INTERVIEW: ARCANE ROOTSHaving finally released début album ‘Blood And Chemistry,’ we met up with vocalist/guitarist Andrew Groves to discuss the new album, being compared to Biffy Clyro and more.
INTERVIEW: NATIVESCurrently on tour with The Summer Set and a new EP set to be released soon, we caught
up with New Forest's Natives to talk about the new EP and album, the UK rock scene, the transition from being Not Advised to becoming Natives and much more.
FIVES: THE BEST WONDER YEARS SONGSThis week Lansdale, Pennsylvania’s The Wonder Years released their fourth album - ‘The Greatest Generation,’ a record that sees the pop punk quintet reach their creative peak in a number of ways. With a wealth of material in their discography, Already Heard's Sean Reid and Tom Knott took on the tricky task of picking out the five best songs from The Wonder Years. Find out what we picked and let us know if you agree or disagree?
INTERVIEW: MALLORY KNOXFollowing the release of their superb 'Signals' album, Mallory Knox have certainly become ones to watch in recent months. We caught up with the band to discuss joining Search & Destroy Records, how vital the festival season and touring are, what it feels like to be a part
of the expanding British rock scene and much more.
ALREADY HEARD RECOMMENDS: OVER THE OCEANOver The Ocean have crafted a compelling, brooding record with their latest effort ‘Be Given To The Soil.’ With intense specific precision and delicate accuracy that echoes the likes of Explosions In The Sky and Sigur Ros. Jesse Hill from the band to discusses how the
album came together, the importance of precision, being compared to post-rock pioneers and more.
VERSUS: BRING ME THE HORIZON - 'THERE IS A HELL...' VS 'SEMPITERNAL'After a top ten UK album and an outstanding UK tour with festival dates on both sides of the Atlantic to follow, Bring Me The Horizon are having a fantastic 2013 and are now featured in the latest edition of "Versus." It's ‘There is a Hell, Believe Me I’ve Seen It. There is a Heaven, Let’s Keep it a Secret’ vs the bands latest release, 'Sempiternal.'
ALREADY HEARD TRACK GUIDE: ALEXANDER - SAY HELLOWe catch up with Newcastle Indie Rock quartet Alexander to find out more about their debut album 'Say Hello' for a “Already Heard Track Guide” feature.
Exclusive Video: Hello Lazarus - When In Rome
Today we’re proud to premier the new video from Bristol rockers Hello Lazarus.
‘When In Rome’ is the first single from the bands sophomore release, ‘Moving Forward Over The Next Financial Quarter.’ The EP is set to be released on 29th April through Scylla Records and is the first in a trilogy of EP’s Hello Lazarus are planning to release this year.
Pre-order ‘Moving Forward Over The Next Financial Quarter’ here.
Hello Lazarus’ Adam Hooper had this to say about ‘When In Rome.’
“When in Rome was the first song we wrote after the release of our self titled EP last year, it was no easy writing process but as soon as we found the ending it all really seemed to come together. The song was written at the end of the summer of 2012 after we’d all had a pretty crazy summer touring and wild holidays away.
I always find it hard to talk about what lyrics are about as I prefer people to make of it what they will but if we could say it’s about anything it’s really about those wild nights out you’ve had where everything just seems to be getting beyond your control and it’s either you get buckled in and go along for the ride or get left by the way side. It’s about forgetting all logic and things you’d normally do. The line itself was inspired by a friend of mine who did something completely out of character but felt he could completely justify it with that single phrase. I remembered it and the next thing you knew at the end of the summer it was our new chorus.
Filming the video was a lot easier than the last time (4 hours in a launderette in Bristol is easier than 8 hours on a beach the weekend before Christmas!) though this time with myself and Sean wondering around in fox and horse’s heads we drew a lot of strange looks. We also had to buy a lot of people coffee’s in the very accommodating café next door for those that needed to do their washing (of course we let them put their spin wash on first). We were also very fortunate to have the lovely Ellie Richie agree to be in it who looks great and it was good to give Luke someone to bounce off.”
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Track Guide & EP Stream: Come The Spring - Seven For A Secret
Today Brighton emo indie rock group Come The Spring release their debut EP, ‘Seven For A Secret’ on Engineer Records.
With former members of Rydell and My So Called Life, ‘Seven For A Secret’ sees Come The Spring channeling their influences (Hot Water Music, Jimmy Eat World, The Get Up Kids, Texas Is The Reason) and producing a superb and passionate post-hardcore record.
Already Heard has joined up with the band to stream ‘Seven For A Secret’ in full. On top of the band told us what each song is about in our latest “Track Guide” feature.
Conditions
Conditions is pretty much a self confession. It talks of being down, hiding away and shutting the door on the world. It also explains how after talking about my ‘condition’, things seem a lot brighter and easier to swallow so to speak.
Nothern Star
Northern Star is my message to my daughter. She lives 350 miles away. It refers to the journey to see her and how gruelling it is. The chorus sums up just how I feel about the situation.
Track Guide/Exclusive Song Stream: Hot Damn - Sleep Alone
We can’t get enough of South Wales’ Hot Damn at the moment. Their upcoming mini-album ‘Sleep Alone,’ a collection of confident, self-assured songs with a slight pop punk edge.
Due to be released on 26th March through We Are Triumphant, the quartet has teamed up with Already Heard to give us an insight into the release with this exclusive “Track Guide” feature.
In addition we’re also premiering a new song called ‘My Life In Your Eyes.’
Read on to find out more about ‘Sleep Alone’ and to exclusively stream ’My Life In Your Eyes.’
Sleep Alone is our third release and is easily our most honest record to date; it just identifies the problems we go through as individuals and just like any other band, we put these feelings into our lyrics and music. We are all still a bunch of young guys and really try and relate to our fans through the songs as we are pretty sure everyone has the same issues at some point in their lives.
We are extremely happy with the record and the way we have arranged the songs, we couldn’t be happier as a band right now and we are so proud of what we are about to put out.
Sincerity
This is the opening track to the record and its the shortest song we’ve ever made. It started off as an intro but quickly became a full band track after several melodies just came naturally to the track in the initial writing process. The track is really about just leaving something you love, its a mixture of regret and knowing you messed up but you’ve lost something you truly care about, living so far away from the person you care most about sucks and if you fuck up then you have no idea when its going to get fixed. We all contributed to the lyrics to this track as we all felt we had our own input in relation to the topic.
Song Stream: Ramsey - A One-Way to Anywhere (Acoustic)
Hailing from Knoxville, TN, Ramsey are an Alt punk rock trio who cite the likes of Bayside and Four Year Strong as influences.
This week they released their debut EP, ‘You’ve Got a Lot of Heart, Kid’ on SwitchBitch Records.
Already Heard has teamed up with the band and label to stream an acoustic version of ‘A One-Way to Anywhere.’
‘You’ve Got a Lot of Heart, Kid’ by Ramsey is available now on SwitchBitch Records.
Ramsey links: Facebook|Twitter|Bandcamp
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Exclusive Song Stream: Nai Harvest - To Be There
We’ve been fans of Sheffield emo duo Nai Harvest for quite some time here at Already Heard and today we’re proud to premier a new song from the band.
‘To Be There’ is the closing track from their forthcoming debut full-length, ‘Whatever’ a collection of simple, straight to the point songs that echoes the style of the likes of Cap’n Jazz, The Get Up Kids and Knapsack.
‘To Be There’ is a fine example of what guitarist/vocalist Ben Thompson and drummer Lew Currie are all about; feel-good emo with heartfelt lyrics.
‘Whatever’ by Nai Harvest is released on 15th April through Pinky Swear Records/Dog Knights Productions.
Pre-order ‘Whatever’ - Pinky Swear Records/Dog Knights Productions.
Nai Harvest links: Facebook|Twitter|Bandcamp
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Already Heard Music Video Exclusive: 20 Days In - Junkyard
Already Heard are proud to be premièring the new video for ‘Junkyard’ from Philadelphia-based five-piece 20 Days In.
Since forming in June 2010, 20 Days In have been compared to Circa Survive, Emarosa, At The Drive In, and The Mars Volta and this past September, they released their début EP, ‘Align: Explode’ on Painted Ox Records.
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‘Align: Explode’ by 20 Days In is available now Painted Ox Records.
20 Days In links: Official Website|Facebook|Twitter
Further information on Painted Ox Records can be found on Facebook, Twitter and their Official Website.
Exclusive Song Stream: Post Season - Ducks Fly Together
Already Heard are proud to be streaming a brand new song from Pennsylvania Pop Punk band Post Season.
Featuring Jake Langley, formerly of Handguns and members of Pennsylvania’s Nothing To Prove, Post Season are set to release their début EP, ‘To Infinity & Beyond’ on 18th December.
Read our interview Post Season guitarist Jake Langley here.
‘To Infinity & Beyond’ by Post Season is released on 18th December on I Don’t Give A Recordings.
Post Season links: Facebook|Twitter|Tumblr|Bandcamp
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Song Stream: The Lion Faced Boy - Spanaway (The Movelife Cover)
As part of this week’s “Versus” feature on The Movielife, Already Heard has joined up with Pacific Ridge Records to stream two songs from the labels new ‘Tribute To The Movielife’ compilation album.
The first of these two songs comes from Florida’s The Lion Faced Boy. For the compilation they decided to cover ‘Spanaway’
‘A Tribute to The Movielife’ is available now on Pacific Ridge Records.
Further information on Pacific Ridge Records can be found on Facebook, Twitter or through their Official Website.
The Lion Faced Boy links: Facebook|Twitter
Read our “Versus: The Movielife” feature here.
You can also stream Time Will Tell’s cover ‘Kelly Song’ here and Wayward”s cover of ’Takin’ It Out and Choppin’ It Up’ here.
Song Stream: Wayward - Takin’ It Out and Choppin’ It Up (The Movelife Cover)
As part of this week’s “Versus” feature on The Movielife, Already Heard has joined up with Pacific Ridge Records to stream two songs from the labels new ‘Tribute To The Movielife’ compilation album.
The second of these two songs comes from Nevada Pop Rockers Wayward. For the compilation they decided to cover ‘Takin’ It Out and Choppin’ It Up’
‘A Tribute to The Movielife’ is available now on Pacific Ridge Records.
Further information on Pacific Ridge Records can be found on Facebook, Twitter or through their Official Website.
Wayward links: Facebook|Twitter
Read our “Versus: The Movielife” feature here.
You can also stream Time Will Tell’s cover ‘Kelly Song’ here and The Lion Faced Boy’s cover of ‘Spanaway’ here.
Exclusive Song Stream: Time Will Tell - Kelly Song (The Movielife Cover)
Once again Already Heard has joined up with our pals at Pacific Ridge Records. This time we’re streaming an exclusive track from the labels forthcoming tribute album to The Movielife.
The track we’ve been lucky enough to stream is Time Will Tell’s take of ‘Kelly Song.’
Chris from Time Will Tell explained why the South Plainfield, New Jersey band picked this particular Movielife song:
“What I can say about Kelly Song is that it’s our favorite Movielife song. We really tried to put our own twist on it, and give it a little bit of a mod rock/electronic feel while maintaining the Movielife energy that everyone loved about them. The whole song has a dark feel to it, so at the end we decided to brighten things up. With our ending it almost feels like the song kind of ends with the guy telling the girl she messed up, and that she was wrong. Except now he’s accepting that he was fooled and Kelly has to live with that.”
‘A Tribute to The Movielife’ is released on 11th December on Pacific Ridge Records.
1. Shane Henderson and The Future Perfect - Ship To Shore
2. Bright and Early - Face or Kneecaps
3. This Time Next Year - Walking on Glass
4. That’s Outrageous! - This Time Next Year
5. Fourth Quarter Comeback (Featuring AJ Perdomo) - Single White Female
6. Farewell Fighter - Jamaica Next
7. I Call Fives - It’s Something
8. The Lion Faced Boy - Spanaway
9. My Arcadia - Jamestown
10. The Scene Aesthetic - Hey
11. Wayward - Takin’ It Out and Choppin’ It Up
12. Young London - 10 Seconds Too Late
13. Freshman 15 - Hand Grenade
14. onelinedrawing (Featuring Gavin Bowes) - Keep Never Changing
15. The Press War - Up To Me
16. The Afterlife Kids - Once In A Row
17. Mace Ballard - Pinky Swear
18. Time Will Tell - Kelly Song
Pre-order ‘A Tribute to The Movielife’ here.
Time Will Tell links: Facebook|Twitter|Youtube
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Exclusive Song Stream: Maycomb - Jetsam
Today Already Heard has another exclusive song stream for you. This time we’ve hooked up with Wolverhampton Pop Punk band Maycomb and I Am Mighty Records to premier a new song, ‘Jetsam’ from their new album, ‘I Opened My Heart To Caustic Things.’
‘I Opened My Heart To Caustic Things’ by Maycomb is released on November 30th on I Am Mighty Records.
‘I Opened My Heart To Caustic Things’ by Maycomb can be pre-ordered here.
Maycomb links: Facebook|Twitter|Tumblr|Bandcamp|Youtube|Big Cartel
I Am Mighty Records links: Official Website|Facebook|Twitter
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Exclusive EP Stream: Guardians - Guardians EP
Merseyside rockers Guardians don’t release their self titled début EP until January 2013! However Already Heard has bagged another exclusive and are streaming the entire EP!
‘Guardians’ is a mix of edgy melodies and fiery anthemic rock with tons of catchy choruses which has led the quartet to play alongside the likes of The Blackout, The Automatic, Twenty Twenty and even Status Quo.
For Fans Of: Lostprophets, 30 Seconds To Mars, Jimmy Eat World and Foo Fighters.
‘Guardians’ EP by Guardians is released on 7th January 2013.
Guardians links: Facebook|Twitter
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Exclusive Video: Watch Commander - Paperclip
Today Worcester’s Watch Commander release their new acoustic EP ‘Rust’ through Disconnect Disconnect Records.
To celebrate the release, Already Heard has joined up with Watch Commander and Disconnect Disconnect Records to bring you this exclusive video performance of ‘Paperclip.’ The track is one of three new songs on ‘Rust’ which also includes an acoustic version of ‘Cheating Death.’
‘Rust’ is available as a free/pay-what-you-want through Disconnect Disconnect Records’ and can be downloaded here.
In addition Watch Commander are offering their latest full length ‘Clock and Compass’ is streaming on Bandcamp with the CD version on offer for £3 for 10 days.
Watch Commander links: Facebook|Bandcamp|Tumblr|Twitter
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Exclusive Stream: The Lion Faced Boy - Push Comes To Shove
Today Already Heard has teamed up with Pacific Ridge Records to premier a new track from rising Tampa, Florida rock band The Lion Faced Boy.
‘Push Comes To Shove’ is taken from the bands label début ‘Suspended Disbelief’ and is set to be released on November 6th.
Read our new interview with The Lion Faced Boy here.
The Lion Faced Boy links: Facebook|Twitter
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Exclusive Video: Hello Lazarus - ‘Adore/Implore’ & Scylla Records Contest
Today we’re proud to bring you a video exclusive from Hello Lazarus for their new single ‘Adore / Implore.’
The track is taken from the Bristol trio’s self-titled EP available now on Scylla Records. Hello Lazarus will be embarking on a UK tour later this month.
To celebrate the tour and video release, Already Heard has teamed up with Scylla Records to give 1 lucky winner the chance to win a variety of Scylla Records goodies, including CDs and vinyl from Hello Lazarus, Person L, Out of Sight, Just Surrender, Francesqa, Scream! Shout! Say Nothing and more.
For a chance to win one of the Scylla Records prize packs just tweet the following on Twitter:
“I want to win @Scylla_Records goodies from @AlreadyHeardUK - http://bit.ly/Sy09JY”
‘Adore/Implore’ by Hello Lazarus is released on September 17th through Scylla Records and can be pre-ordered here. They will also start a UK tour on September 15th.
September
15th: Bristol - The Louisiana
16th Gloucester - Students Union
21st Manchester - Night & Day
22nd Bristol - Brisfest
23rd Newport - Students Union
26th Cardiff - Great Hall, Students Union
Hello Lazarus links: Official Website|Facebook|Twitter|Youtube
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