Alvarez Kings and Of National Importance Records release the follow up to 2011′s acclaimed Patience Is Strength EP worldwide next month on the 18th of June. Recorded with Dave Sanderson at 2fly Studios in Sheffield and Steve Ellis at Orion Studio in Rotherham, the 4 tracks will be available from all major download stores and as a limited edition CD. Digital and physical formats are available to pre-order now from our shop and include a free immediate download of Fractured Bones & Reputations.
It’s the end of the beautiful/terrible year that was 2011 and to help you celebrate the achievement of weathering all that happiness/depression here’s a Christmas present from Alvarez Kings: a sublime cover of Walking in the Air, originally written by Howard Blake for that lovely film The Snowman and in this instance recorded by Dave Sanderson at 2fly Studios in Sheffield. Merry Christmas!
Today is a day marked by the release of GoldSoul‘s debut single ‘Blood Red‘.
The single, recorded with Ben Ridley at Eye on the Wall Recordings, is available on 7″ Vinyl (here) and digital download. We’ve tried to include most of the digital links below, but you may well find it yourself elsewhere. As always the cheapest place you’ll find the full downloads will be our own Bandcamp store.
Frequenc Pictures have been working on a video for the single that will be available very soon, in the meantime here’s a little look behind the scenes at the recording sessions.
Unfortunately, the vinyl pre-orders have been slightly delayed, due to a little mix-up at the pressing plant, and this means that those of you that have done so will likely receive your copy later this week rather than today as we all would have liked. Thank you and sorry. There’ll be a little gift enclosed in your mail as a means of compensation and you should have received a separate email with links to download the tracks today. Email us if not.
Here’s some words the press have written regarding the single:
“It reminds fans of their favourite bands and reaffirms the reasons they looked on so fondly at said acts, whilst bringing to the table fresh blood that can carry the torch further… it is ballsy, and it definitely sweats pure grit.” Soundsphere Magazine
“It packs a bigger wallop than you’ll typically find in the genre, and they have clouded everything with a radio unfriendly fuzz.” Collective Zine
Lots more newsy bits went out to the mailing list today including a couple of free mp3s from The Favio Bechthold Situation and The Exhibition. If you missed that you can find it here, and sign up for the next one here.
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The 6th of June 2011 will see GoldSoul welcomed to the Of National Importance Records roster with the release of their debut single ‘Blood Red’. Backed with live favourite ‘Waiting a Lifetime’, the two tracks will be available on limited edition blood red 7″ vinyl and digital download. Pre-orders are available from our shop now complete with free digital download, whilst the first will also come with copies of our newly released 10-track ‘Dechaired EP’ and free pin-badges. Here’s what Exposed Magazine had to say of the single:
“In amongst those Common People, Mardy Bums, and Bigger Boys & Stolen Sweethearts, GoldSoul are tarnishing the Steel City with their taste of Black Rebel sleazy rock. Brash and reckless, it’s a track that doesn’t take shit from anyone, with its lead guitar enveloping like a piercing bullet, only to be restrained and outdone by a thick thump of a bassline that rips and roars around breaking as much as it possibly can. Leading the rebellion is singer David Mapson. Wild and untamed, his growling vocals bellow: “It’s a long road to the city lights, won’t you come sit and sing with me tonight?”. Whilst Artcic Monkeys are trying a style of similar vein in recent years, here’s a worthy alternative.” 7/10
Listen to the release in full below:
More? Below is a video from the filming sessions for the blood red video with Frequency Pictures, plus the Michael Mulholland cover of Blood Red and a free download of GoldSoul track ‘South Sun City Blues’. Enjoy
