{"id":94440,"date":"2023-09-02T13:12:22","date_gmt":"2023-09-02T12:12:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/?p=94440"},"modified":"2023-09-02T13:12:22","modified_gmt":"2023-09-02T12:12:22","slug":"pleiades-amos-clift","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/pleiades-amos-clift\/","title":{"rendered":"Pleiades Share New Single &#8211; &#8216;Amos Clift&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Manchester art-rock\/post-hardcore outfit <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/tag\/pleiades\/\">Pleiades<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>are preparing to release their new album,\u00a0<em>&#8216;Affinity With\u2019<\/em>, on September 29th. As a preview, they&#8217;ve launched another track from it called <em>&#8216;Amos Clift&#8217;<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Considered as the album&#8217;s &#8220;centrepiece&#8221;, <em>&#8216;Amos Clift&#8217;<\/em> sees the quintet capture the frenetic energy live shows while being tied to\u00a0<em>&#8216;Affinity With&#8217;<\/em>s narrative.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cAmos Clift is really a track that sits at the core of the storytelling in \u2018Affinity With\u2019. The story is told from the perspective of lighthouse keeper Amos Clift, observing the Egg War of 1863 in San Francisco where food shortages caused by the population boom from California\u2019s Gold Rush lead to an all-out war between rival gangs over seabird eggs on the nearby Farallon Islands,&#8221;<\/em> explained\u00a0<strong>Pleiades<\/strong> vocalist Andrew Calderbank.\u00a0<em>\u201dClift\u2019s character is used as a guide to recount how desperation and hunger led to mass greed and violence, holding a magnifying glass to the inherent and destructive flaws of human nature.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Fans can pre-save\u00a0<em>\u2018Affinity With\u2019<\/em>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/linktr.ee\/pleiadesband?lt_utm_source=lt_admin_share_link#310442226\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Where can I see Pleiades on tour?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><strong>Pleiades<\/strong> will be playing shows throughout September and October<\/p>\n<p>September (Co-headline with\u00a0<strong>Hidden Mothers<\/strong>)<br \/>\n15th The Hive, Rotherham<br \/>\n16th Gorilla Studios, Hull<br \/>\n17th Chameleon, Nottingham (Matin\u00e9e)<br \/>\n23rd Love Day Festival, Manchester<br \/>\nOctober (support from\u00a0<strong>DeadBird<\/strong>)<br \/>\n10th New Cross Inn, London<br \/>\n11th Hope &amp; Ruin, Brighton<br \/>\n12th Hare &amp; Hounds, Birmingham<br \/>\n13th Sidney &amp; Matilda, Sheffield<br \/>\n14th Eagle Inn, Manchester<br \/>\n15th Legends, Edinburgh<\/p>\n<p>Tickets can be purchased <a href=\"https:\/\/music.pleiadesband.com\/live\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Pleiades - Amos Clift (Official Music Video)\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/GKPOcCgZaTk?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1&#038;origin=https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Manchester outfit continue to preview their new album with a frantic-yet-melodic slice of post-hardcore.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":94092,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[17559],"tags":[908],"class_list":["post-94440","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-pleiades"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Pleiades Share New Single - &#039;Amos Clift&#039; 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