‘Darling’ was written in a very short time period during a writing retreat. This song represents feelings of loving someone and the other person being too scared to love back. It is a song that provides reassurance and comfort.

Darling

Thistles was inspired by The Secret Garden. We are hoping to add a 10 second sample into the breakdown of the song from the original movie released in 1949, however we're currently awaiting approval from MGM in order to clear the sample license. We wanted to push ourselves in this song and so decided to incorporate unusual time signatures and melody lines throughout to push our boundaries and write something outside of our comfort zones.

Thistles Demo

This track is one of our older songs and we have continued to edit and develop the track depending on the feedback we have received live. I wrote this song a long time ago when I saw a lot of people close to me in a dark place and I wanted to write a song that captured the emotions but also provided a bit of hope towards the end of the song. We feel like this is the track in its developed form and we hope you like it!

Little Miss Self Destruct Demo

This is a song that we have only been fortunate to play live once. It was written about a nightmare I had a while ago and explores the (admittedly dark) themes of terror. In the dream, I appeared as a child sleeping with my mother in her bed because I had had a nightmare, and woke up in the middle of the night to find a man in the corner of my room ready to shoot me... I told you it was dark! The bridge explores a dream-like state of mind. Anyhow, I thought it was a particularly powerful story in which I thought it would be interesting to write about so as a result of this, we present to you 'Mama'!

Mama Demo

Influenced by the bands love for post punk and goth, Blackbird begins with a ghostly guitar riff, creeping out of the dark, with Price's airy and ethereal vocals following behind. A sharp change of dynamics and tempo builds to a soaring chorus, backed by Hurlstone's thundering bass guitar and Murphy's driving and frenetic drumbeat. The bridge acts to juxtapose the dark tone the band have created to this point, featuring new chords and a revised drum groove, invoking their 60s surf influences. The band soon hurtle back into Blackbird's eerie hook, before crashing full speed into a choked crash symbol that triggers a wall of feedback, sinking back into the dark same way it emerged. This is the next huge British rock band and whether you accept and support them now or not, best believe you will.

Blackbird

Crying Beauty Queens are an atmospheric alternative rock band hailing from Manchester. Jordan Price (guitar and vocals), Alex Hurlstone (bass) and Paddy Murphy (drums) bring together influences from Pixies, The Cranberries, LCD Soundsystem and The Beatles to put forward their brand of lyrically stimulating, dynamic and punchy rock music.