Brighton’s The Heavy Heavy releases a brand new track; their psychedelic, harmony-laden and sun-drenched take on Jonathan Wilson’s modern classic song “Desert Raven”.
Vorig jaar bracht het Britse The Heavy Heavy hun ‘feelgood’ debuut-12”-EP “Life And Life Only” officieel uit via het gerenomeerde ATO Records-label. Met hun pakkende combinatie van ‘psychedelic blues, bombastic soul, acid rock and sunshine pop’ ademen ze ‘new wild energy into sounds from decades ago, transcending eras with an euphoric and hypnotic ease as they tap into musical touchstones that range from ‘British Invasion’ pop-acts like The Hollies, The Zombies and The Kinks, American ‘flowerpower’ 60’s bands as Jefferson Airplane and The Mamas And The Papas, to Peter Green-era Fleetwood Mac, to a sonic alchemy all their own’. De originele EP telde 5 nummers en stond bomvol ‘effusive harmonies and fuzzed-out guitar work’. Door het vele touren (ze stonden bijv. in Nederland in Paradiso – London Calling -, op het Into The Great Wide Open-festival, de 2023-editie van Eurosonic en als voorprogramma van Black Pumas in de AFAS) en de enorme verkoop- en promotie-successen daarbij in met name de USA (Top 5-radio hits met “Miles And Miles” en “Go Down River”, en tv-optredens bij CBS Saturday Morning, Jimmy Kimmel Live! en The Late Show van Stephen Colbert), verschijnt er een ‘expanded LP edition’ van “Life And Life Only”, dat nu maar liefst 11 tracks telt! Naast een acoustische versie van “Go Down River” en een live-track van “Man Of The Hills”, krijg je drie fraaie covers voorgeschoteld: “Guinnevere” (Crosby, Stills & Nash), “Real Love Baby” (Father John Misty) en de nieuwe single “Desert Raven” (Jonathan Wilson).
The Heavy Heavy’s ‘expanded LP edition’ van “Life And Life Only” verschijnt op 19-5-2023
TRACKLISTING:
1 All My Dreams
2 Go Down River
3 Man Of The Hills
4 Miles And Miles
5 Sleeping On Grassy Ground
6 Why Don’t You Call?
7 Desert Raven
8 Man Of The Hills (live)
9 Real Love Baby
10 Guinnevere
11 Go Down River (acoustic)
Led by lifelong musicians Will Turner and Georgie Fuller, the now Brighton, UK-based band The Heavy Heavy warps time and place through an unfettered collision of psychedelic blues, bombastic soul, acid rock and sunshine pop. Across their debut-EP “Life And Life Only”, the group wildly breathes incandescent new energy into bright and jangly sounds from decades ago, transcending eras with an euphoric and hypnotic ease as they tap into musical touchstones that range from ‘British Invasion’ pop-acts like The Hollies, The Zombies and The Kinks, American ‘flowerpower’ 60’s bands as Jefferson Airplane and The Mamas And The Papas, to Peter Green-era Fleetwood Mac, to a sonic alchemy all their own. Full of effusive harmonies and fuzzed-out guitar work, “Life And Life Only” pulls listeners into a sublime fugue state with its own sun-soaked atmosphere, leaving one newly awakened to infinite possibilities.
While The Heavy Heavy originally self-produced the “Life And Life Only”-EP in an old and small London flat, their ‘feelgood’ music begs to be blared across the festival fields, crowded pubs, vigorous clubs and in your car on whirlwind road trips! Extended into a five-piece line-up they’ve taken the live circuit by storm. With many festival appearances and countless club-shows in only one year, the band has risen dramatically in status, with for instance Dutch shows at the AFAS-arena (supporting Black Pumas), Eurosonic, Paradiso (London Calling) and the Into The Great Wide Open-festival. In the USA the singles “Miles And Miles” and “Go Down River” got them Top 5-radio hits, and tv-appearances at CBS Saturday Morning, Jimmy Kimmel Live! and The Late Show with Stephen Colbert.
This expanded LP-edition of “Life And Life Only” includes an acoustic version of “Go Down River”, the live track “Man Of The Hills” and 3 cover-songs: “Guinnevere” (by Crosby, Stills & Nash), “Real Love Baby” (by Father John Misty) and the brand-new single “Desert Raven” (by Jonathan Wilson).
