In Spite of It All

In Spite Of It All

ROCKERS UNQUIET NIGHTS RETURN WITH A ROAR ON STUNNING NEW SINGLE ‘DIAMOND AND THE MISSING SON.’

“No thinking of tomorrow/We only got today,” ‘Diamond And The Missing Son’

On December 29, acclaimed Northern Ireland and Italy based rock band Unquiet Nights unveil their much anticipated new single ‘Diamond And The Missing Son.’ A track which feels destined to become one of the trio’s crown jewels, the uplifting offering is their first new material since January 2022’s ‘In Spite Of It All’ and is a 24 carat gem that offers fans an enticing taster of their third album ‘Seasons In Exile’, which is set for release next month.

Conjuring up images of latter day Gaslight Anthem and the evergreen sound of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, the spell binding ‘Diamond And The Missing Son’ sees them wrap a radio friendly, crowd pleasing chorus around lyrics which tell a tale of two characters who find themselves entwined with each other.

Powerful, passionate and peppered with soaring, melodic guitars, Unquiet Nights’ singer/guitarist Luke Mathers reveals that their cinematic comeback track serves as a first chapter to a much bigger story involving the intriguingly named Diamond and a man only referred to as The Missing Son and fans can find out more when their third full length Seasons In Exile is released on January 19.

“Sometimes I force myself to try and write songs that aren’t directly about myself, and to just approach the song like it would be a movie,” said Unquiet Nights’ frontman Luke. “The back story of these two characters isn’t fully expanded on in ‘Diamond And The Missing Son’ itself, because of the limitations of a three minute single, so I thought if we were going to release it that I would challenge myself to write the whole third album from the point of view of these two characters.

“This is what our new album ‘Seasons In Exile’ turned into, which was a useful experiment because I’ve ended up getting a lot of songs that definitely wouldn’t have existed without the continuity. The funny thing is that when someone thinks they’re writing fiction, they usually discover it’s the most honest they’ve ever written about themselves. This seems to have happened here.”

Created in their own studio Credential Sound, which the band built themselves, and mixed by Neal Calderwood at the iconic Manor Park in Moneyglass, Northern Ireland, ‘Diamond And The Missing Son’ marks the beginning of an exciting new era for Unquiet Nights.

You can join them on their journey on December 29 when the single streams via all digital platforms.

Words by Edwin McFee (Hot Press, NME)

Seasons In Exile

Diamond And The Missing Son

"Break Through The Waves" is a song from the third Unquiet Nights album "Seasons In Exile" (19.01.2024). It was recorded at Credential Sound, with additional recording at Manor Park Studio. Mixing & Mastering by Neal Calderwood.

“…Comeback kids Unquiet Nights are promising plenty of noise this year. Third album “Seasons In Exile” we can confirm is brimming with belters…” - Belfast Telegraph

"...“Diamond And The Missing Son” is a gem of a tune that sees the acclaimed act shine brighter than ever. A 24 carat banger…” - The Sunday Life

"..."Diamond and the Missing Son" a bona fide rock gem. It's a marvelous introduction to what promises to be another stellar album by Unquiet Nights…” - EclecticMusicLover.com
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released January 19, 2024

Luke Mathers - Guitars, Vocals, Bass, Keys
Rodger Firmin - Drums & Percussion

Recorded at Credential Sound.
Additional Recording at Manor Park Studio.
Mixed & Mastered by Neal Calderwood.
Produced by Luke Mathers.

Break Through The Waves

Snake Handler

Sting In The Tail

Things Could Be So Good For You

This Is My Oxygen

You Are My Wilderness

Just Another Sun Going Down

Thuja Green

High Conviction Play

"GEORGE BEST CITY" is a song by Northern Irish band UNQUIET NIGHTS.  It is the b-side to single "Constellations of She", and was released on 24th January 2015.

The song debuted on BBC Northern Ireland's late show on 21st Jan 2015, and has been played by Amazing Radio UK.  It is perhaps best known as the soundtrack to the last scene of the SKY ITALIA documentary on the life of George Best, titled "Federico Buffa Racconta: George Best", which has aired over 150 times on different SKY Italia channels since the premiere on 7th Feb 2015.

The song is written from singer Luke Mathers' point of view about his home city of Belfast, and constantly travelling in and out of George Best City Airport while pursuing a music career.

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Sometimes strangers give the best advice
And I'm just trying to make it through this life
Every time I needed the money to run
I always did what needed to be done
Fifty-five minutes, and it's starting to click
Just how my skin became so thick

The bravest city in the world
I hope she gets what she deserves
But I'm just trying to make it through this life
Flying in to George Best City tonight

Sometimes a place can seem a little too small
And you can read the writing on the wall
But I can't deny what I came to know
And everything about her just seems to glow
Crossing the east bridge, I was caught in the breeze
The leaves were brown and falling from the trees

The bravest city in the world
I hope she gets what she deserves
But I'm just trying to make it through this life
Flying in to George Best City tonight

George Best City

"CONSTELLATIONS OF SHE"  is a single by Northern Irish band UNQUIET NIGHTS.  It was released on 24th January 2015, and features Steve Ferrone (Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers) on drums.  "Constellations..." received it's first radioplay on Amazing Radio in Jan 2015.

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And so my longing has begun
To mean anything to her under the sun
I have got my lessons still to learn
Blind to every other thing in the world

I am getting deeper by degree
In constellations of she
Constellations of she

Well now I got my reason to be
No longer in existence aimlessly
So the stars above me have aligned
Suspended in the meaningless of time

I am getting deeper by degree
In constellations of she
In constellations of she

Constellations Of She

"Everything Seductive" is a track by Unquiet Nights released on 24th January, 2025.

Everything Seductive

"Straight To The Ground" is a track by Unquiet Nights released 24th January, 2025.

Straight To The Ground

"LOVE LEAVE YOUR MARK ON ME" is a single by Northern Irish band Unquiet Nights.  It was released on 20.07.2015.

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www.unquietnights.com/songs/love-leave-your-mark-on-me

See me waiting by the exit sign
I been waiting here for quite a time
You're the one that I been thinking of
You're the one to free me of myself

Love leave your mark on me
I been twisting, I been turning like the sea
Love turn me on to something good
I been cheated I been lied to I been screwed
Love turn me on to something new
Love turn me on to something new

I made a simple promise to myself
Late one night outside of some hotel
Come September's cooling autumn breeze
You'll be standing right in front of me

Love leave your mark on me
I been twisting, I been turning like the sea
Love turn me on to something good
I been cheated I been lied to I been screwed
Love turn me on to something new
Love turn me on to something new

Love Leave Your Mark on Me

"MORE THAN THESE EYES" is a B-side to the single "Love Leave Your Mark on Me" by Northern Irish band Unquiet Nights.  It was released on 20.07.2015.

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www.unquietnights.com/songs/more-than-these-eyes

Whoever said you'd put a price on what you feel
I used to run through graveyards of rust and steel
Sun in my eyes and a cold wind to my back
Alongside the docks in the mouth of the sand banks

More than I ever thought these eyes could hope to see
Cause I been thinking about you so constantly
I've been waiting on my ice cold luck to turn
And I ain't got no other bridges left to burn

Sometimes I'd go to town and play some cards
With guys who made their living dealing in cars
And I was just a kid, as they could see
It seems they might've underestimated me

More than I ever thought these eyes could hope to see
Cause I been thinking about you so constantly
I've been waiting on my ice cold luck to turn
And I ain't got no other bridges left to burn

More Than These Eyes

“Someone’s Love on Drugs” is a great rock track.  Moody, but not one that revels in it – there’s a sense of urgency in there.  Bit of a journey, all told." - Pete Donaldson, Absolute Radio.

It is a track from "21st Century Redemption Songs", the first Unquiet Nights album and has gained the band national exposure on stations like BBC Radio 1, 6 Music, Absolute Radio &amp; Amazing Radio, as well as supports with artists like Bloc Party &amp; Toploader.

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Someone's Love on Drugs

www.unquietnights.com/songs/destiny-does-the-splitstep

Who wants to be reminded of every single word
Of every single promise you been made
Broken up so many times, you have no sense of worth
Every story tired.

Never been the one, to tell you all those lies
Please don't turn me down
Never been the one, but you can put it right
Destiny is calling you tonight
Destiny is calling you tonight

Who wants to be reminded of every single lie
Of every single liar on speed dial
Only when I see you do I notice any change
But those things don't seem so distant to me now

Never been the one, to tell you all those lies
Please don't turn me down
Never been the one, but you can put it right
Destiny is calling you tonight
Destiny is calling you tonight

Destiny Does The Splitstep

www.unquietnights.com/songs/something-to-begin

The cool of dark is rolling in
The moonlight beating on your skin
You say that we ain't got all that much
But we got something to begin

I been feeling lost for days
And everything is still kind of strange

But we got something, we got something to begin
We got something, we got something to begin

Guess the words upon my tongue
As you turn your back against the sun
I think I've seen this place before
This emptiness can still be outrun

I been feeling lost for days
And everything’s still kind of strange

But we got something, we got something to begin
We got something, we got something to begin

Maybe I just ain’t enough
Had such a tough time growing up
But you don't need to ask me twice
Cause I feel pressured like a vice

This is now and that was all back then
See those rules begin to bend

We got something, we got something to begin
We got something, we got something to begin

Something to Begin

www.unquietnights.com/songs/jeffersonwasright

I can't get no sleep tonight
I think Tom Jefferson was right
15 boxes by the gate, variable interest rate
So find the keys to your brother's car
How come no one's pleading guilty so far

I can't get no sleep tonight
I think Tom Jefferson was right
15 boxes by the gate, variable interest rate

Seventeen jobs since 98
Long into the night for just an hourly rate
Remember that time when we went out west
And Vegas is a losing game you said
We found a place to put our money down
The bank said that our future would be sound

But I can't get no sleep tonight
I think Tom Jefferson was right
15 boxes say we're gone
Don't know where we're gonna stay or for how long

Jefferson Was Right

www.unquietnights.com/songs/age-of-no-innocence

The cold reminds me of a time
When I was young and infantile
Concrete dust was in the air
And metal lying everywhere

We stood and watched the main street fall
Not 50 feet away from it all
Innocence was fading fast
Who would've thought that it could last

Oh something's going wrong
The age of innocence is gone
Oh what are we gonna do
The age of Innocence is through

We spent the summer's in our room
The ceasefire couldn't come too soon
We couldn't get a taxi home
Cause they wouldn't trust us on the phone

That night I lay awake in bed
With helicopters overhead
The army would patrol the streets
Government was obsolete

Oh something's going wrong
The age of innocence is gone
Oh what are we gonna do?
In March of 1992

Age of No Innocence

www.unquietnights.com/songs/someone-gotta-hold

Some never ending trail, that I call my own
Takes me through the places in this life where you will go
It's another sunrise I'm driving through
Along beside the cars as they are backed up out of view

Nothing I could say, or nothing I could do
Could change my mind, I'm burning up for you
Someone gotta hold on me now, and I don't understand it
I'm trying so hard just to figure it out but I don't
Someone gotta hold on me

I been turning my wheels in this one horse town
There ain't enough of anything here to go around
Finding myself on that southbound train
Just to put some money in my pocket and feel again

Nothing I could say, or nothing I could do
Could change my mind, I'm burning up for you
Someone gotta hold on me now, and I don't understand it
I'm trying so hard just to figure it out but I don't
Someone gotta hold on me

Someone Gotta Hold

www.unquietnights.com/songs/greatest-revival

I heard sainted tongues make a prediction
That something great was gonna fall
Gravity meant to sink everything to the bottom
While they sit in judgement up above it all

I was thinking of you on that red eye
And all of the miles that we got between
You told me I should sit right down by the river
Watch them floating by in front of me

I heard poison, I heard poison
But the taste of their defeat don't sit on my tongue
Greatest Revival, Greatest Revival Song
'Cause they were wrong, wrong, wrong, wrong

I remember everything in the old town
There was only static right round the dial
All of the cars as they pass by the window
Out in the street where we'd walk for miles

Got some feelings you wear like a tattoo
Carved out of victory and defeat
Got a certain instinct for survival
And memories that sit kind of bittersweet

I heard poison, I heard poison
But the taste of their defeat don't sit on my tongue
Greatest Revival, Greatest Revival Song
'Cause they were wrong, wrong, wrong, wrong

Greatest Revival

www.unquietnights.com/songs/dont-wanna-kill-for-religion

You'll know the meaning to be free
On the bus to Great Victoria Street
Going to the capital
Like so many times before
British Home Stores and then we'll go
Home past the Disney store 'cause I really wanna go
People screaming on the stairs
We gotta move but we aint, going nowhere

Don't wanna kill for religion
Don't wanna be killed by religion
No I don't wanna play that game
Running down the fire escape
In Belfast City

You'll know the meaning to be free
On the bus from Great Victoria Street
Leaving from the capital
Like nothing happened there at all
But in the dull of evening time
Grown men come on the television to lie
Religious leaders taking sides
Out on the street while people die

Don't wanna kill for religion
Don't wanna be killed by religion
No I don't wanna play that game
Running down the fire escape
In Belfast City
Don't wanna kill for religion
Don't wanna be killed by religion
No I don't wanna kill
I love this city and I always, always will.

Don't Wanna Kill For Religion

"Shoulda Said Something" is a single from the first Unquiet Nights album - "21st Century Redemption Songs".  It was the first song by the band to be played on BBC Radio 1, and has since helped to break the band onto stations such as Absolute Radio & 6 Music.  The song has secured the band numerous high profile placements including Allisports & ESPN.

Produced by Luke Mathers.
Mixed & Mastered by Neal Calderwood @ Manor Park.

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Shoulda Said Something

“…So catchy…pure rock ‘n’ roll….” – BBC Radio One.

Unquiet Nights are a band from Belfast.  Started as a recording project by Luke Mathers and joined by drummer Rodger Firmin and Francesco Piciucchi on bass & keys, they have carved out a unique sound and toured 9 countries.

The band are based between Northern Ireland and Italy, and as well as being featured on major UK radio (BBC Radio 1, Absolute, 6 Music), they have made several national TV appearances in Italy including live in studio on Sky Sports 1. Tracks like "George Best City", "Four Winds" and "Promise of You" have helped contribute to over 3 million streams on platforms such as Spotify & Last.fm.

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