Hi all 

I’m writing this on the eve of the release of our second single She’s a Rainbow. It’s been over four months since we released our debut single and like everyone else, the COVID situation slowed down our progress. However, we are now back on track with loads of exciting news.

As I said above She’s a Rainbow is out on Thursday 30th July. It’s another jangle-pop tune and once again features the vocals of Alister Bell. The song was written after a friend told me she was keen to write some music. At the time when she told me the title, I was a little underwhelmed as I have never been a fan of the Stones track of the same name. She only had one line which was ‘she’s a walking, talking disco ball’ which I thought was fantastic. As it turns out this line described her perfectly and helped me write the song quite quickly. 

We were lucky enough to have the lovely Tammy Whitelaw become the cover girl for the single but also the star of the video. The video was great fun to shoot. Watching Tammy transform into the Rainbow girl was fantastic. Once again Carolyn's creative vision brought the video to life. The video will be out in the next couple of weeks.

The album cover is now finished and we couldn’t be happier. To tie in with the album title, the cover reflects these ‘echoes’. Firstly it captures the echoes of a person who is no longer in the relationship with you. And yet the memories or echoes of them still resonate where you live or the places you go. The other echo aspect of the cover is that of the influences in your life that continue to inspire and resonate with you. This is something that the cover captured perfectly for my life. We will be revealing the cover on Friday! 

All songs are recorded and the final mix of the last couple of songs is happening this week. The album will be 12 songs featuring the vocals of Cassi Marie, Alister Bell (Ex speedstar) and Hayden Bell (Cheap Fakes). The album will be released late September but we will be taking pre-orders for the CD version soon and this will be available prior to the global release. 

Thanks for hanging in there with us. We have lots more exciting stuff to share with you all over the next few weeks

The last few months have provided challenges to all of us with the onset of the pandemic, and I hope that all of our fans, friends and family are staying safe. 

From the band's perspective, we have continued to do what we can with preparing for the album, as well as doing as much as we can to continue to spread the word on our debut single My Town. 

We have been working with The A&R Department who have helped us with attaining numerous interviews and articles to help spread the word about the single. The reviews have been so far universally very positive and I wanted to thank all of those who have taken the time to listen, play and review our music. Most of the links are available on the Media Page if you missed them. This includes reviews as well as radio interviews. 

This Saturday sees our return to the studio since the first recording of the single back in March. Neil and I, along with our photographic biographer and all things creative person, Carolyn will be heading back to Recordworks to finish off the backing tracks, which is mostly guitars at this stage. Then on the 13th of June, we are back in the studio with just about everyone to do some vocals. Alister will be carrying the heavy load here, but I’m thrilled to say that he will be joined on a duet by the incredibly talented Cassi Marie, who will be joining him on the psychobilly track, Baby Please. Craig Landeman will also be joining us to throw down a killer solo on the title track Echoes of You. 

After that, there will be another session or two to finish the vocals and start mixing the record, and hopefully the release of the second single. We would also like to do an acoustic session prior to the album release in September, to give everyone a taste.

I’ll endeavor to get some photos up from the session on Saturday and maybe even some song snippets from the vocal session in a couple of weeks 

Lastly, thank you got everyone who has bought, streamed, shared, or voted on our song. You are essential to spreading the word and we appreciate it greatly. 

Please continue to stay safe.

Steve

So with everything pretty much locked in for Friday's release, I thought I would give some insight into the next step.

We return to Recordworks on the 28th of March to work on the next set of songs. The current plan is to work on 3 tracks which as it turns out are all quite different from each other.

Missing You is a Coldplay-esque piano ballad about the loss of love and trying to work through the aftermath. Alister will be providing vocals on this one.

Echoes of You is a rock track complete with big drums, gothic choir, and face searing solo. I am trying to convince Neil to lay down a Jon Lord style organ track as well. The song is about how the little things sometimes remind us of those we have lost in love and that these memories are like little echoes. Certainly, one of the heaviest songs on the record and again Alister will provide vocals

She's A Rainbow is quite a happy jangle-pop song chock full of chiming Rickenbacker guitars and double handclaps. After the two previous songs being about lost love, this will be a departure and talking about a girl who is 'a walking, talking disco ball'. Steve will likely take lead vocals on this one, but that may well change on the day. Alister has such a great voice, why not have the best person to sing it.

We hope to get a load of photos and footage from the day and possibly even shoot the album cover and we will get as much as this up on the various platforms for you to have a look at.

Not long now till the release of the first single My Town from our forthcoming debut album Echoes of You. With the release of the single we will also be launching our website and Twitter account, so that you can stay up to date with the social media of your choice.

The video has been finalised and looks really good. It manages to capture the feel of the valley at the time Grant was around. I think we were surprised as we worked on the video just how many changes had taken place and how so many iconic places had disappeared.

We have serviced media with the song and video and will keep you posted on where you can see or hear it. If you love it be sure to let your favourite radio station know that you would like to hear it.