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A new band consisting of former Lostprophets<\/b> members (Lee Gaze, Mike Lewis, Jamie Oliver, Stuart Richardson and Luke Johnson) and ex-Thursday<\/b> vocalist Geoff Rickley<\/b> has been formed.<\/p>\nA new band consisting of former Lostprophets<\/b> members (Lee Gaze, Mike Lewis, Jamie Oliver, Stuart Richardson and Luke Johnson) and ex-Thursday<\/b> vocalist Geoff Rickley<\/b> has been formed.<\/p>\n
The band is called No Devotion<\/b>, and are part of Rickley’s Collect Records<\/b>. They will be releasing a 12" single titled ‘Stay’<\/i> on July 21st, and can be heard by clicking read more below.<\/p>\n
They will also be playing 4 UK shows later this month.<\/p>\n
July
\n22 Cardiff CF10
\n23 Manchester Sound Control
\n25 London Islington Academy
\n26 Glasgow ABC<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Press Release:<\/p>\n
“This is a story that starts with an ending. An atypical story for modern music, this is a tragedy that isn’t mythologized, a drama that couldn\u2019t have been manufactured. In this story, a popular band does not rediscover friendship to deliver the best album of their careers. The story of No Devotion truly has no precedent.<\/i><\/p>\n
By now, most people\u2014or at least most anyone reading this\u2014know what happened to Lostprophets, the Welsh sextet whose multiplatinum, fifteen-year career died instantly with the horrific actions of its former lead singer. What most people haven\u2019t seemed to consider, however, is how the lives of the band\u2019s remaining members\u2014Lee Gaze, Luke Johnson, Mike Lewis, Jamie Oliver, and Stuart Richardson\u2014were profoundly impacted. Harshly uprooted from their settled lives and careers, their own notions of trust and betrayal tested beyond measure, there was never going to be an ending in which everything could simply go back to where it was before.<\/i><\/p>\n
\u201cWe didn\u2019t know if we would ever make music again,\u201d Richardson recalls, "if people would look us in the face. Everything felt like it was over.\u201d<\/i><\/p>\n
There was a long period of reflection, a sort of self-preservation for themselves and their families. And then, the music did come, albeit not like before.<\/i><\/p>\n
By the time they approached former Thursday vocalist Geoff Rickly with a batch of instrumental tracks, an updated creative template had been forged and the singer\u2019s famously eclectic musical interests\u2014which he spent the last few years exploring as both a solo artist and as a member of United Nations\u2014somehow perfectly aligned with this new direction.<\/i><\/p>\n
\u201cTo be honest, I never really listened to Lostprophets,\u201d Rickly admits. \u201cBut with this music, we speak a common language. You don\u2019t really grow out of punk, you grow with it. To my mind, post-punk was about taking a more sophisticated approach to that sound, and I think we all have a shared respect for that era of modern music.\u201d<\/i><\/p>\n
After much consideration, Rickly agreed to front the new project. In light of the recent controversy, no one believed that this was an easy request.<\/i><\/p>\n
\u201cI had always liked these guys in passing: they’re funny and self-aware. I didn’t think it was fair, what was happening to them. And, well, the music was too good to pass up,\u201d he says, simply.<\/i><\/p>\n
Which is to say that this story is not so much about alienation as it is about connection, and it\u2019s not about redemption as much as personal reclamation. No Devotion provided a vehicle for its members to become themselves again, and the two songs that comprise this, their debut 12-inch for Collect Records, were the fuel.<\/i><\/p>\n
\u201cWe didn\u2019t know what else to do,\u201d Richardson explains. \u201cWe just wrote music. I didn\u2019t know if anyone would ever want to hear it, I didn\u2019t know if anyone ever would hear it. I just needed to occupy my brain.\u201d He pauses, then adds, \u201cWe just needed this.\u201d<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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