Get ‘Pretty Drunk’ with Diamond Country Dance Club

29th Mar 2023 — Leave a comment

What’s your drink of choice?

Diamond Country Dance Club

Friday at 5.30pm. You’ve signed off for the day and on for the night. Wearing your best off duty outfit, you’re styling your hair to the tune of your friends playing beer pong downstairs.You’re going out tonight and you’re planning on getting ‘Pretty Drunk’

Post Punk/Indie quartet, Diamond Country Dance Club continue their repertoire fast paced, enthusiastic belters, with their latest single ‘Pretty Drunk’. An ode to escapism, this piece celebrates friendship, decent drinks and going out. Two days of liberty we try to make last, another song on the karaoke, one more shot. The streetlights are off,and the sun is rising, you’re still dancing, still smiling. The sore head an easy compromise to the score of anecdotes and memories, if there is a meaning
to life surely it is this, to be with those you love doing what you enjoy.

Pretty Drunk Diamond Country Dance Club

Made up of singer Sam, Ryan on guitar and backing vocals, James on bass and Lisa on drums Diamond Country Dance Club was born in early 2021, a product of Covid driven dreams. Once a hobby, their talents soon saw them on stage playing to live audiences, strangers applauding them for their songs.

What a sound it is too. The raw and ready guitar riffs blended with the boom of the bass and guided by the beat of the drum create the perfect build up to your night out, getting you hyped up and ready for big. And the big comes delivered in the booming chorous that demands a boozy bounce around the beer pong table. Echoes of greats like Adam and the ants, Neutral Milk Hotel and Idles, are imbued in the framework of Diamond Country Dance Club to create their own sound. The timeless appeal of the guitar fused beautifully for the modern ear. Pretty Drunk raises a glass to good times,falling for a strangers eyes and wild nights.

“Wasted all the time and looking pretty fine, pretty drunk.

Chasing after me, but you can barley see, pretty drunk.

Down another beer then come over here“

lyrics to Pretty Drunk by Diamond Country Dance Club

With more gigs in 2023 it is clear Diamond Country Dance Club are ones too watch, so you can say you were there before they got big in fact if a night out is what you need and you’re old enough/want to get ‘Pretty Drunk’ the band have a upcoming gig on the 15th of April in Camden at the Fidler’s Elbow, see more details here.

On Evolve Music’s first podcast episode of 2023 we discuss some wild nights out, the one’s that leave you embracing the toliet , the beauty of Rocket Juice and more about how the band came to be . Also find out how long it took Lisa to learn the drums, take a guess (doubt you’ll get it right), the meaning behind their name (No, they don’t make country music or dance…yet) and the secret to performing well live on stage (Clue- it could take a little rocket juice)

Their debut single Didn’t Tell Jonny boasts anthemic beats that demand high energy and a booming sing a long. Although about infediltiy, betryal and disatisfaction the pace and tempo make you want to groove, fill a dance room with head banging moves.

Quickly a fan favouirte the song demanded a music video;

Thanks For Nothing See You Never

22nd Mar 2023 — 2 Comments

Caity Baser’s empowering new EP packs a whipsmart punch we all need to hear…

As an advocate for authenticity Caity Baser quickly became Gen Z pioneer, a lighthouse
guiding us away from the bullshit that poisons you in your twenties, the bad
breakups, the dead-end jobs, student debt and always wondering what’s next.
Baser cuts through the blur with her hard-hitting lyrics and punchy beats reminding us all that we are not alone, we have an audible army

X & Y Caity Baser

To be authentic is to be vulnerable and to be vulnerable is to be brave. And that is exactly what Baser achieves with her witty lyrics, charming charisma, and vivacious pop pieces. Arguably most known for her single X and Y, Baser navigates heartache, unrequited love and falling for the wrong sort of people with a whip smart brutality that cuts to the core, all whilst to the tune of punchy Britpop melodies.

Her song Friendly Sex is pretty much self-explanatory. Being friend with benefits can be quite fun until you don’t want to be friends anymore, you want, well, more but it’s unrequited and you’re made to feel like a side chick even though you’re not in a relationship. My favourite thing about this punchy track is that it has an angrier version simply titled Friendly Sex (Angrier) which, although I have never had the pleasure of meeting her, I would assume encapsulates Baser’s outgoing, bubbly but fiery personality. Her inspiring abilty to stand strong, to laugh, to cry and to hold accotunable is why she is one of this year’s breathrough talents.

Kiss You Caity Baser

Friendly sex follows similar themes shared in her track Kiss You. With witty lyrics like:

“You don’t need to buy me flowers
Pucker up and then maybe save the planet and share a shower
What’s your favourite superpower?
Do you prefer sweet or sour?
Actually, don’t even answer
Kiss me now, take off your trousers (ah)” (Kiss You Lyrics)

It is clear why Baser has so quickly become a fan favourite. This verse encapsulates the ebullient awkwardness between you and your crush, wanting to make the first move but fearing rejection, Baser becomes the soundtrack for all our moods, cooler than an agony aunt, she’s more like an older sister who paints your nails whilst you bat tears from your eye, or a best friend that helps youn feel good and get revenge, or even the girl in the toliet on a drunken night out reminding you who you are.

The world’s discovery of Baser came when she was feeling most lost and isolated. Working at her local co-op to save money for studio sessions she felt the beginning of existential dread wash over her. Feelings of worry and wonder lead her to write Average Student a song about lacking direction and destinations in life. This received a million views on TikTok overnight Baser’s life path became mapped out for her. Demonstrating both Baser’s talent and TikTok’s role and an event engine.

Pretty Boys Caity Baser

Baser aims to empower with her music, encouraging people to verbally defend themselves and hold people accountable. Sick of sorry its sometimes okay to say “No, fuck you. Give me a minute, I am angry at you, leave me alone” Caity Baser.

After signing to EMI records Baser has seen London shows sell out, performed at the BBC Introducing stage and reading and Leeds and she’s recently been on a song with Sigala, Stefflon Don and this year’s UK entrant to Eurovision, Mae Muller. With the recent release of her debut EP Thanks for Nothing See You Never 2023 looks bigger and bolder for Baser.

Mae Muller is the UK entrant for Eurovision!

9th Mar 2023 — 2 Comments

Our girl is on top of her game.

The UK’s entry to the 2023 Eurovision has been announced as Mae Muller. She’s the first female to represent the UK in 5 years, the last being Lucie Jones.

By now a renowned name in the music industry Muller has been making moves since her debut release Close in 2018. Not only has she received nominations for the MTV, VMA and EMA awards, she’s also worked with the likes of Marshmello , J Balvin and Little Mix earning her the title of pop sensation. The singer is arguably best known for her platinum selling single “Better Days” which reached top ten in the US charts.

With her hit tracks like; I don’t want your money,Therapist and I just came to dance her song for Eurovision adds to the pattern of success. Her song written specifically for the contest, I wrote a song, is already a fan favourite and will be sure to stun the audience this may. Muller hopes she can follow the success of last years winner, Sam Ryder.

“Sam Ryder was so amazing last year and proved the UK can be back on the left-hand side of the leaderboard!“I’m so excited to participate in Eurovision this year and represent the UK! I’ve loved watching Eurovision all my life, so to compete in such a massive music competition is simply brilliant.” Mae Muller

I wrote a song is a classic revenge song, with an empowering beat and rage filled rhythm many of the audience will be able to relate to the anger that swiftly follows a heartbreak. It is an ode to friendship coming together to fortify the hearts shield against betrayal, bullshit and belittlement. This semantic of union is sure to permeate this years theme for the contest, celebrating each other and hoisting one another up to the same level.

“Instead I wrote a song

’bout how you did me wrong

I could’ve cried at home

and spent the night alone

Instead I wrote a song”

I wrote a song lyrics

It is also an ode to the individual, about empowering yourself to empower everybody else, do not allow someone to weaponise their own behaviour against you, rise above, remember who you are and reiterate your identity, This powerful piece achieves that, emboldened by Muller’s incredible voice and colourful accompanying video.

Being the UK’s Eurovision representative sure beats her previous claims to fame, that she once made Labrinth a cup of tea whilst working as a runner for her Aunt who works as a music video director. Although she was also the girl in the green dress in MILA’s Grace Kelly music video which is also pretty cool.