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.
INTERVIEW: TITLE FIGHTHaving briefly returned to the UK for the Hit The Deck Festival before starting a European
tour, we caught up with vocalist/bassist Ned Russin to discuss the bands progression in sound, differences between UK and US festivals, their recent split with Touché Amoré,
having friends on tour and more.
Already Heard Session: Maps & Atlases - Vampires
A first for us at Already Heard as all of Maps & Atlases took to their instruments backstage at the Brudnell Social Club in Leeds, and played us a tasty acoustic version of ‘Vampires’ from their latest album ‘Beware And Be Grateful’.
‘Beware And Be Grateful’ by Maps & Atlases is out now on Barsuk Records.
Already Heard Session: The Winter Passing - Daisy
This week Irish indie punk’s The Winter Passing release their new EP, ‘Scrapbook.’
Back in January on their UK tour alongside Forrest, Rob and Kate Flynn from the band met up with the Already Heard team to perform ‘Daisy’ a previously unreleased song exclusively for us.
‘Scrapbook’ EP by The Winter Passing is available now through Struggletown Records, View From The Attic Records and Something New Records.
The Winter Passing links: Facebook|Twitter|Tumblr
Already Heard Session: Burn Daylight - Local Man Ruins Everything (The Wonder Years Cover)
It’s no secret we’re fans of Essex-based folk-punk singer-songwriter Burn Daylight and thankfully James is a fan of Already Heard.
So last winter we caught up with James in Camden to record this exclusive cover of The Wonder Years’ ‘Local Man Ruins Everything’.
‘Young Lions’ by Burn Daylight is available now through Bandcamp.
Burn Daylight links Facebook|Twitter|Tumblr|Soundcloud|Bandcamp
Already Heard Session: The Static Age - Come Swimming
Manchester’s Northern Quarter can be pretty loud. Actually, Manchester can be pretty loud in general. The Static Age joined in before their show at The Bay Horse with Slingshot Dakota with this acoustic version of ‘Come Swimming’.
The band have just announced a load of European dates that you can check out after the jump.
The Static Age links: Official Website|Facebook|Twitter
Already Heard Session: Burn Daylight - Young Lions
Earlier this month Burn Daylight released his new EP, ‘Young Lions,’ a short yet concise collection of charismatic, melancholic songs delivered in a sincere fashion from singer-songwriter James Pepper.
Some time ago, Already Heard met up with James to record an acoustic performance of the EP’s title track - ‘Young Lions.’
‘Young Lions’ by Burn Daylight is available now through Bandcamp.
Burn Daylight links Facebook|Twitter|Tumblr|Soundcloud|Bandcamp
Already Heard Session: Katie Malco - Sad Eyes
This weekend the lovely and very talented Katie Malco heads out on a UK and European tour with The Lion and The Wolf. The tour is presented by Already Heard.
To give you a sneak preview of the tour, earlier this year Katie invited Already Heard into her flat for a two part AH Session. In part one, Katie rounds ups her flatmates to help out to perform the song ‘Sad Eyes.’
‘Sad Eyes’ appears on ‘… And The Slow Parade’ which is available now on Alcopop! Records.
Already Heard Session: Gavin Butler, Neil Starr & The People The Poet - My Hero (Foo Fighters Cover)
Earlier this year The Blackout’s Gavin Butler and Neil Starr of Attack! Attack! headed out on an acoustic tour of the UK. For the trip, they took fellow Welshmen The People The Poet along for the ride.
Before their show in Camden, we crammed them in a room and together they churned out this unique cover of the Foo Fighters classic ‘My Hero’.
‘Ghosts & Echoes’ by Gavin Butler and Neil Starr is available now.
Gavin Butler links: Facebook|Twitter
Neil Starr links: Twitter
‘Thank You For Today’ by The People The Poet is available now on Bandcamp.
The People The Poet links: Facebook|Twitter|Tumblr|Soundcloud|Bandcamp
Already Heard Session: Forrest - Southsea
Remember that first ever sponsored tour we did? Well Forrest were the second of those two bands. Here’s our session of ‘Southsea’ at an old peoples’ home before we got kicked off.
Already Heard Session: The Winter Passing - Seaweed
After a bit of ‘punk’ antics involving being kicked off the roof of The Fighting Cocks, we finally managed to capture the first band of our first ever sponsored tour. Please welcome The Winter Passing and their song ‘Seaweed’.
‘Seaweed’ is taken from The Winter Passing’s split EP with Forrest and is available now on Guys With Beards Records.
Already Heard Session: Great Cynics - Moorhen
Recently Already Heard caught up with Giles Bidder of Great Cynics to perform three acoustic songs exclusively for us. ‘Moorhen’ is the final part of the three-track session.
‘Moorhen’ appears on ‘Don’t Need Much’ which is available now on Household Name Records (UK)/Kind of Like Records (US).
Already Heard Session: Great Cynics - 14 Coleman St
Recently Already Heard caught up with Giles Bidder of Great Cynics to perform three acoustic songs exclusively for us. ‘14 Coleman St’ is the second part of the three-track session.
‘14 Coleman St’ appears on ‘In The Valley’ EP which is available now on Kind of Like Records (US).
View part one of the session here.
Already Heard Session: Great Cynics - Twenty Five
Recently Already Heard caught up with Giles Bidder of Great Cynics to perform three acoustic songs exclusively for us. ‘Twenty Five’ is the first part of the three-track session.
‘Twenty Five’ appears on ‘Don’t Need Much’ which is available now on Household Name Records (UK)/Kind of Like Records (US).
Great Cynics’ latest release ‘In The Valley’ EP is out now on Kind of Like Records.
Already Heard Session: Kevin Devine - Between The Concrete & Clouds
Earlier this year Already Heard met up with Kevin Devine at The Cricketeers in Kingston to film a two-song session. ‘Between The Concrete & Clouds’ is second instalment of that session.
‘Between The Concrete & Clouds’ appears on Kevin Devine’s latest album ‘Between The Concrete & Clouds’, out now on Big Scary Monsters.
Kevin Devine is currently on a UK tour supporting Cursive.
09.06 - Birmingham, Academy 2
10.06 - Nottingham, Rescue Rooms
11.06 - London, Birthday’s (KD headline show - no Cursive)
Kevin Devine links: Official Website|Facebook|Twitter
Already Heard Session: Kevin Devine - Luxembourg
Earlier this year Already Heard met up with Kevin Devine at The Cricketeers in Kingston to film a two-song session. ‘Luxembourg’ is part one of that session.
‘Luxembourg’ appears on Kevin Devine’s latest album ‘Between The Concrete & Clouds’, out now on Big Scary Monsters.
Kevin Devine is currently on a UK tour supporting Cursive.
04.06 - Manchester, Ruby Lounge
05.06 - Dublin, Academy 2
06.06 - Belfast, Limelight
07.06 - Glasgow, King Tut’s
08.06 - Leeds, Brudenell Social Club
09.06 - Birmingham, Academy 2
10.06 - Nottingham, Rescue Rooms
11.06 - London, Birthday’s (KD headline show - no Cursive)
Kevin Devine links: Official Website|Facebook|Twitter
Already Heard Session: Hildamay - Delicate
The sun was shining over Kingston, the strippers were dancing next door at The Peel whilst Hildamay stripped down, bared the acoustics and gave us two songs for our sunny listening pleasure. The first of these tracks that we deliver to you today is ‘Delicate’ from the band’s ‘We Loved, We Lost’ EP.
‘We Loved, We Lost’ EP is out now on A Wolf At Your Door Records.
