Bastille’s hugely anticipated second album, ‘Wild World’, may prompt a number of questions. Who are the two individuals balanced precariously above a cityscape? Why are they there? What will happen next? But Dan Smith’s own interpretation of the image is one that runs through many of the songs on Wild World, “To me, the image isn’t about what’s just happened or what happens next,” he begins. “It’s not about how they got there or how they get down. It’s about sharing a moment — two friends existing in that split second in that exact space, two people framed in the vast context of this huge mad metropolis that we’ve all built. They’re there out of choice.” The London four-piece release their hugely anticipated second album, ‘Wild World’ on 9th September. The album follows the band’s global four million selling, multi-platinum debut, Bad Blood. The announcement follows a fever pitch build spearheaded by infectious new single ‘Good Grief’, which received an incredible reaction across media and charted as last week’s highest new entry as well as achieving the most week-one streams ever for an alternative single. The surreal video for the track clocked up over half a million views in just 48 hours and the band’s recent triumphant Glastonbury set drew one of the largest crowds of the weekend and was hailed by the NME as “A master-class in how to win Glastonbury.” Wild World retains the vivid, rich, filmic song-writing of its predecessor but pushes the band’s distinctive sound in exciting new directions. Lyrically, too, it’s a leap forward, “If our first album was about growing up and the anxieties surrounding it” Dan explains, “Our second is about trying to make sense of the world around you, both as you see it and as it’s presented to you through the media. It’s also about asking questions of the world and of the people in it. We wanted the album to be a bit disorientating - at times extroverted and introverted, light and dark.” Written by Dan Smith and co-produced with Bastille fifth member Mark Crew, Wild World was recorded in the same tiny, South London windowless basement studio where the band recorded its predecessor. It's a collection of fourteen songs (nineteen on the deluxe edition) that sees Bastille at their boldest and most daring. Anthemic yet thought-provoking tracks include the fiery, string-laden, ‘The Currents’, a poignant and timely song that was written about, “Specific public figures on both sides of the Atlantic, and how it can be hard to believe they can think certain thoughts, let alone say them out loud or get on a podium and broadcast them.” As well as the bombastic ‘Send Them Off!’ which boasts the attitude of a classic hip hop song set against the lyrical narrative and insecurities that are part of Bastille’s own DNA, whilst referencing both The Exorcist and Othello. The track exemplifies Dan’s belief in shuffle culture and the end of rigid genre boundaries. There’s also the pensive, stripped back Depeche Mode-esque sound bed for the band’s beautiful album trailer, ‘Two Evils’ which was recorded in one take; As well as the irresistible and rousing ‘Snakes’ and the guitar heavy ‘Blame’, which Dan describes as, “Our first foray into big guitar riffs, in a fictional standoff between two gangsters. ” But at the heart of it all, there’s a sense of escapism that runs through Wild World and a fascination with the human condition and the relationships we all forge, fight over and sometimes forget. “The world can seem a fucked up place,” Dan concludes. “But people — well, people can be amazing. The relationships you choose to have in your life are the main solace. They’re the things that make life awesome.” To support the release Bastille announce the, ‘Wild, Wild World Tour’ taking in fourteen Arenas around the UK throughout October and November including a show at London’s O2 Arena. Tickets will be available at the links below. Presale starts Wednesday 6th July @ 9am with General on sale on Friday 8th July @ 9am. The band continue their run of summer festivals including appearances at T in the Park, V festival, Festival No.6 and Bestival. Dates as below. www.myticket.co.uk | www.seetickets.com | www.ticketmaster.co.uk Wild, Wild World Tour
Fri 28 Oct – Bournemouth - BIC Sat 29 Oct – Plymouth - Pavilions Mon 31 Oct 2016 – Cardiff - Motorpoint Arena Tue 01 Nov - London - The O2 Fri 04 Nov – Leeds - First Direct Arena Sat 05 Nov – Nottingham – Motorpoint Arena Sun 06 Nov – Manchester Arena Tue 08 Nov – Birmingham – Barclaycard Arena Sat 12 Nov – Glasgow - The SSE Hydro Sun 13 Nov – Newcastle - Metro Radio Arena Festival dates T In The Park - Perth - 9th July 2016 V Festival - Chelmsford – 20th August 2016 V Festival – Stafford – 21st August 2016 Festival NO.6 - Gwynedd - 2nd September 2016 Bestival - Isle Of Wright - 9th September 2016 https://www.facebook.com/bastilleuk https://twitter.com/bastilledan http://bastilleuk.tumblr.com/ http://instagram.com/bastilledan/ http://soundcloud.com/bastilleuk http://www.bastillebastille.com/
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25-year-old London born chanteuse Jones announces details of her highly anticipated, debut album ‘New Skin’ and that it will be released 7th October on 37 Adventures. ‘New Skin’ has come together thanks to Jones' work with some incredible studio talents; Lana Del Rey collaborator Justin Parker, Savages producer and xx mixer Rodaidh McDonald, Sam Smith co-writer Tourist, Two Inch Punch, XO, Oceaan and the enigmatic A.K. Paul and Honne. Working with these disparate talents got Jones exploring new ground, but also hardened her vision of what her songs should really be: moments to lift people out of their lives, however difficult. “What I want to put across is that it’s OK to be where you are, wherever you are, to learn from this. We all need the sad songs sometimes, but it’s good to have optimism too, to free your mind of things that make you unhappy” says Jones about her melancholic but optimistic album. The last 12 months have been a whirlwind for Jones who not only made her debut on Later…With Jools Holland but was also announced as one of Spotify's Spotlight Artists For 2016 and her previous single ‘Hoops’ has been streamed over 5 million times and was play-listed at BBC 1Xtra. Jones’ current single ‘Melt’ is a starkly modern, electronic soul offering which has already had over ½ Million streams and will have remixes from Lithuanian born producer / DJ Embody and Jay Prince. After standout shows at SXSW, The Great Escape and her own sold out London shows, Jones is pleased to announce an October headline tour that will include Oslo in London. UK / EU LIVE DATES 1st July - Blissfields Festival 15th July - Latitude Festival 16th July - Somerset House w/ St Germain 30th July - Standon Calling Festival 20th September - Indiestad Festival (Amsterdam) 24th September - Reeperbahn Festival (Hamburg) 12th Oct - Glasgow @ St Luke's 13th Oct - Leeds @ Headrow House 14th Oct - Birmingham @ Hare + Hounds 15th Oct - Bristol @ The Small Horse 18th Oct - London @ Oslo Soundcloud Enter Shikari have unveiled a live video for recent single ‘Redshift’, recorded at the bands biggest headline show to date at London’s Alexandra Palace. You can view the video here: https://youtu.be/frj7IR0sMww Whilst plans were afoot to release the whole show visually in some way or another, technology had other ideas; and so the band members jumped in to salvage what they could, in the DIY fashion that has become their stock-in-trade. We’ll let frontman Rou Reynolds elaborate : “After such a spectacle, we decided to cobble together and edit the footage from the jumbotrons on the night. Unfortunately a lot of the crowd footage was warped and unusable, but we were only able to put together one great track rather a whole show, but we hope this'll give you's an idea of the energy on the night. As I edited the video, Rory and our engineer / foxy hunk Tim Morris edited the audio too. Being such a DIY tour - programming the video screen content and 4.1 surround sound mix ourselves, for example - it seems only right and proper that we apply that approach to the documentation of the show too. Victory snatched from the jaws of defeat, and all that”. Full audio from the show does, however, exist. It is currently at mixing stage and will move into the “what are we doing with it now we have it?” stage very soon. Enter Shikari are spending the summer appearing at various European festivals (including a one-off 5000 capacity outdoor headline show in Budapest, Hungary), and will end their working year with tours of Japan & Australia, while demoing new material filling in the gaps in the diary. JULY Tues 5th - Czech Republic - Rock For People Fri 15th - Romania - Electric Castle Sat 30th - Russia - Amber Beach AUGUST Thur 11th - Latvia - Kubana Fri 19th - Ukraine - Zaxidfest Sat 20th - Germany - Rock Am See Mon 22nd - Austria - And There Come The Wolves Wed 24th - Hungary - Budapest Babanegra Track (headline show) Thur 25th - Poland - Czad Festival SEPTEMBER Sat 3rd - Italy - Home Festival Tues 6th - Japan - Tokyo (w/ Crossfaith + Beartooth + Noisemaker) Thur 8th - Japan - Osaka (w/ Crossfaith + Beartooth + Noisemaker) Fri 9th - Japan - Nagoya (w/ Crossfaith + Beartooth + Noisemaker) Sat 10th - Japan - Tokyo (w/ Crossfaith + Beartooth + Noisemaker) Mon 19th - Australia - Melbourne (w/ Hacktivist + Stories) Tues 20th - Australia - Brisbane (w/ Hacktivist + Stories) Wed 21st - Australia - Sydney (w/ Hacktivist + Stories) Thur 22nd - Australia - Adelaide (w/ Hacktivist + Stories) Sat 24th - Australia - Fremantle (w/ Hacktivist + Stories) http://www.entershikari.com New Jersey-based metal / hardcore quartet, Robots & Monsters, will independently issue their new EP, "Nothing To Fear Nothing To Fight", the first week of September, while the band books shows through the Summer months in preparation of the record's release. While the band is influenced by the music they grew up on -- Anthrax, Slayer, Nuclear Assault, and other key figureheads of the 1980's / 90's thrash metal explosion -- Robots & Monsters owns a sound that deftly combines the commanding crunch of metal with the groove, punch, and emotion of hardcore and post-hardcore, a trait which finds the band comfortably sharing bills populated with any type of aggressive music. The follow-up to their 2015-released debut album, "Down To Ash" -- which was a "Pick of the Week" on That Metal Show and debuted at #23 on CMJ's Loud Rock chart -- the upcoming Robots & Monsters EP "Nothing To Fear Nothing To Fight" follows a concept about battling your own mind, the theme backed by high-energy metal and dosed with old-school hardcore. The seven-song storyline was recorded at Portrait Recording Studios with engineer John Ferrara, and mastered by Chris Badami, and features art by bassist Bill Bergmann. Robots & Monsters will independently release the "Nothing To Fear Nothing To Fight" EP on CD and digital formats September 2nd; pre-orders are available via the band HERE with pre-orders via all standard digital carriers to be available in the coming days, alongside audio samples from the record and more. Nothing To Fear Nothing To Fight Track Listing: 1. King Of The World 2. Passenger 3. Communique 4. Never Again 5. No One Ever Does 6. Surgery Day 7. Signing Off The band has several shows booked throughout the state and beyond over the Summer months -- including a set at this weekend's NJ Metalfest II hosted by Bobby "Blitz" Ellsworth, a show in Brooklyn supporting All Out War in August, and more -- with more one-off shows and widespread tour dates to be added. Robots & Monsters Live: 6/25/2016 Dingbatz - Clifton, NJ @ NJ Metalfest [info] 8/06/2016 33 Golden Street - New London, CT 8/13/2016 Lucky 13 - Brooklyn, NY w/ All Out War https://twitter.com/robots_monsters http://www.facebook.com/robotsandmonstersband https://robotsandmonsters.bandcamp.com Death Spells will be performing live: 09 August: Glasgow @ Broadcast TICKETS 10 August: London @ Islington 02 Academy 2 TICKETS 11 August: Birmingham @ 02 Academy 3 TICKETS 12 August: Manchester @ Academy 3 TICKETS 15 August: Moscow @ Volta Club TICKETS 17 August: New York @ Bowery Electric http://www.deathspellsmusic.com |
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