The debut EP from Cork band, The Elation.

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The Elation are back with a bang in 2019 with a brand new single and accompanying video for 'Ready or Not’

2018 saw the band's debut EP 'Clickbait' reach no.3 in the official Irish indie charts. This led to a flurry of nationwide radio play and appearances, and saw the lads perform at Electric Picnic, Indiependence Festival and Townlands Carnival.

'Ready or Not' sees the band return with this thumping indie rock track, that tackles mental health head on.  It was recorded in London with Andy Whitmore who produced Clickbait. 

It deals with learning to cope with various forms of anxiety (in this case mainly Panic, Social Phobia, and General Anxiety Disorder effects).

However, with 'Ready or Not', the message is about more than just feeling stuck in that rut. It's about overcoming, and with the help of communication, friends & family you can pull yourself and those around you out of that place.

With a pulsating tempo and frantic pacing expect driving guitars, thunderous drums & soaring vocals.

'Ready or Not' by The Elation is available to stream on Spotify & YouTube February 15th 2019.

The Elation - Ready Or Not

"September", the new EP from Frankie Swain will be available to stream and download from February 7th.
Featuring previous singles "Hook, Line and Sinker", "Emergency Alarms" and new single "Come Rain, Come Shine", September features co-writes and contributions from Dave Browne and Yann O'Brien from Irish band PictureHouse

The two previous singles from "September" received widespread coverage including being playlisted on RTE Radio 1 in Ireland as well as widespread BBC Regional radio. The emotive video for "Emergency Alarms" was premiered by Daily Mail (ie).
"Come Rain, Come Shine" is the last single from the EP. Described by Frankie, it is "a song about how childhood friends and how no matter what life throws at you how they'll always be there for each other.
With live dates to be announced soon, "September" will be on all good streaming services on Feb 7th.

Frankie Swain - Come Rain, Come Shine

Emergency Alarms is the brand new single from Frankie Swain. 
 
Set to be released in early July, Emergency Alarms follows the success of her first single "Hook, line and Sinker" which got a number of radio plays and playlists from all around Europe. It was written with PictureHouse songwriters Dave Browne and Yann O'Brien over the past year.
 
Citing influences such as George Ezra, Ward Thomas and Passenger. Emergency Alarms addresses the subject of mental health and how sometimes a good friend is all you need.
 
Produced and mixed by Dave and Yann with Pete Glenister (Darius / Corona / Alison Moyet / Terence Trent D'arby / Johnny Marr), Emergency Alarms was mastered by Reuben Cohen in LA.

“We all need to talk about mental health, we wrote this song as a call to action. When someone finds themselves in a bad way, it’s to say when you feel like you can’t, pick up the phone and give someone a call – talk it through”
 
Catch Frankie live:
July 3rd: 100 Club, London (with PictureHouse and Caroline Kay)
July 9th: Ruby Sessions, Doyles Pub, College Street, Dublin

Emergency Alarms will be available on all digital platforms in early July.

Frankie Swain - Emergency Alarms

Frankie Swain - Hook Line And Sinker

​​Emergency Alarms is the brand new single from Frankie Swain. 
​​ 
​​Set to be released in early July, Emergency Alarms follows the success of her first single "Hook, line and Sinker" which got a number of radio plays and playlists from all around Europe. It was written with PictureHouse songwriters Dave Browne and Yann O'Brien over the past year.
​​ 
​​Citing influences such as George Ezra, Ward Thomas and Passenger. Emergency Alarms addresses the subject of mental health and how sometimes a good friend is all you need.
​​ 
​​Produced and mixed by Dave and Yann with Pete Glenister (Darius / Corona / Alison Moyet / Terence Trent D'arby / Johnny Marr), Emergency Alarms was mastered by Reuben Cohen in LA.
​​ 
​​“We all need to talk about mental health, we wrote this song as a call to action. When someone finds themselves in a bad way, it’s to say when you feel like you can’t, pick up the phone and give someone a call – talk it through”
​​ 
​​Catch Frankie live:
​​July 3rd: 100 Club, London (with PictureHouse and Caroline Kay)
​​July 9th: Ruby Sessions, Doyles Pub, College Street, Dublin

Tough is the debut single from Magazines, the four piece alt-rock band from Dublin who cite Wolf Alice, Smashing Pumpkins, The Cure, RHCP, The Sundays and Vulfpeck amongst their influences.

Released on November 1st, Tough was produced by Dermot Lambert alongside Howie Beno, who took time away from his work with Debbie Harry to complete the track in New York, and mastered in New York by Scott Hull (Scott has previously worked with Bob Dylan and Bruce Springsteen).

“Tough” is one of the band’s poppier songs, but still it carries a deeper meaning with lead vocalist, Cath, having written it about a tumultuous relationship she was in at the time. Musically “it’s definitely a very poppy song, unlike a lot of our tunes, but I like that because it goes hand in hand with the lyrics, which although are simple enough, do carry a heavy meaning for me and remind me of a time where I really wasn’t that happy.”

Magazines launch their single with a headline show in Drop Dead Twice in November 1st.

Pre-save Tough here: https://ingroov.es/tough-9

Performed by Magazines
Engineered by Adam McNamara
Produced by Dermot Lambert
Additional production and mixing by Howie Beno
Mastered by Scott Hull at Masterdisk

Tough

Magazines - Tough

Released in 2001, This alternative version of She, mixed by Bob Clearmountain in LA made it into the Irish top 30.  To download, simply click on the downward facing arrow icon on the left side of this page

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