English :
The BLACK LILYS siblings are back with a powerful single, "INVISIBLE STRINGS" mixed by Odd Martin (known for his collaboration with Aurora and Sigrid...).
A song about the importance of questioning one's beliefs in order to reach for more truth.
Is our vision always clear?
Our thoughts can easily become “invisible strings” that strangle our minds and make us believe those strings are unbreakable, preventing us from acting.
Invisible Strings is an invitation to "Unlearn how to think to learn how to feel"
After releasing a few months ago, Gymnopédie, a sensitive adaptation of Eric Satie's famous masterpiece, BLACK LILYS prove once again their ability to play with contrasts by returning today with an epic single.
The duo is currently touring in the UK, supporting Nouvelle Vague until 17 March.

French:
La fratrie BLACK LILYS est de retour avec un puissant  single, “INVISIBLE STRINGS” mixé par Odd Martin (reconnu pour ses collaborations avec Aurora et Sigrid...).

Ce titre aborde l'importance de remettre en question ses croyances afin de tendre vers plus de vérité.

Notre vision est-elle toujours bien claire?
Certaines de nos pensées deviennent parfois ces "fils invisibles" “ invisible strings qui étrillent notre esprit, nous conditionant souvent à croire qu’ils sont indénouables et nous empêchant ainsi d’agir.

“ Unlearn how to think to learn how to feel “
Une invitation à " Désapprendre sa façon de penser pour apprendre à ressentir " 

Après avoir sorti leur dernier single, Gymnopédie, une sensible adaptation piano-voix du célèbre chef-d'œuvre d'Eric Satie, BLACK LILYS nous prouve une fois encore leur capacité à jouer avec les contrastes en revenant aujourd’hui avec un single percutant et épique.

Le duo est actuellement en tournée au Royaume-Uni en première partie de Nouvelle Vague jusqu'au 17 mars.

New Era

Invisible Strings

BLACK LILYS - Invisible Strings

We are pleased to share the shoegaze track ‘June’ from indie band The Day via Sinnbus today. ‘June’ talks about friendship and how people drift apart when time and space get in the way of a good thing sometimes. Hazy and dreamy vocals cascade this track along with spaced out guitar notes.

Read the feature

June

[PREMIERE] The Day - June

HEADLINE SHOW ON 17TH MARCH @ NOTTING HILL ARTS CLUB 
Harvey Jay Dodgson has returned with euphoric new single 'For The Love Of It' - listen here.

Brimming with youthful exuberance, it marries the most infectious elements of The Libertines, Vampire Weekend, Tom Grennan and Ten Tonnes, weaving assured guitar riffs with punchy percussion throughout its almost 3 minutes.

Speaking about the song Harvey says, “‘For The Love Of It’ is a statement about how music should be created and played … for the love of it. Not following a trend, being able to connect with others, not forcing the art for the primary motive of money. The production portrays this. Playful melodies, groups of chanting teens, rough around the edges as a whole - a song to shout out together with your mates.  My painting of why I make music for the love of it.’’

The new single also comes after recently being snapped up by Paradigm booking agency for live shows. Now represented by Alex Hardee (Liam Gallagher, Sia, Clean Bandit), Harvey will play a headline show in London on 17th March at the prestigious Notting Hill Arts Club. 

Freshly tipped by This Feeling and XS Manchester as One To Watch in 2022, 'For The Love Of It' is another taste of what's to come from the uber talented singer-songwriter’s debut EP, due for release this spring.  Bringing together raw lyrical work with driving instrumentation, it effortlessly showcases why the 20 year old is onto such big things.

Hailing from Portsmouth, Harvey had already seen a remarkable ascent even before releasing music officially -  being tipped and playlisted by BT Sport and playing the Isle of Wight Festival for This Feeling last year. 

'For The Love Of It' is available to stream now. 

Live Dates

17th March - Notting Hill Arts Club, London


FLOWVERS - When It Comes To It
 

More Information on Harvey Jay Dodgson

Harvey Jay Dodgson started playing the guitar at the age of 7 and by 9 years of age had written his first piece of music. His early inspiration came after being introduced by older brother Neil to the music of Peggy Lee, Billie Holiday and the free-flowing vocal melodies of Ella Fitzgerald and Ray Charles. He says, "It instantly opened my eyes (or should I say ‘ears’) to a completely different sound of music." It was discovering the jazz-influenced artists, King Krule and Cosmo Pyke who inspired him to experiment further and he was soon ready to create his own music. 

 Tipped by BT TV and Scotts Menswear as ‘One to Watch 2021’ He has recently performed at the IOW Festival. He will be releasing his debut fully produced EP in 2022.

For The Love Of It

Second single from the forthcoming second album HYMNS, due later this year. 

FFO: Manchester Orchestra, Frightened Rabbit, Arcade Fire. 

Recorded in West Wales by the band. 

Produced in Toronto, Canada by Matt Lederman. Mastered by Ryan Morey (Arcade Fire, Half Moon Run). 

Laid back Death Cab-esque drum patterns and cool americana guitars, the new single from Broken Fires makes you want to roll down the window of your getaway car (a 1967 Pontiac by the way) and drive off into the spring sunset. Except it’s a song about the morbid human fascination with serial killers… 

Sharks is written looking down on a convicted man in the dock of a Swansea courtroom. Guitarist and singer Gareth explains: “I think I had been watching too many Netflix real crime series… but there has always been something curious to me about what runs through the mind of those that find themselves standing in the dock looking out at the jury”. 

The final guitars were layered up over beers in Earlsfield South London but keys, violins and vocals added in living rooms separately during the lockdowns of 2021. The tracks were sent to Canada for finishing touches with mixing by Matt Lederman (Rural Alberta Advantage, !!!) and mastering by Ryan Morey (Arcade Fire). 

The laid back groove in the first half of Sharks reveals a different side to Broken Fires. But with what is becoming a trademark move, the song builds to a shattering crescendo with layered violins and enough guitar tracks to make Trent Reznor twitch. 

If you like a killer melody this is for you.

Sharks

Sharks - Edit

Motel Thieves - Over the Hills

The name “Let’s Whisper” implies secrets—the sorts of things you’d tell friends in a night’s waning hours, as the sun is about to peek over the horizon. Colin Clary and Dana Kaplan have been friends and musical collaborators for years, and the openhearted, detail-rich indiepop they craft together reflects their rich creative relationship and trust in each other. On The In-Between Times, the second Let’s Whisper full-length—the band’s first release in eight years, and first as a five-piece—the Burlington-based band digs deeper into their day-to-day worlds while confronting their individual and collective futures.    
“This is a record about love and loss and change and possibilities,” Colin and Dana say about The In-Between Times, which comes out on Fika Recordings in August 2022. Indeed, the prevailing mood of this album is a sense of grounding, of not letting the big questions of life—“what gets you through the night?”, “will I see you around the town?”, “have you done the thing that defines you yet?”—completely obfuscate the minutiae that makes it beautiful.  
Musically and lyrically detailed, The In-Between Times is the work of a band that uses the catchy melodies and jangling guitars of indiepop to peel off into exciting, and at times unexpected, musical and lyrical directions. “The Thing That Defines You” is crisp and questioning, with squiggles of guitar at its melody’s fringes implying the strands of identity that a friend is trying to see in order to get a full, unencumbered-by-narrative picture of someone they love. “Sing!” swells from a gentle jangle into a triumphant trans anthem that charmingly flips the bird to societal norms. “40 Ways To Love You” pairs its pointillistic detailing of a loved one’s best qualities with a weepy guitar countermelody that makes the romance all the more poignant.        
Let’s Whisper started as a home-recording project between Colin and Dana, also in the beloved “open-hearted indiepop revolutionaries” The Smittens, in the mid-2000s. Writing and recording music at home resulted in more tightly knit songwriting process, which the pair referred to as “Whispering.” After releasing a pair of EPs, 2008’s Make Me Smile and 2010’s Keep a Secret, Let’s Whisper brought on drummer Brad Searles (Eef, The Also-Rans), expanding and adding a fulcrum to their sound. Since Brad joined, Let’s Whisper has released one album, 2011’s The Shortest Days, and a 10-inch, 2014’s As Close As We Are. The latter was called “short and sweet, by turns deadpan in its delivery and sentimental in its subject matter” by the Vermont weekly Seven Days, and it was Let’s Whisper’s last release until now.
But Let’s Whisper has kept creatively busy in those ensuing years. In addition to the three members pursuing their own projects individually and together, Let’s Whisper toured the US and the UK, rounding out its lineup with bassist-guitarist Jeff Baron (Essex Green, Ladybug Transistor) in the States and bassist-vocalist Emma Kupa (Standard Fare, Mammoth Penguins) in Great Britain. For the recording of The In-Between Times, both Jeff and Emma joined Colin, Dana, and Brad during sessions at Marlborough Farms in Brooklyn—although they did so a year apart, with Emma recording her parts (including banjo on the chiming “Simple Times” and vocals and banjo on the plainspoken “Long Run”) with the core three in 2017 and Jeff adding guitar and keyboards in 2018, when the finishing touches were put on the album by studio owner and engineer Gary Olson.  
With The In-Between Times, Let’s Whisper have created an album that, even in its more pensive and mournful moments, celebrates the array of what life has to offer—the elation of watching hot-air balloons lift off at sunset, the triumph that comes with living honestly, the joy that comes when an open heart is mirrored by a friend, or a fan, or a loved one. Lean in and listen closely.

The Year Of Getting High

Let's Whisper - The Year Of Getting High

an original song by Sol Mars / 0TH3RW0RLDLY, 2022

Link to this song on band camp, where it can be purchased for $1.00:
https://0th3rw0rldly.bandcamp.com/track/you-never-loved-me-like-i-loved-you

You Never Loved Me Like I Loved You

“Immaculate introduction from a potent talent” – CLASH Previous support from Radio X, BBC Introducing, Apple Music, BT Sport and XS Radio Manchester. 
Having made an undeniable impact with his debut EP ‘Oxygen’ last April, which saw Harvey Jay Dodgson’s grainy vocals turn heads across national radio, TV and press, the 20-year-old alt-indie artist releases his latest single, ‘You Belong To Me’ out July 15th. 
Stripping back his earlier incarnation of cavernous, guitar-laden indie, ‘You Belong To Me’ allows Dodgson to really showcase what makes his brand of indie so unique - his whiskey soaked vocals. With just Harvey and his acoustic guitar, the track is a love story, albeit an unconventional one, as he candidly opens up about his personal journey with and love for music. With anthemic potential, ‘You Belong To Me’ is an exciting first instalment and firm foundation for Dodgson’s EP set for release later this year. 
In Harvey Jay Dodgson own words, he explains; 
“’You Belong To Me' is my ode to music. Originally written in an afternoon before a gig in an attempt to break up the set towards the end, it captivated the audience with its acoustic vibe, and its simplicity makes it very easy to sing along to. I loved how this song I wrote about my feelings towards music made people interact with music itself, and therefore I decided to record and release it for people who feel the same way. Music has been a part of my life from the very beginning, so thank you music - you belong to me.” 
In a single-take, one-shot video, the sincerity of Dodgson’s emotive narrative comes to life in its humblest form as he removes all externalities and sits alone in a field with just himself, his guitar and music - watch here. 
The year so far has seen Harvey has play The Great Escape Festival, Isle of Wight Festival and High Tide Festival, with further festival appearances lined up including 110 Above Festival, Victorious Festival and Live At Leeds. Backed by industry recognised Alex Hardee (Liam Gallagher, Sia, Clean Bandit) from Wasserman booking agency, Harvey’s appearances in the live scene are set to get bigger and bigger. 


Working on his previous EP ‘Oxygen’ with Michael Smith (Wolf Alice, Anteros) at RYP Studios, Dodgson was named BT TV and Scotts Menswear as ‘One to Watch 2021’,as well as receiving a glowing review from Clash Magazine. 
Word has been spreading on Harvey Jay Dodgson for some time now.
Picked by This Feeling to play Isle of Wight festival over the summer, a packed out tent greeted the 19 year old songwriter.
Song after song, his set felt crammed with potential anthems – a precocious display, one that echoed everyone from Sam Fender to Jake Bugg via The Smiths.
Debut single 'Caroline' is the starting point for this Portsmouth riser, and it's an immaculate introduction from a potent talent.
Biting guitar pop with a surging chorus, 'Caroline' is a neat, compact, distilled example of what makes Harvey's music so exciting.

Background Hailing from Portsmouth, Harvey Jay Dodgson started playing the guitar at the age of 7 and by 9 years of age had written his first piece of music. His early inspiration came after being introduced by older brother Neil to the music of Peggy Lee, Billie Holiday and the free- flowing vocal melodies of Ella Fitzgerald and Ray Charles. He says, "It instantly opened my eyes (or should I say ‘ears’) to a completely different sound of music." It was discovering the jazz-influenced artists, King Krule and Cosmo Pyke who inspired him to experiment further and he was soon ready to create his own music. 
Live Shows 
11th – 14th August - 110 Above Festival, Leicestershire 28th August - Victorious Festival, Portsmouth 
18th October - Live At Leeds

Harvey Jay Dodgson

You Belong To ME

You Belong To Me

This song traverses through the emotions of a young person stuck in a dead end job, whilst being ravaged by paranoia and self-doubt - set to the soundtrack of a thumping, anthemic pop song.