Welsh rock tandem (Grant Nicholas and Taka Hirose) FEEDER
unchain their 12th LP, a double one, titled BLACK/RED, next
Friday on 5 April.
Grant Nicholas (vocalist/guitarist): “I really wanted the album to be split in two parts for
the listener, CD1 and CD2, black and red rather than be one long player, almost like a musical production with an interval. Making it was a very creative time for me as a writer and a real labour of love. Making the Black / Red album for me personally was a musical pilgrimage and
I feel the end result is undeniable Feeder.”
They just dropped new track #7 (out of 18). HEY YOU is a mesmeric mid-tempo ballad
growing in ardor along its romanticizing way.
“Pray if you want to
I say pray
We’ve got nothing left to lose (Lose)
Faith (Faith) comes a calling (Calling)
And I’ll be there for you
I said pray if you want to
And I’ll be there with you”
Welsh veteran rockers FEEDER – Grant Nicholas and Taka Hirose as key members – share their 12th LP with the world, a double one, titled BLACK/RED on 5 April.
Last October/November they revealed twice two tracks at the same time. And here comes #5.
Grant Nicholas, the band’s vocalist/guitarist, describes LOST IN THE WILDERNESS as a powerful and uplifting song, imbued with an underlying melancholy.
In order to not miss a beat Turn Up The Volume scans the musical
horizon daily (doing it for years now, actually) to stay in touch with
all new things sonically great and shares the results on a weekly
basis.
Check the 10 new rad cuts just
added to this rad 2023 playlist.
British band formed in Nottingham in 2016, based upon
a childhood dream and driving ambition to write music
from four school mates
These British gunslingers’ new single is a track inspired by how it feels to be
young and in a constant losing battle to survive in such a competitive world.
Frontman Josh Price roars all over this striking stroke. Shame is a wham bloody wham bam punk fireball. His voice resembles Artcic Monkey’s Alex Turner voice a bit, not his present crooner’s one, but rather his young angry man’s one. LNC is another post-Brexshit band (think Bar Italia, Deadletter, Lmabrini Girls, Ditz, Silverbacks, and several more) that produces turbulent turmoil in these tumultuos times, that reflects their worried state of mind caused by today’s merciless rat race.
Welsh veteran rockers FEEDER – Grant Nicholas and Taka Hirose as key
members – drop a new LP, their 12th, a double one, titled Black/Red
on 5 April 2024.
One of the new share track, THE KNOCK is a straightforward,
hefty post-grunge rocker with a huge chorus.
Safari Room is the indie rock outfit and brainchild of
Alec Koukol. Omaha-native, now a Nashville-local.
A new album is canned and named ‘Time Devours All Things’.
It lands next year, on February 23rd.
Album artwork
Newest single The King is an ongoing-charged groover driven by a mindbending non-stop bass riff that clashes now and then with a frantic guitar but never backs down. Koukol‘s storytelling vocals complete the stellar sonic picture.
Formed in 2022, in Burton-Upon-Trent, England The 76 Club are a 5 -piece alternative rock outfit. Combining ethereal guitar tones with punchy, bass ridden choruses, the group are certainly not afraid to demonstrate their various individual influences.
‘Beside Myself’ is all about the uncertainty that comes with breaking up with someone
and the rollercoaster of emotions, wondering if it was the right decision. The lyrics capture
the vulnerability and the longing for closure. It’s a relatable and heartfelt song that
many people can connect with.
Beside Myself is only their second piece. It’s a fiery cry out whit the guitar and bass
amps turned up and the band’s front Amazon adds vocal fervency, especially
on the flustered chorus. Bingo! Btw, is that Debbie Harry on the single’s artwork?
5. ‘West End Girls’ by SLEAFORD MODS (Nottingham, UK)
The mods will have a new limited-edition 7″ single out next month – pre-order infohere – with all profits going to Shelter, an organization that helps people with housing issues and homelessness.
For the occasion they covered Pet Shop Boys‘s
gigantic hit West End Girls (more than 245 million
streams on Spotify).
Frank Carter about this second new shared track: “Brambles is a melancholic bop born
from the bramble thorns of love we let grow around us until we are tangled with no method
of escaping unscathed.”
Again we hear the romantic side of Carter, delivered
with avid heart-and-soul passion. Impressive.
This London-based songstress wrote, in her short musical journey so far, already
250+ songs. Wow, The Beatles fabricated only 1988 tunes in their 10-year career.
Globe is a standout track from her versatile new 6-track EP Blue Forever. Her third. The song is a haunting tale of a lost soul navigating the ups and downs of life. It’s a heartfelt mood swing piece, going forth and back with Imme‘s emotive voice shining in the middle.
Viens: “I can’t say that we have closure yet; as it has only been six months since we lost Justine, but I would say that the way the song seems to embody our heartache, and at the same time confirm that our relationship is still a living them, whether you believe that or not, does bring some comfort.”
Music, as we know, has a healing power. Hopefully, the electrifying guitar energy at work here and Viens‘ poignant vocals can have that healing impact on everybody involved, family and friends, in this tragedy.
This fresh French band cites shoegaze and neo-psychedelica and
related bands such as BJM, My Bloody Valenne, Mogwai and Spacemen 3
as influences.
Lovers is one of the two cuts on their debut EP, titled Castle Rock.
It’s a dreamy and smoothly progressing jam that grows slowly but surely in
intensity and anxiety along its exhilarative path caused by inflamed guitars
going while singer Nathalie Valion‘s vocals float all over it.
10. ‘Roadrunner Vs. Your Mother by THE MAGIC CITY (Boston, MA)
The Magic City is a new Boston-based rock band.
Roadrunner Vs. Your Mother is a provocative debut offering,
with roots that stretch from Britpop to post-punk to glam to
classic alternative.
It’s an amplified, melancholic-sounding reverie that triggers your daydreaming moments.
Its astounding guitar-infused and vivid vocals/harmonies coloured chorus takes the song to a zippy level. Splendid debut!
Band: FEEDER Who: Welsh rockers who started their journey in 1994
and produced 11 studio albums (including the new one)
New album: TORPEDO Released: 18 March 2022 via Big Teeth Music Order info: here
LOUDER THAN WAR says: “Written and recorded remotely during the darkest days
of lockdown, it’s shot through with a paranoiac sense of urgency. Packed with musical
curve balls – a gnarly title track slaloms from thrash dirge to stadium anthem, the album’s
redemptive mode is summed up by The Healing, a Britpop-meets-grunge banger that serves
as a reminder that Feeder are still at their peak.” Score: 4/5.
Turn Up The Volume: Big, melodious tunes shot through a giant cannon towards
your Herculean-rock addicted ears. Loud and clear as we know the restless Welsh
rockin’ heroes. A holy bloody magnum record!
Singles/clips: Torpedo / Magpie / Wall Of Silence
– TORPEDO –
– MAGPIE –
– WALL OF SILENCE –
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. Grant Nicholas (frontman: “We are really looking forward to going out on the road again and playing the new album material. This will be the heaviest Feeder set we’ve played in a while so can’t wait. We may revisit some heavier old school Feeder classics also and touch on some Renegades and All Bright electric stuff.”
Grant Nicholas (frontman): “The song was written and recorded during
lockdown on acoustic guitar. It’s one of the more direct and melodic songs
on the album. Lyrically it touches on the frustration at that time. Not being
able to perform live and all the negativity around on television and social
media about the situation we were all living and dealing with day to day.”
Don’t be mistaken Wall oF Silence isn’t a silent song, but
a firm melody surrounded by a wall-of-guitars commotion.
Grant Nicholas (frontman) about the song written along with the album
during lockdown: “All the emotion and frustration just caused a creative wave.
Dynamically and musically Torpedo felt like the obvious choice for us to drop
first. The chorus has a thread of positivity that brings light to the darker verses.”
