DateMonthYear

DateMonthYear releases ‘hard hitting’ new single

November 20, 2017                              

Hamilton band DateMonthYear has released a new single which delivers a strong message with itshard-hitting lyrics, music and video.

Band Founder Trevor Favillesaid the new song, called March, eludes to the idea of going through the process of grief and loss.

Faville and fellow band members Emma Koretz, Brooke Baker, HayelySchwass and Tyler Leetworked with local production team Bad George to produce and film their music video in Hamilton.

Bad George production teamwere award nomineesat the HP 48 Hour Film Festival, with Brooke Baker – who is a band memberas well asproduction crew – nominated for the best director and best female director, along with Jay Baker who was nominated for best scriptwriter.

After gaining accolades in local and national film competitions,March is Bad George’s first foray into the work of music videos and the band members are pleased with the result for their latest song release.

“The song itself is quite different to our last one, musically,” Faville said.

“It’s a lot more dramatic and has dynamic changes involved.

“It’s something more of a big rock song. It is a completely different topic lyrically but probably just as intense.”

The band embraced the unconventional with their most recent single Numbers, which was a video-only release as a teaser of what’s to come from their album. After the online success of the widely played Numbers video, the song has been well received worldwide with international airplay in France, Mexico, USA and United Kingdom.

The song Numbers reflects on today’s society and how people’s lives revolve around numbers – thoseof your mortgage or rent, income, supermarket shopping and simply hoping that you have enough to pay for groceries and bills each week.

Shunning traditional band formats, DateMonthYear’s structure means that “commitment is defined by contribution” with allowance for new ideas and influence. The fluidity of the line-up ensures a smorgasbord of musical flavours.

Faville describes their music as pop melodies, rock dynamics and a movie cinematic atmosphere.

“That’sthe best description. Technically it’s rock music, but it’s a little bit more than that,” Faville said.

The next project, after releasing March is to work on releasing their album. Faville said the album isn’t full of happy lyrics, instead the songs speak of issues that need to be spoken about, rather than songs that provide a distraction from what is going on in the world.

“They’re not unified by one particular theme, but what we’re trying to do specifically is to make sure we don’t waste any tracks and trying to make sure that every song has something to say.” 

Check out DateMonthYear’s new song March on Spotify, the band’s Facebook page andYouTube channel, or purchase it from iTunes and datemonthyear.bandcamp.com.

Locklin

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Locklin


Barry McLoughlin, aka Locklin is an Irish musician, whos sound can best be described for the most part as upbeat indie/rock.
Having released an EP with The Rumours a number of years back, the debut single 'Keep it Going' peaked at number 2 in the Irish download charts and was championed by Hotpress (Irelands premier music magazine) and also by Today FM DJ Alison Curtis, a Canadian national but based in Ireland.  A slot at the prestigious Electric Picnic music festival in Ireland followed that.  Said EP also contained 'Zeezu', another upbeat, melodic rock track.
Currently Locklin has recorded his debut solo EP and has already received airplay on UK radio recently (Nova Radio North East) The current EP, entitled 'Never Forget' contains 4 tracks with that familiar indie/rock sound as can be heard on 'Keep it Going'.
'Never Forget' was recorded at Twin Oaks Recording Studio in Ireland and mastered by London based mastering engineer Pete Maher, who has worked with the likes of U2 and Liam Gallagher among others.

Locklin can be found on Spotify and on the links below.
https://itunes.apple.com/ie/album/never-forget-ep/1418728607?app=music&ign-mpt=uo%3D4

https://www.deezer.com/en/album/69237392

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www.twitter.com/locklinmac
www.instagram.com/locklinmac1
www.breakingtunes.com/locklin

Moderate Rebels via lostinthemanor.co.uk

Describing it as an ‘un-song’, Moderate Rebels say, “We’re not sure what this music is exactly. It arrived with us as a feeling, then a defiant chant, a repeating half hallucination set to building noise, an invocation of strong communal power and hope, through the confronting of the uncomfortable, and the taking of some personal responsibility for being part of that conversation… The sound of a dream, set to the dream of a sound.”

‘Beyond Hidden Words’ arrived as an experiment, as much Moderate Rebels material has, from posed questions: “Can 3 chords and ‘the truth’ still work in 2018?... At what point does repetition become psychedelic?... Once you lose track of structure and time in music, do you get any sense of the infinite?”

“We know ‘Beyond Hidden Words’ has become important to us, and we find it emotionally stirring, more so as we listen to it, and we do believe these to be the correct words for us to sing, to our bones, and perhaps that’s enough for now”.

“Some London gigs and a UK tour in November are being planned. We may play ‘Beyond Hidden Words’ and some other new songs for the whole 45 minutes at some. We’ve done it before with [MR’s first single] ‘God Sent Us’ and enjoyed it very much… None of us knew what was going on or what would happen. Once you get a taste for that kind of chaotic night… It’s addictive.”

Moderate Rebels follow their debut album ‘The Sound Of Security’ and ‘Proxy’ EP, both released in 2017. The collective’s previously stated approach to their songwriting is “to use as few words and chords as possible”.

Moderate Rebels play Tooting Tram & Social London on Sat 11th August and will have more shows and a UK tour in the run-up to their new album in November ’18.

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https://www.everydayliferecordings.com/

AKIVA via lostinthemanor.co.uk

About ‘Ammunition’

“This track drives at the heart of the decision makers in positions of power, who take lethal decisions with little care of the consequences. Arms deals, corruption, dictators and Orwellian never-ending wars of propaganda stoked the fires for ‘Ammunition’.”
Dave MacKenzie, AKIVA

Produced by Jake Gordon (Skepta, J Hus, Everything Everything), ‘Ammunition’ is AKIVA’s full-blooded roar of defiance, set to a king-sized independent-rock backdrop. It opens with a slick, hypnotic bass-and-drums groove that flowers into a widescreen assault of big guitar lines, horn-like melodic stabs and, unforgettably, that angry yet anthemic vocal. From frontman Dave MacKenzie’s opening “Pay Attention, Pay Attention” salvo through to memorably prophetic lines such as “Before you know it we’ll be arming both sides”, it soon becomes crystal clear that AKIVA have written an important song, full of passion and satirical observation to underscore the fast-shifting, global crisis of our time. And it’s a fantastic rock’n’roll record to boot.

Following the success of the official promo to previous track ‘M.O.D.’, AKIVA returned to brilliant Berlin-based animator Wayne McCauslin to create a sophisticated, absorbing video accompaniment to ‘Ammunition’. McCauslin actually worked on his creation while in Vietnam, where war museums and local tales helped to conjure the imagery that works so effectively with the track. And if you’re fortunate enough to see AKIVA live this summer, you’ll see how the band incorporate the video into their intense performances.

About AKIVA

“Never in our lifetimes have we seen the levels of social bitterness and division we’re seeing now. Economics has failed the masses, world leaders are at each other’s throats and globalism is cracking. Everywhere you look there is tension. We’ve always believed music should stand for something and carry a message. There’s a lot to shout about in the world today, and we’ve got a lot to say.” AKIVA

Alongside the anticipated touchstones of pop music excellence – the Stones, Krautrock, Madchester, psychedelia, the rhythmic lyricism of Alex Turner and Courtney Barnett – AKIVA are happy to acknowledge cultural references less readily associated with rock’n’roll, namely UK current affairs programmes Newsnight and Question Time, and the trusty BBC Radio 4. For here is a band who believe that music is a medium for a message, never more so than in these troubled times. “Our songs tend to have a heavy theme of conflict and aggression running through them lyrically,” says frontman Dave MacKenzie. “Grab a beat, a bassline, add a view of the world and you’re on the right track.”

Three quarters of AKIVA – Malcolm Carter (guitar, vox), Rob Mercel (bass) and Dave Mercel (drums) – have known each other since their schooldays at a Bedfordshire comprehensive, variously soaking up the delights of warehouse raves, classic guitar riffery and grunge. Singer, guitarist and synth programmer Dave MacKenzie then arrived from England’s northwest, bringing with him a passion for breakbeat, the Madchester scene and anything with a bit of groove and swagger. Honing their art in a dingy south London rehearsal room, AKIVA found themselves sharing the studio space with Kasabian, whose processed beats and retro licks weren’t a million miles away from where AKIVA themselves were heading. Throw in shuffling broken drum beats, rolling basslines, twinkling analogue synths and punchy, percussive lyrics and you have the AKIVA sound, fully formed.

Those lyrics, of course, have political intent. George Orwell is a band hero, and his writings informed much of AKIVA’s first album, ‘Can’t Buy Revolutions’, as well as previous single ‘M.O.D.’, which garnered a series of enthused reviews. Themes of war, conflict and turmoil remain prevalent in the quartet’s output and, sadly, there’s no end of material to draw on in 2018. “We’re generally fascinated and a bit terrified at the current state of the world,” says Dave, “and how it resembles the periods running up to the two world wars in terms of huge inequality, segregation and racial tension, and politicians using people’s fears and financial insecurities to whip up a culture of division, mistrust and discrimination.” AKIVA have an internationalist message to spread, one that reacts against fear and division. And you know what they say about rebellion informing the best art…

See AKIVA live

Saturday 8th September: The Finsbury, London N4

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