Blue Eyed Sons is a soulful and animalistic rock band with old feeling and modern touch. Debut EP Crawl to the Shade was released on 24.10.2015. Music video of the title song "Crawl to the Shade" was released on 5.4.2016. Check it out on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5V4MSeUDK0I

Find us on Instagram, Youtube, Spotify, iTunes, Google Play, Deezer, Soundcloud

Instagram:
@blueeyedsons

YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCL6acM8kJs30tBAoQ3WEB2g

Spotify:
https://open.spotify.com/album/5bWahk6BpoI8ts2MWfPTjQ

Buy Crawl to the Shade EP at Levykauppa Äx or Levyikkuna:
http://www.levykauppax.fi/artist/blue_eyed_sons/crawl_to_the_shade/#447652

Joel Hellström - Vocals & Guitar
Kimmo Erik Rauhanen - Guitar & Vocals
Micke Nikkilä - Bass
Teemu Patrikainen - Drums

Our new album 'A Slight Distraction' is out now and you can download 2 free singles from it called 'Year By Year' and 'Slow Down' at 
http://www.the-standards.co.uk and http://www.facebook.com/TheStandards 
Previously we have released one EP & Four singles through our own label 'Schnapps House' 
and they are available from all the major online stores and Spotify.
They are
OUT OF THE FIRE EP
LIKE A HEART ATTACK
MICE
SLOW DOWN (free download)
YEAR BY YEAR (free download)

All the tracks currently on here are also available as instrumentals upon request. 

If you want to book us or ask a question email thestandards@hotmail.co.uk

We write songs and here's what others have kindly said about that fact... 


The Independent
{independent band of the week}
Darn catchy pop done with both vigour and method, What The Standards serve with is a glimpse of a band who know how to write good music, structure it into something modern, lavish it with staggeringly kitsch guitars and package it in a way which seems wholly fresh;


Tom Robinson - BBC 6 MUSIC
The Standards are a London based trio I first saw last Summer playing a blistering set at the Green Man Festival. If you'd told me that a three-piece guitar group would blow me away with an immense, wall of sound I would have laughed in your face.  But they did, they were brilliant.


Everything about 'A Slight Distraction' is outstanding, The Standards are an awesome band.
Jean 'Genie' Graham - Kooba Radio
http://www.koobaradio.co.uk/



It's All Happening
(http://itsallhappeningmusic.blog.com/)
Pop needs more bands like this. Straight up exciting songs from a bunch of mates who know how to use their instruments to great effect and for great sounds.
Debut album A Slight Distraction has been bubbling up inside The Standards for a while now. The sharp observations and soothing contemplations that strike through these ten songs have evolved over countless gigs and years. This means that copious influences, from life and music, abound and make the pervading genre that of a mature and pithy gaze at life.
There’s the summer fair sound of 'Resignation Waltz', the wind in the hair chorus of 'Speed Up' and the lamenting yearning of 'Drowning, When You Found Me' which breaks into a very noughties dance beat complete with oohs, and the almost 80s Romantics chord finishing off 'She Came To The City'
Neil Winspear‘s voice is that of an outsider brought to the party, and the whole album is wrapped in that delicious pop gloom, a slightly off kilter reality that makes the sound tangible. Everyone from The Independent to FHM, BBC 6 to Feeling Gloomy have lent their support to The Standards, and if you like what you hear, remember to come down to It’s All Happening Fridays on October 26th at The King’s Head, Acton.



PPSF - Webzine
http://www.ppsf.co.uk/
From opening track Best Part Of The Day, it is Neil Winspear’s distinctive vocals which take ownership as he serenades you, like a retro crooner captivating and wooing all who listen. There are touches of the Jarvis Cockers and the Elvis Costellos present in his timbre, yet there is something very unique to everything he lets slip from his vocal chords. This is true of his lyrics too; wry and witty, musing and melancholy, they completely draw you in. These are quintessentially English lyrics; the choice of every word is intelligent, deliberate and engaging.
This is an album chock full of carefully constructed pop songs, from a bunch of lads who seem to genuinely care about music and what they’re writing. All of this evident on my favourite song on the album, Mice. The guitars go from twinkly to jangling at just the right moments and Mark Ness’s bass combined with Scott Pragnell’s drumming drive everything along at a perfectly deliberate pace. There’s something challenging attempted on almost every song, through interesting use of backing vocals, harmonica and other rare treats.
Which brings us nicely to Resignation Waltz, brilliantly strange, and what could easily be the lovechild of Pulp and Ringo Starr. Then follows the delightful Speed Up, a ditty of hooks and riffs, and simply one of the most accessible tunes on the album. Coupled together with the earlier Slow down, this is a nice outline for explaining this band; a speed up/slow down tempo is present throughout. Yet, every song flows nicely to the next, like a crashing waterfall eventually flows into an ominously quiet river. This is all possible through a purposeful and thoughtful production which churns out a proper album, not just a showcase for an assortment of songs thrown together.
There are lots of sing-a-long choruses present too, and infectious melodies to get stuck in your head, but there are one or two tracks which leave you hoping that the band could go somewhere darker. A Piece Of The Action, touches on this, and songs with the feel of something dirty and a little bit sleazier could certainly serve this band well in the future, and give them a back catalogue that makes them stand out from the crowd.
See Drowning When You Found Me, for the best examples of what they do spectacularly well. And without meaning to be cheap, what you have in these ten tracks is way more than a slight distraction, and definitely worth a listen. 8/10




Q Magazine
Brimful of singalongs, happy-go-lucky guitar lines and, ultimately, a healthy dose of good times for those lazy summer days. 



By Jeremy Chick, Subba Culcha
The Standards have created a sound that echoes many glorious moments of the 60s but with enough of their own identity to call it their own - spiralling guitars, crooned vocals and a sense of classicism that assures their future importance in this world of music!



Tom Hocknell - Rockfeedback
Leading in with the twitchiest guitar line since, well, Girls Aloud, the Standards emerge from our Future Sounds column into the fray, with hooks aplenty for any girl group with half an ear between them. With its chanting demand of ‘Don’t mystify or vilify me’, this proves that all the good songs are not already written. With tight harmonies and clocking in perfectly at 3 minutes this sounds simultaneously out of time and on the money; with a chorus made for the Queen Vic. 'Already There’ sounds unsettlingly classic. Are they sure this one has not been written before? 



<a href="http://Glasswerk.co.uk" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Glasswerk.co.uk</a>
It’s all rather too perfect and a phenomenal pop song, done by a band who seem so far removed from pop music. Confusingly brilliant, it’s a great debut. 



New Beats Media
There's no posing or pretention with this The London trio, a fact that they are clearly proud of and showcase extensively on their latest single.
Not trying to reinvent the wheel or ape their musical idols, the band instead focus on crafting solid, entertaining tunes. 'Like a Heart Attack' is such a track, all spiky guitar verses that burst into a souring chorus with one hell of a catchy refrain that sticks in your head from the first listen. In short The Standards have delivered a classic slice of catchy, danceable Indie pop and a solid indication of good things yet to come.

Steven Bryan effortlessly effuses Italian charm in his smooth indie rock songs with influences ranging from Bob Dylan to Thom Yorke.

Blessed with a soulful voice that alternates between smooth and rough tones, Steven fell in love with music at a very young age.
Born Francesco Dell’Orco in Milan, Italy, he grew up listening to a range of folk, rock and roll, soul, and his father’s classical music collection.

In his formative years, Steven spent quite a few summer holidays in New Jersey at his grandfather's, who was an Italian immigrant in the USA. It was during that period that he soaked up the influence of local heroes Bruce Springsteen, Paul Simon, Southside Johnny and Bon Jovi.

In 1998 his first band, The Kids, were the toast of the town but it was not long before he caught the travelling bug. Landing in the UK in 2006, he played the acoustic London circuit garnering a love for all things British.
It was during an exhaustive 30-date tour of the East coast of America in 2010 that the songs for the debut, self-released album “One Way” came into being. Steven’s debut album was described by the press as “an entertaining guide to some of the finer points of the musical anatomy, with vocals that have all the low-key passion of James Morrison and Paulo Nutini, the whimsical, yet intense, emotion of David Gray with a soulful, continental twist”.

When back in London, his long-time friend and session bass player Dominic Giannetta put him in touch with an A&R guy at Universal, where Steven signed a worldwide deal in 2011.
His debut single, “Puppets On TV”, released by Right Track Records/Universal on 26th September 2011, is a wry and raucous slingshot at the shallowness of “Reality TV” and has been produced by Chris Goulstone of Goldfrapp/Massive Attack fame at the legendary Chapel Of Rock in Wiltshire, South West England.

"Puppets On TV" has been featured on BBC Radio 2, BBC London 94.9, Radio Caroline and Cool FM 97.4 in the UK.

“It's like my entire life has been building up to this moment”, he says.
“I am out to prove that in the end it’s all about the music – and enjoying the ride”.

"Sing To Me" is the first single off the new album and has been released on June 3rd, 2016. On June 27th, Steven Bryan announced on his social networks the release of a 4 track EP, due out on June 30th. It includes the single "Sing To Me" plus 3 brand new songs from the upcoming album "Gravity Always Wins", due to be released this coming fall.

THE ‘BLUE EYED PERSUASION’ 
Born and raised in Brooklyn, NY, Robert Pou, aka the “Blue Eyed Persuasion”, a Singer/Guitarist/Songwriter/Actor took an early interest in music before he even started school. He would stare at the radio while the music was playing and wonder how the band would get in and out of that little box!  He would look in the holes on the side just to see if he could see them playing. Before his teens he was in a Catholic school choir and was taught how to follow music in it’s simplest form. At the age of 12 he was taught 3 basic major chords on the guitar and have never looked back since.
Self taught with only two advantages; an ear for music and determination!, Robert wouldn’t get into the Blues until he was in his early 30's when by then he could relate to the sound and spirituality that brings that soulful feeling to a song. After all, it is all about the feeling that makes a song great!
Robert is one of those rare talents that blossomed later in life, realizing his true potential with the encouragement of friends, family and other musicians he’d meet on the NYC music scene.  His covers of soulful Ballads, Classic Rock standards, the Blues and even some Latin Soul has earned him great respect on the NYC live music scene. “Raised in Brookly in the 60's, I was influenced at an early age by 50's Doowop and 60's Rock and Soul from The Beatles and The Stones to Bob Dylan and Motown. I was taught to play guitar at the age of 12. Three major guitar chords and I was on my way. Self taught, I discovered my own style of playing and have incorporated it in the songs I write. In my late 30's I took an interest in the Blues and listened to Jimi Hendrix, Stevie Ray Vaughn, and Eric Clapton. A love for song lyrics and soulful melodies, I continue to try to write songs from outside the box. I want to be different, stand out from all the other artists; to take music forward while having a grasp, inspiration and knowledge of the music of the past.”
Robert took the stage name, The Blue Eyed Persuasion recently and it stuck with friends and fans. At the suggestion of friends and his manager, who noticed that he had charismatic presence that could make him an in-demand actor, Robert has taken up an interest in acting and hopes to land many roles in the future.

For booking and info contact:
Robert Pou
ph: 347-776-2576
Management
Night Roads Entertainment Inc.
booking@NightRoadsEnt.com


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