Having just ended her packed summer of festivals including Glastonbury, Boardmasters, Truck Festival and so many more. SOFY brings another cheeky colloquial single to get us all chatting.
Coming after her debut EP 'Bored in Colour (Pt. 1)', SOFY delivers her sarcastic humour and funny side of growing up in 'Big Talk'. Focusing on the drag of small talk and dating apps SOFY explains;
"‘Big Talk’ was inspired by my time in the wilderness of dating apps, trying to find meaningful connection but getting bummed out by small talk that never goes anywhere. I think we all need a bit more ‘Big Talk’ in our lives"
SOFY has been growing and growing as an artist since her days of the BBC Introducing competition. Gaining continuous support from Radio 1 and playing the BBC Introducing stage at Glastonbury. There is not doubt she is one to watch, especially with her unique persona and vintage football shirts - what more do you need to like her!
Buy Tickets to SOFY's Headline London Show : HERE
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19th August 2022
Making an entrance to the music scene in the past 12 months, Boy Bleach are becoming 'the' group to bring society's situations into their music. Channeling issues, expectations and angst in their punk-rock waves, Boy Bleach don't hold back and it's paying off right in front of us.
With a slot to play at Reading and Leeds Festival at the end of summer, this is just the cherry on the top to previous performances including; an EU support tour with YUNGBLUD, supporting Only The Poets and a sell-out show at Camden Assembly.
Their brand new track 'Dance No More' isn't your typical ode to life, it channels the broken structure of society. Explaining how people work so hard and gain nothing because it doesn't build any attention, especially touching on how inheriting 'luck' is the key to why people are seen as successful. A single with an uncomfortably unafraid attitude to accept the failings of reality.
Speaking on the track, Boy Bleach explain;
“It’s a song about struggle for us. As so many others, we’ve worked fucking hard & have somehow managed to be seen in somewhat of an oversaturated space shrouded in nepotism and inherited “luck” - not bad for a couple council boys. Dance is a fuck you to this environment, people are grinding themselves to dust trying to be something they’re proud of and they really deserve the space but its vacancy is pre-filled. In short we were tired of playing the game just to be noticed and placing so much faith in people who didn’t care, bending to fit the mould to lose what made this important to us in the first place. But unfortunately being able to afford this luxury costs a lot more than we have.”
'Dance No More' follows on from Boy Bleach's recently released EP - 'or are you normal?', which hit on some very important topics from mental health to toxic masculinity. This was a pack full of what the boys have to say and preaching things that people run away from.
"somehow managed to be seen in somewhat of an oversaturated space shrouded in nepotism and inherited “luck” - not bad for a couple council boys."
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19th August 2022
In a spectacular finish to their latest project, alt-rock duo Kids of Adelaide release ‘Chimney Sweeper’, a captivating mix of guitar and synth sounds, the ultimate driving song with the perfect coolness that will carry you into the winter months. Demonstrating their impressive capabilities, the duo, made up of friends Benjamin Nolle & Severin Specht, use their evenly matched harmonies to accompany the polished track, born from a shared love of acoustic guitar.
‘Chimney Sweeper’ will be the fourth and final single from upcoming album ‘The Cabin Tapes’, which is due to be released on 9th September. The album title is an ode to the setting of it’s creation, as a large part of it was written in a hut in the forest, on a Bon Iver level of commitment to the music. However, ‘Chimney Sweeper’ was born years before the hut, when Benjamin created a rough demo using a sound fragment he’d come up with. Years passed, and eventually Kids of Adelaide turned it into the clean, electronic rock sound we have today.
The lyrics can be credited to an experience had by Severin, who explains:
"The first thing I saw when I looked out the window was the chimney sweeper. It struck me
that his job is to go from house to house – and thus immerse himself again and again for a
short time in the individual universes of people. These universes – consisting of feelings,
fears, experiences, small joys and hopes – are what makes us human. Every human being
has reasons for why he is the way he is. And if we understood that, our dealings with each
other would be completely different. It is almost impossible for us to always fully comprehend
the universes of other people – but we should try. Because empathy is always the answer.
Yes, I think this song is a plea for more empathy. Or maybe just an encouragement to look
out the window more often to not only observe but to discover all these "universes on two feet."
Beginning in the week of their album release, Kids of Adelaide embark on a set of European tour dates, and for any fans of Arctic Monkeys, The War on Drugs or Arcade Fire… grab your tickets!
Tickets: www.kidsofadelaide.de
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7th August 2022
