Love the background vocals. Cool breakdown with the low fi sound.

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Following the success of their debut single ‘Infatuation’, London based Liu Bei announce the 'GOODNESS' EP, out Feb 2nd 2015 via the newly founded Museumgoer Records.

The EP follows a successful 2014 that saw the band release their first single via Transgressive Records imprint paradYse to universal critical acclaim, as well as opening for Dry the River on their autumn UK tour. In 2015 Liu Bei will once again be gracing the stage with a string of live dates kicking off in Oxford on 3rd February 2015 (see tour dates below).

​Liu Bei (pronounced Lou Bay and named after a truly exceptional Chinese Warlord) create gloriously addictive and epic music. The 'Goodness' EP showcases three new tracks, perfectly melding shoegazey energy with moments of ethereal delicacy, all tied together with effortless melodic hooks. Full of shimmers and bite, and littered with heartstring plucking lyrics, the songs are delivered with a ferocious intensity, both on record and in a live setting. From the Teenage Fanclub-esque pulse of lead track ‘Goodness' to the pure iceberg beauty of 'Fields', featuring backing vocals from Rachel Goswell of shoegaze legends Slowdive, the EP captures a band racing ahead of the pack.

3rd - The Cellar, Oxford
4th - The Shacklewell Arms, London
5th - The Eagle Inn, Manchester
6th - The Leadmill, Sheffield

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Recorded by Jonathan Sagis at The Pool, London & The Square, London
Mixed by San Felu at The Basement, London
Mastered by Tim Debney for Fluid, London

Liu Bei - Goodness

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Written by: FROM KID (Andrin Berchtold, Gian Reto Camenisch)
Arranged & Produced by: Andrin Berchtold, Gian Reto Camenisch, Gianluca Giger, Sascha Frischknecht

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"I've constantly got Delamere on repeat, I'm personally a massive fan and I know they are catching the attention of the right people, watch this space"
ROB ADCOCK, BBC INTRODUCING

“It's easy to see Delamere really making a name for themselves”
LOUDER THAN WAR

“ professional, technically smooth as silk, layered and intricate, yet there is a raw and emotive edge providing veracity and an underlying darkness and yearning that always gets me”
BACKSEAT MAFIA
 

With DELAMERE's festival season now all wrapped up, new single 'Heart' is set to provide one last dose of shimmering Summer sun ahead of their UK Tour dates this Autumn.
 
Though they formed in the Midlands, Stoke's Delamere are a band met with open arms anywhere they go. Adopted by Manchester, welcomed by Sheffield and recently, even that there London has got in on the act. Having spent a Summer playing various festivals across the UK, most notable of which saw them play every date of Dot to Dot, the band are now looking ahead to the inevitable first album. Before that however, still riding high on the praise that was heaped on their Bright Young Things EP earlier this year, Delamere have rerecorded one of their earliest releases in order to whet appetites just a little more.

More polished than its original iteration, 'Heart' sees the return of the band's emphatic percussion, bringing with it swathes of optimistic synths, rumbling bass and singer James Fitchford's fraught vocal delivery. Where previous singles, 'Bright Young Things', 'Headstrong' and 'Do You Want Me' all offered up a moodier, more frenetic side to Delamere, hinting at both a more electronically-driven direction and a more subdued introspective approach to their lyricism. Following on from those, 'Heart' feels more like a cathartic release; its vast chorus providing a rich landscape that's difficult not to revisit.

With Delamere's festival season all but wrapped up, 'Heart' will provde fans with one last dose of shimmering Summer sun ahead of the inevitable onslaught of Autumn releases. And with the likes of Artrocker, Louder Than War and Backseat Mafia all championing the band for bigger things, it's the perfect track to see where Delamere have been, and more importantly, to see exactly where they are today.


October
10th - Manchester - Academy 3
14th - Birmingham - The Sunflower Lounge
15th - London - The Black Heart
16th - Liverpool - The Magnet
21st - Leeds - Oporto
23rd - Sheffield - The Rocking Chair
25th - Bristol - Start The Bus w/ Alex Vargas

November

6th - Preston - The Ferret
14th - Nottingham - Bodega


Heart

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Gordi - Avant Gardener (Courtney Barnett Cover)

One of four tracks from the debut offering 'Rockpools'

Vaser (Fumes of Love)

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This is not an Alice Deejay cover. This is the first single from Two Year Vacations's upcoming EP "Science Fiction".

From sun-drenched beaches and drinks with umbrellas in them, to laser beams and flying cars, Two Year Vacation has transformed from a vacation cabana band to outer space rock stars. Although venturing further through time and space, developing their sound, they still kept all the things that made ”Dresscode: Safari” a great EP. Science Fiction is 4 intense tracks about loneliness, love and heart ache packaged in a intergalactic package that sounds like MGMT had an alien baby with Jean-Michel Jarre. Strap yourselves in, commencing count down.

Two Year Vacation's first EP "Dresscode: Safari" contained the singles Telemark 2000 and Love Will Come Back To You which were both played on Swedish national radio P3 and the EP just reached 150.000 digital streams. The band is about to release their sophomore EP "Science Fiction" which will be released in the end of November 25. The EP will be preceded by a European tour in November.

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All photos by Samuel Isaksson

Two Year Vacation consists of Max Hessman (keys), Jonathan Westergren (guitar), Anton Tuvesson (vocals & Guitar), David Furbacken (drums) and György Barocsai (bass).

Science Fiction

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Two Year Vacation - Better Off Alone

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The heart of "Pico & Westwood" is based on the idea of attraction and affection when two people first meet. As this friction develops and the two fall into a honeymoon phase in love, feeling the sentimental melancholy that comes along during reminisce.. that specific moment when you've fallen.. that's what the song represents. It can happen at any time and in any place unexpectedly, even on a street corner. Pico & Westwood.

Pico & Westwood

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