Our weekly fix of the best new music as Julia Mason brings us her review of new singles from Feral Family Sold and Holiday Ghosts Sublime Disconnect
Artist: Feral Family
Track: Sold
In the week when they release their debut album Without Motion, Feral Family have shared their new single Sold.
It’s a gloriously atmospheric track creating a dark intense soundscape which nonetheless moves along at pace. The combination of electric guitar riffs, deep basslines and pulsating beats weave their magic to provide a backdrop for Jamie Lowe to add his relentless vocal over the top.
The overall result is a perfect vehicle to express a scathing appraisal of the daily grind of living and working in broken Britain. As he further explains: “Sold is based on life being taken over by work, it quickly gets to a point in your day to day where working to live becomes living to work, and I think it’s one that many people can relate to.”
Feral Family are based in the seaside town of Bridlington on the East Coast of Yorkshire. Their music has already been hailed as “a perfect blend of haunting vocals mixed with an in-your-face sound akin to Foals” by BBC Introducing. On the evidence of their music to date I suspect we’ll be hearing a lot more from this trio in 2024.
Feral Family live dates February 2024
01 BIRMINGHAM The Victoria
02 DARWEN Sunbird
03 LIVERPOOL Sotto
08 GLASGOW Nice n Sleazy
10 HULL BUDfest
16 BRISTOL Crofters Rights
17 NORTHWICH Salty Dog
23 LONDON Dream Bags Jaguar Shoes
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Artist: Holiday Ghosts
Track: Sublime Disconnect
Holiday Ghosts have released their new single Sublime Disconnect, the lead track taken from their upcoming fifth album Coat of Arms which is set for release on 29 March via FatCat Records.
It’s a short sharp blast of garage rock. Co-vocalist Kat Rackin shares the inspiration behind the song: “I’m Iranian, my parents were both born there and moved to Sweden after the Iranian revolution in the ‘80s, I was born in Malmö and moved to England when I was eight. I grew up as a child with little attachment to Iran as I tried my hardest to blend in with the people around me, but the older I got the more different I felt and the more blurred my sense of self got.”
Sublime Disconnect’s lyrics acknowledge this dissonance of identity, with lines such as: “And now they ask who am I and where am I from, will I find peace when I belong?” The chorus of “ba ba ba ba baa” and the jaunty pace of the track belies the sentiment of the theme.
Holiday Ghosts acknowledge that Sublime Disconnect anchors the band’s activist identity. Something that will no doubt be explored further on Coat of Arms. If the rest of the album presents such weighty topics with such an enjoyable soundscape, then we are in for a treat.
Holiday Ghosts Live Dates March/April 2024
11th-16th Mar - SXSW
23rd Mar - Ritual Union, Bristol
4th Apr - Whereelse, Margate
5th Apr - Wharf Chambers, Leeds
6th Apr - Stereo, Glasgow
8th Apr - Bobiks, Newcastle
9th Apr - Deaf Lodge, Manchester
10th Apr - Metrocola, Liverpool
11th Apr - Deadwax, Birmingham
12th Apr - Clwb for Bach, Cardiff
13th Apr - Wanderfal Festival, Falmouth
16th Apr - Komedia Basement, Bath
18th Apr - Smokehouse, Ipswich
19th Apr - Diest, Tijl, Belgium
24th Apr - Moth Club, London
25th Apr - Dust, Brighton
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