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Drian release new single Dreaming

28th Oct 2022 — Leave a comment

Ever been so in love that your subconscious falls too?

Jordon, Robert,Adam,Nikki and Nathan.

A gentle piano, played in the distance lulls a listener closer to the sound before an effervescent guitar tears the peace up. A dream disrupted by the waves of reality. Emerging from the Manchester music scene Drian are breaking through the indie narrative with unconventional guitar ballads and beats that demand a mosh pit.

Their latest track, Dreaming, talks of an idyllic vision of love, a figure that follows your thoughts before consuming them entirely, they sit at your desk, follow you to your bed, where you drift off just to see them again. With the jolt of the guitar and a consistent drum beat, like the heart after the first glimpse of a potential new love, the song accelerates from ballad to an impassioned indie anthem.

Consciousness becomes servitude, an unjustified sacrifice tearing you away from your fictitious lover and your fairytale. You only open your eyes, try to work but are constantly distracted by rushed shadows and quick silhouettes, is that them by the water cooler or running to the loo? Will they disrupt your afternoon? A flicker of eyes and your held in their view, looking at them but they stare on through. That is the darkness of dreaming, reality becomes a disappointing nightmare when those you love do not see you. Frontman Jordan’s angelic vocals add to the surreal nature of the music, a listener feels both haunted by this presence yet hopeful for what may happen.

Jordon, Robert,Adam,Nikki and Nathan.

Your slumber becomes an escapism, when the love you have for this person controls your soul. Behind closed eyes they linger, candlelit roses at dinner. Dreaming is the only way to make them stay and this persistent presence is embodied by the distorted vocals at the end of the song. This ethereal nature is echoed throughout the track with hauntingly beautiful backing vocals, delivered by Nikki on bass and Robert on guitar, which embolden the spirit of this song.

Initially this track was rushed together as a set list filler, something to prolong the 5 pieces’ stage presence, however after it was used as an opener to their live debut Dreaming was met with enthusiasm that would see crowds chanting for an encore.

Drian’s debut single, released earlier this year on the 26th August, Keep Us Alive is distinctivley different to this track in the sense it is more upbeat, it is exhilarating to listen to, forcing you awake to face whatever reality you have built for yourself. A product of post pandemic pent up energy this song is about vowing for better, for repairing what is irreplaceable. It demands a crowd to jump.

Jordon, Robert,Adam,Nikki and Nathan.

Formed in November 2021 Drian’s energetic reputation was cemented after a slew of live gigs, establishing them as true indie pioneers. The quintet is made up of Jordon, frontman and vocalist, Robert on guitar, Adam on lead guitar, Nikki on bass and Nathan on drums. With their debut single already reaching over 6k streams it is clear that this band are one for the playlists.

Tell The bees- Otala’s latest release.

20th Oct 2022 — Leave a comment
Otala

Otala instantly bang on your ear drums with this new track Tell The Bees. First listen and you’re immediately submerged within the sound of this song, no build up, no warning, and you’re hit with an audible ambush.An eruption of emotion and colourful experiences, an exploration of grief and coming to terms with the inevitable.

Telling the bees is a Celtic custom about informing the yellow helpers of a birth, of a death, when someone comes, when they go. This is done so that the bees stay, tell them your secrets or they’ll fly away. This tale is liquefied to music in Otala’s latest punk anthem, with it’s omniscient narrator seemingly aware of his impending fate.

The track is filled with rage, honouring the inescapable demise of our desperate storyteller. The devoid life we live after loss is explored in poem. There is lightning in these lyrics that crash through the thunderous storm of shredding guitar riffs and drum stabs, the atmosphere reaches a dramatic crescendo in the final words of the narrator. When uttered are met with a raucous bossa nova style sax, an explosion of sound- chaos ensues as the narrator rests. Is this ending an act of rebellion or a celebration at his passing?

In actuality it does not matter if we tell the bees, the inevitable will continue to occur, not as some synthetic concept looming in the future, it lurks on every clock turn and there is nothing we can do to prevent it. The inevitable can strike a smiling face as well as one soaked in tears. Thus it is best to rebel, to dance to live as well as you can whilst the inevitable watches.Look into its eyes and dance anyway.

Otala have already established themselves as punk pioneers after supporting the likes of, Enola Gay, Ritual Hills and Bloodworm, they have also played with the likes of Yabba who you can read about here.The quartet is made up of Oscar, providing the eery voice for the narrator and the surreal guitar riffs, Rory providing the boom on bass, Jack disorienting a listener with this melancholic tale on synths and Fin keeping everything in check on drums.

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The Car by Arctic Monkeys

1st Sep 2022 — Leave a comment

Reviewing the Journey so far…

Departures and different destinations.Life is a car journey where you are rarely in the driver’s seat.

Zachary Mills

In this journey the Monkeys seem to have descended from their missions in space, descending into reality and shattering into a thousand,shimmering pieces. Less of the baltic, sweeping jazz but more of a cinematic ballad, evaporating angst and a melody that makes falling into the arms of desperation an acceptable journey.

From dances under a mirrorball to the heartbreak of the last call the arctic monkeys latest single surprises audiences with a revolutionary new tone from this four piece. We’v had their poetic punk in AM, the nostalgia of Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino, now we have a soundscape into Alex Turner’s, the frontman, melancholic mindset, epitomised in their new single There’d better be a mirrorball.

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The single is slow, the rate of pacing footsteps waiting outside a front door wanting to knock but not wanting an answer,. Its narrator distorts and disorients a listener, adding mystery to this misery, we are left wondering who indeed the heartbroken is, perhaps Turner feels both voices, the silent and the singer, feel a snap, a need to have their love back but a knowing that this decision would make them both under attack. The sedated march to the car is steady as a deliberate attempt to delay departure, this reluctance to let go of comfort and push yourself outside is a heartbreak we can all relate to.

But sometimes you have to realise “For the moment whеn you look them in the eyеs
And say, “Baby, it’s been nice” ending this stagnation will lead to future celebrations.

Previous Arctic Monkeys songs were bops and anthem bangers this single is stripped down, skeletal in formation, there is more structure, more complexities fattened only by it’s potential and possibilities. This mystery and intrigue is why the seventh album, The Car, is bound to be a success.

Arctic Monkeys live (Credit: Medios y Media/Getty Images)

The first track on this album I Aint Quite Where I think I am was debuted live at the Zurich Open-air festival in Switzerland. This track more closely echoes the upbeat, absurdist suave of Tranquilly base hotel and casino with punchy chords and witty lyricism it stunned crowds and promises fans of an exciting new voyage. The Car drops October 21st.