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Youth Killed It are preparing to release their new record, titled “What’s So Great, Britain?” In this exclusive track-by-track, vocalist Jack Murphy gives us an inside look on how each song on the album came to be.
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Today, we are pleased to bring you the exclusive premiere of “Hey Kevin,” the new single from electro-punk band Dirty Heretics.
BRIGADES TALK LATEST EP
“It feels rejuvenating to finally be releasing new content again,” Brigades vocalist Darren Young says about finally releasing some new music.
After all, it has been quite some time since fans have last heard from the band. Their previous release was 2015’s “Indefinite,” via Pure Noise Records. Since then, the band have almost started from scratch to release their latest EP, “True Blue.” “The writing process was a lot of things; fun, therapeutic, refreshing, experimental. In comparison to older releases...very different - new members, different producer, less stressful,” Darren says about what it was like writing this EP compared to the band’s previous work. Experimental and different are two words that sum up “True Blue” perfectly. While there are some moments that are reminiscent the band’s pop punk, emo and post-hardcore roots, there’s also plenty of experimentation and variation on this record, showing how the band have been trying new things this time around. Darren cites Blackbear’s “Digital Druglord,” Coin’s “How Will You Know If You Never Try,” Armor For Sleep’s “Smile For Them,” Frank Carter & The Rattlesnakes’ “Modern Ruin” and Queens Of The Stone Age’s Villains” as some of the main releases that influenced this EP. ”IT REQUIRED A LOT OF DEVOTION FOR THIS COMEBACK RECORD TO HAPPEN.”
“True Blue means devoted. It required a lot of devotion for this comeback record to happen,” Darren explains regarding the themes and messages found across these six songs, “There are a lot of themes and messages on this EP. It’s about love, lust, friendship, dedication, sorrow... I like when people make it their own, though, and relate on their own terms.”
Opening track “Turmoil” was the first song the band had released for this EP, and the first song the band had released in nearly three years. “We knew from the get-go that Turmoil was gonna be the first track,” Darren says about the track, “It thumps from start to finish.” We wanted the intro track to hit you right in the stomach as soon as you pressed play.” With the release of “True Blue” comes a chance for Brigades to start over, not only promoting their recently released music to their longtime fans, but also gaining some new ones along the way. “[We want to] just get back in touch with our old fans & friends as well as reaching out to a newer audience with our rebrand. We’re gonna shoot another video and then start touring again.” Fans may be wondering what’s next for the Brigades following their newly released EP. “Well, I guess they’ll have to pay attention...won’t they? [There’s] a lot in store.” With “True Blue” out now and seemingly plenty more things to come, it seems like Brigades have a bright future ahead. FOLLOW BRIGADES ON SOCIAL MEDIA:LISTEN TO THEIR MUSIC HERE:
Earlier this year, Out Of Bloom released their new EP, “Ugly Pride.” In this Track By Track, vocalist and bassist Austin Baker gives an inside look on how each song on the EP came to be.
Alumni recently released their latest EP, titled “Nobody’s Listening.” In this Track By Track, the band gives an inside look on how the EP came to be.
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UK-based alternative rock band Wreck It released their debut single, titled “Red Window,” not too long ago. They are scheduled to release the music video for it on April 14th, but we’re here to give an exclusive premiere of it a day early. “I think the video was a mutual idea of not taking ourselves to seriously, just having a jam, and seeing how it would turn out,” vocalist Josh says about the music video, “It’s very raw, which works in favour to the music, which is why we thought the black and white colour theme worked well.” The song itself is full of energetic instrumentation, emotional lyrics, and a passionate vocal performance, guaranteed to be an alt-rock anthem in-the-making. Watch the music video below. Not too long ago, UK based Break Fate released their debut single, “Miraculous.” See Also: “Miraculous” by Break Fate (Track Review) We got a chance to chat with guitarist Ricky Thompson about the single & music video. Why did you choose this song in particular to be your debut single? Ricky: We initially had quite a few songs to pick from for our first single, miraculous had the most passion because we we were both in negative mind sets yet wanted to succeed. What sort of message are you trying to get across with this track? Ricky: Miraculous is about overcoming self doubt even when it feels like the would is kick you when your down. The message we want to send is to never give up and keep fighting no matter what! What inspired the storyline for the video? Ricky: The storyline of the video is about Mashana Molowa (Break Fate vocalist)’s inability to swim, and overcoming that fear. Mashana and I are both filmmakers outside of being in a band! We had a helping hand from our cinematographer, Ben Ryan Hamill, to help us shoot it! Any fun memories from making the video? Ricky: A funny moment would be the amount of times we spent holding ourselves underwater for one shot. We had never filmed underwater before and was defiantly a fun experience. The shoot in the forest was a but of a nightmare as it rained all day! After every shot we had to wipe down the equipment and take shelter. Watch the music video below. Last month, Howell released their debut EP “Departure.” In this Track By Track, the band gives an inside look on how this EP came to be.
THE MIXTAPE THEORY SHOWS A NEW SIDE OF HIMSELFKylle Reece has been up to a lot over the past year. His band Demon In Me released their first record last fall and have been playing dozens of shows since. Almost a month ago, he announced his new solo/side project titled The Mixtape Theory, as well as his first single with the project, titled “Glass.” “This song is actually a song I wrote a few days before the first Demon In Me tour, and even played it a few times on the road with the band. For a while the band had planned to use it, but we decided to take the band in a different direction musically which opened up the opportunity for it to be a part of this new solo project. I remember writing the guitar intro in my bedroom and just loving the feeling so much I stayed up all night to finish arranging the song and wrote about 80% of the lyrics on the spot. Focused a lot on a more straight forward story telling approach and dialing back on the metaphors a bit. The rawness of the lyrics felt right with it being a pretty basic song musically. With the release of that single, fans were left to wonder what was to follow. What people could expect - and much sooner rather than later - was Reece’s debut EP under The Mixtape Theory. “[It has] a good mixture of music. Every song is pretty different from the last. Lyrically and musically. Really happy with how much variety is on the EP I think it'll catch a lot of people off guard, in a good way, hopefully,” Reece says about the release. While the EP was announced not too long after the release of its lead single, it wasn't made as quickly and as easily and there were a couple challenges faced while it was still being put together. “We tracked the entire EP in our practice studio. Some nights there would be a lot of noise from other bands practicing or producers nearby mixing their own music on really loud speakers with subs, so we had to do a lot of waiting and pausing and redo a ton of guitar tracking.. other than that, Ciro (who is also the drummer in my main project, Demon In Me) did a fantastic job recording and mixing everything. Normally I would be faced with the issue of not going to a really established producer for this type of material but we're both really proud of the final result,” Reece explains about how the EP was made. This EP, titled “To Make People Happy,” was released relatively quickly after “Glass,” but some of it had been in the works for a long time beforehand. “I guess another challenge really was readjusting to an old style since a couple of these tracks are 5-6 years old.. which is cool for me because these are tracks I've always wanted to re track and release,” he explains. "IT REALLY IS JUST ME GETTING SOME MUSIC OUT AND SHARING A DIFFERENT SIDE OF MYSELF AS A SONGWRITER." Along with The Mixtape Theory, Kylle Reece is the lead vocalist and guitarist of a band called Demon In Me. In late 2016, the alternative rock group released their successful debut "Here's Your Way Out." While the music that Demon In Me makes is a bit more hard hitting and aggressive, The Mixtape Theory shows off just as much emotion, but captured in a different way.
“I'm looking forward to getting a different side of me out.. I think for a long time Demon In Me has been a 24/7 constant for my mind and it's been really refreshing to put some energy into the songs that I've created that won't fit under the DIM umbrella. The band of course will always remain as the primary focus for me, but this is a really cool outlet for me. I'm also really looking forward to how simple it is.. musically and logistically. No label, no pressure surrounding numbers or marketing or record sales.. it really is just me getting some music out and sharing a different side of myself as a songwriter,” he says regarding what he’s looking forward to about The Mixtape Theory. So, what’s next? “Hopefully a lot of music. I write a lot of songs.. I'm constantly writing and recording new material. We already have a set of tracks slated for another EP for this project along with 15-20 tracks for the second DIM full length. So we've definitely be busy, and because it's an all digital project and we record and release everything ourselves, there should be a healthy amount of music released from this project. It's also anything and everything that doesn't end up becoming a DIM song, so the genre variety of this project is also something that I'm really looking forward to as well,” he reveals. We're looking forward to it, too. |
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