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Singer-songwriter from Chester in the North West of England 
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Having toured relentlessly for three years, alongside recording their debut album with numerous producers and in numerous studios, Clean Cut Kid decided to take a 10 month break from touring to record new music. On Wednesday 12th September, the band will mark their return with new single ‘Emily,’ taken from their upcoming ‘Painkiller’ EP out 22nd October.

The first thing the band did was head back to their native Liverpool, where they rented a pod in an old shipping factory in the Baltic Triangle area of the city, and filled it with vintage recording equipment. Once that was fully set up, they locked themselves away for months on end, getting everything up to the standard they wanted.

Mike Halls (lead singer/guitarist) was adamant that these new songs would be more personal to Clean Cut Kid, both in the themes they cover, but also to the band as a whole. Explaining this, Mike says: “I want to write about things in my life, what we’re feeling, whether they be sad or joyous. The ultimate thing is to take the deepest emotions and work it in to a message that isn’t miserable.”

Written, recorded and engineered entirely by the band, ‘Emily’ finds Clean Cut Kid deviating from their indie-pop sound of first album Felt – released last year – in to a more lo-fi, American East Coast sound, complete with 70s-inspired, fuzz guitar lines, harmonic backing vocals, a stand-alone verse from Evelyn Halls (keys) and thudding drums, with echoes of Fleetwood Mac, The Rolling Stones and Phoebe Bridgers.

New album 'Through Life' out now - https://found.ee/through-life

Established in 2007 whilst studying in Liverpool, Rook and The Ravens have been releasing melodic, hook laden indie pop ever since. Corralled around the three-part harmony of brothers Joe (guitar) and James Fay (lead guitar) with Tom Cartledge (keys, guitars), completed by rhythm section David Brodie (bass guitar, keys, harmonica) and John Bernard Major (drums, keys).

After working with Andy Macpherson for three self-released efforts, (Sixteen Holes in Sixteen Souls, Chop House and Outtakes), sessions for Le Bateau began in late 2018 at Pinhole Sound Studios in Manchester, owned by scene acolytes The Travelling Band and headed up by recordist and multi-instrumentalist Adam P. Gorman.  Having known each other since their earliest performances, Gorman was able to coax a streamlined versatility out of the group, journeying from the menacing power of opener Don't Come Home (With Blood On Your Hands And Expect Me to Want the Truth) through the widescreen pop of lead single Watching the Worlds Collide, pastoral splendour of When I Ran Ahead, Opening Up and Wait, plaintive soul searching of Laundry and Pictures of You, with diversions into the soft rock of Dig, wordy kitchen-sink drama of Morning Shakes and On the Lash before closing love letter Poppy On Your First Trip Home. 

Le Bateau was released on vinyl during lockdown in 2020, enabled solely by fan pre-orders. Since, they've been recording with Tim Malkin in Leeds, releasing 2023's barn-burning single, Current Affairs.

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Emo/Indie Collective, Campfire Social, craft a dynamically rich sound with bright harmonies layered over hypnotic melodies that help to underline a continued theme of self deprecation with a feeling of hope. Believing that music is the best form of therapy there is, whether Writing, performing or simply listening, whereas their lyrics can be sobering, a positive message prevails; we’re better together.

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