British electronic rock band The Big Pink are making a welcomed return with their brand new single “Hightimes”. The single is a soaring maelstrom of powerful industrial beats and distorted chords, whirling in a heady swathe of synthesizers and stadium psychedelia, and serves as the perfect taster of their forthcoming 'Empire Underground' EP and what’s to come in 2016 .  

With two critically acclaimed albums under their belt “A Brief History of Love” and “Future This” – both reaching Top 10 status in the Billboard Heatseekers and Tastemakers Album Charts – The Big Pink will release the 'Empire Underground EP' in early 2016 and will follow with their third full-length later in the year, alongside a North American tour.

Their forthcoming release features contributors Andrew Wyatt & Dave Mccraken (producer of Ian brown) and was mixed by the legendary Alan Moulder.

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 NEW STONEY ALBUM “MORE THAN ANIMALS”

AVAILABLE ON BANDCAMP: http://stoney.bandcamp.com/album/more-than-animals

“One moment the gifted lone operator affects the kind of trenchant rock-riff panache associated with the younger Bowie, the next he's rattling off urban nightlife images with the droll elegance of The Kinks..." – The Independent 
 
For those with an encyclopedic knowledge of the UK underground music scene, The name Mark Stoney may already be a familiar one, for the diverse yet distinctive songwriting talent of the critically acclaimed and somewhat enigmatic multi-instrumentalist has been held in high regard among many musicians and music pundits in the know on both sides of the Atlantic for some time now, and his long awaited return with new album “More Than Animals”  demonstrates Stoney’s natural British pop sensibilities refined with profoundly intimate lyrics and soaring melodic arrangements that burst with passion, personality, and depth.

Charlie Strange

Music and Lyrics by Richard Westley.

into the EP’s opener, it is clear of Strange and Partners’ intentions. ‘Push it’ begins with an infectious, familiar riff bellowing out of the right speaker which you would swear is being played by Ray Davies; a soloing lead joins in the left speaker, and you’d be adamant that George Martin was behind the mixing desk. Throw in some innocuous lyrics of yearning for a dance partner, and you’d be forgiven for thinking it was Mick Jagger putting pen to paper. The running theme here is the 1960s, and the band have that era’s sound nailed. Frontman Richy Westley brazenly wears his influences on his sleeve throughout the eighteen minute running time and, like his peers, certainly has a good ear for a hook.

‘Find a way’ is reminiscent of The Coral before they turned to wallflowers. “We don’t have to run and hide / our love will find a way” croons Westley over raucous guitars and military beats. Closing the EP, ‘Right end wrong hand’ is perhaps the money shot; a slow-burner that rewards you for your patience as the track builds on boy/girl vocals, cycling bass lines and rich electric organs before it culminates into a multi-layered vocal pay-off.

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