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Leader Live
26-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Leader Live
Royston Club to release 'Songs for the Spine' album
After achieving a number 16 chart breakthrough with their debut album, The Royston Club are now targeting far bigger ambitions with the news that they will release their new album 'Songs For The Spine' on August 8. They will launch the album alongside the new single 'Glued To The Bed' and also announce details of their biggest UK headline tour to date, which features their largest London show so far at the O2 Forum Kentish Town. A great debut album will only get you so far. It's what you do next that really counts - and The Royston Club are now excelling on every front. Recent sold-out live shows have demonstrated the growing scale and fervent passion of their devoted following. Vitally, the recent singles 'Shivers' and 'The Patch Where Nothing Grows' also signpost their creative evolution. 'Songs For The Spine' builds on the sonic DNA of their debut, but is bigger, more experimental and more heartfelt too. The album was produced by Rich Turvey (Blossoms, Rachel Chinouriri), who helped the band unlock some of the raw, natural energy that powers their live show. Royston Club guitarist Ben Matthias said: 'All of these songs are about people and places we love. These people and these places are the things that keep you standing through whatever happens. "There's the classic songs about our relationships with our girlfriends, but on the flipside there's even a song about me going home to Wrexham and feeling guilty because I'd forgot that the speed limits had changed in Wales, which shows how long it had been since I'd last been there!' Ben adds: 'With 'Glued To The Bed', I wanted to write about the cynicism towards love that heartbreak can bring, the bittersweet memory of a relationship and the raw aftermath of a breakup. "It's about the push and pull between needing to forget and wanting to hold on to what was lost, about how grief can become your entire atmosphere and distort your sense of self. "Looking back, I see a lot of what I wrote as a defense mechanism after being hurt. I dismiss love as this pretentious, performative thing and in the chorus I sound afraid, pleading for the next relationship not to leave me in the same state.' TOP STORIES TODAY 'Songs For The Spine' is now available to pre-order / pre-save HERE. The album will also be available on standard vinyl, CD, cassette and digital formats. UK fans who pre-order the album from the band's official store will receive access to a pre-sale for tour tickets. This will open at 10am BST on Tuesday, May 27th and will remain live until remaining tickets go on general sale from 10am on Thursday, May 29th. 2025 has already seen The Royston Club - completed by Tom Faithfull (vocals/guitar), Dave Tute (bass) and Sam Jones (drums) - play select live shows. A big headline set at Liverpool Sound City; an instantly sold-out underplay at London's Omeara; three rammed low-key homecoming shows in Wrexham; and a set as part of Wrexham FC's celebrations following their promotion to the Championship. Their upcoming tour includes major festival dates across the UK and Europe, and shows as guests to big names The Lathums, Bloc Party and Travis, before their autumn headline tour gets underway. Their 'Songs For The Spine' tracklist is as follows;
Washington Post
07-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Washington Post
Rachel Chinouriri is always ready for a vibe shift
When it comes to her music, Rachel Chinouriri has never been particularly concerned with balance. In her performances, the British Zimbabwean indie pop singer embraces abrupt shifts in tone. Upbeat songs are intertwined with others that grapple with themes like heartbreak and loss.
BBC News
06-04-2025
- Entertainment
- BBC News
Rachel Chinouriri's success has been a slow burn. She prefers it that way
When Rachel Chinouriri played London's O2 Arena last month, she new wave indie songwriter was there as the support act for Sabrina Carpenter, just a week after her first Brit Awards, where she was nominated for artist of the years after her debut single, those milestones felt like a validation. No wonder she shed a tear."A lot of it was stress relief," says the 26-year-old, "but I also felt strangely at home. "I was just like, 'Wow, is this my life'."Chinouriri was booked for the tour after Carpenter fell in love with her song All I Ever Asked and started playing it as her walk-on music in the speak on the 14th date, as she prepares to play Assago, Italy. By this point, she's having a blast – bounding across the catwalk every night, and dropping to her knees between songs to talk to the audience at eye she admits the first couple of shows were "slightly rough"."I filmed Graham Norton for the first time on Friday, then it was the Brit Awards on Saturday. The tour started in Dublin on Monday, and I had to film a music video on my day off.""I was having a lot of first time experiences and trying to figure out what I was comfortable with on the road," she says."I'd say from show five, I was starting to enjoy myself."If there were nerves, they didn't singer's infectious energy and knotty pop-rock songs have been picking up new fans in every city. One reviewer called her set "the perfect sweet treat before the main feast". At the end of March, she surpassed 4 million monthly listeners on Spotify for the first time. Adele sent her a bouquet of Chinouriri is officially having a moment - but it hasn't come quickly. A former Brit School student, she released her first single, So My Darling, in 2018, and spent the next few years honing her sound. The 2019 EP Mama's Boy was a mellow blend of soulful pop, while 2021's Four° In Winter was full of atmospheric electronic it all, though, Chinouriri was an indie kid. Raised in Croydon by strict Zimbabwean parents, she'd only been allowed to listen to Christian music at home. When they went out, the singer and her siblings would blast out hits by Coldplay, MIA, Lily Allen and she incorporated those sounds to her music, Chinouriri's career took off. All I Ever Asked – a chirpy rock anthem that disguises a desperately sad story about being undervalued – won her support slots with Lewis Capaldi and Louis Pugh declared herself a fan, and ended up starring in the video for Never Need Me, a killer kiss-off to a boyfriend who left her a musician who'd suffered crippling anxiety as a teenager ("I was pulling my hair out, and having panic attacks") the success was entirely unexpected."British culture is quite self-deprecating," she says, "so when I was younger, I just didn't believe I could do these things."Even the fact I can say I'm a two-time Brit nominee is still quite surreal. Then I'm like, Why is it surreal? "I do deserve it because I've been making music since I was 16, and I haven't stopped'." Chinouriri's debut album, the noughties-flavoured What A Devastating Turn Of Events, was finally released last charting at number 17, it has continued to sell steadily, thanks to the continued popularity of All I Ever Asked on TiKTok, as well as Chinouriri's scene-stealing festival on her rise, she says there is a "privilege to having a slow-paced career"."I've seen what happens when you skyrocket or go viral. If I'd a massive hit song when I was 21, I wouldn't have been ready in any way, shape or form – mentally or professionally. I'd be panicking."So now that things are skyrocketing, I just need to remember that what I'm good at is writing how I feel and turning those feelings into music."And even though there's more opinions about what I'm doing now, I need to trust my gut." Unexpected love affair What A Devastating Turn Of Events was a huge emotional purge. Among the topics she discussed: Racism, school bullying, self-harm, alcoholism, alienation and toxic relationships.A recurring theme was men who take more from a relationship than they put back in."I'm quite a caregiver by nature, and that attracts boys who need a lot of help, or are very insecure," the singer reflects."I tend to be the person's 'mother', which isn't fun, because I have to be the strong one and there's no room for my emotions."But the days of heartbreak are over. Last year, the singer unexpectedly found herself in a new kind of relationship, one where her needs are as important as her partner' written all over her new EP, Little House. "Kissing me under the indigo / I begged for the morning sun not to rise / Oh, what a beautiful starry night," she sings, totally besotted, on the ballad lead single, Can We Talk About Isaac, even uses her new partner's real name. His photo is on the artwork."It's quite a brave move," she laughs, "but I'm a hopeless romantic, and I don't want to lose being able to document my life in song."It's a risk that whoever wants to date me was going to have to take!" The title track documents their chance meeting at a pub: "With two pints in his hands, he came over and said, 'Nice to meet you'.""He's very sweet, he's got a very simple friendship group, he likes going to the pub – but he does so much for me. It's the first experience I've ever had of being taken care of."He's changed my life, no matter what happens between us. We're both just really in love with each other and having a having a blast."At the moment, though, the couple have been forced apart. The Sabrina Carpenter tour lasts five weeks, after which Chinouriri sets off for her first headline tour of North comes six months after the singer had to pull out of a US support slot with alt-pop star Remi Wolf. She says the dates would have left her penniless, even with financial support from her record label."As much as I would have loved that tour, I wouldn't have been able to pay my rent, which was very, very scary," she says."My fans were like, 'Let's help out. Let's do a GoFundMe for 10 grand', but it was far beyond 10 grand. "It was like, who's going to pay for visas, where's your band going to sleep, what are people going to eat? "It was a big wake up call. It made me reassess; do I need to be styled all the time? Do I need to travel this way all the time?"So now, I'm able to go back now in full force and upgrade my venues and sell out almost the entire tour, which is mental." The cancellation taught her to slow down instead of grabbing every opportunity she's offered. It's a sign that Chinouriri is finally shedding the self-doubt that clouded her early success of the Sabrina Carpenter tour is a prime example."There's always a risk as an opener, that people might be completely uninterested, but this has been the complete opposite," she says."Having the entire arena sing songs with you is such a blessed feeling to have."It won't be long before she's selling out those arenas on her own.
Yahoo
31-03-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Bridgeport's Soundside Music Festival announces 2025 lineup
BRIDGEPORT, Conn. (WTNH) — Bridgeport's Soundside Music Festival lineup is out, and it features Grammy-nominated artists like The Killers and Hozier. The two-day festival will be at Seaside Park on Saturday, Sept. 27, and Sunday, Sept. 28. Community gathers for 'Pysanka' workshop in New Haven The lineup includes: Saturday The Killers Weezer Djo Japanese Breakfast The Last Dinner Party Inhaler Rachel Chinouriri Wild Rivers Hollow Coves Dipsea Flower Sunday: Hozier Vampire Weekend The Backseat Lovers Remi Wolf Chelsea Cutler Alex Warren Gigi Perez Brenn! Vundabar Happy Landing Fans can sign up for presale on April 3 between 10 a.m. and 11 a.m. Tickets will increase on Thursday at 11 a.m., when the public sale begins. All ticket types offer 1-Day and 2-Day options. For more information, visit Soundside Music Festival. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
05-03-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Rachel Chinouriri Can't Believe Her Luck on New Single ‘Can We Talk About Isaac?'
The men Rachel Chinouriri detailed on her debut album, What a Devastating Turn of Events, were, to put it lightly, lousy partners. 'I'm not the type to judge but you're cheap and you're basic/You bring nothin' to this table,' she sang on 'Dumb Bitch Juice.' 'And I'll end up the one who needs healin' 'cause I'm dumb enough to sit at your table.' There were a few characters like this across the record, but none quite like Isaac, the subject of her latest single, 'Can We Talk About Isaac?' The first release from the singer-songwriter's upcoming EP Little House, out April 4, the record finds Chinouriri writing from a place of dizzying love where doubt and trauma once were. 'Sabotage the enemy of what once was/Protect me as I take these sacrifices/You deserve somebody who throws their arms/Around you in August blue horizons,' she sings. 'I looked at your face, and I knew that I'd found it/I don't know nobody who knows somebody like you/You've got me spun in radio silence/And now I gotta call somebody to tell somebody 'bout you.' More from Rolling Stone Rachel Chinouriri Sets First-Ever North American Headlining Tour for Spring 2025 Rachel Chinouriri 'Shaking' After Adele Sends Flowers Celebrating Brit Awards Nominations Rachel Chinouriri, Cat Burns Call Out Harmful Double Standards on New Song 'Even' 'I write songs from a place of trauma but since releasing my album, I've consistently been in therapy and fell in love. Isaac makes me feel so protected and I've never felt protected really in my life, especially from men,' Chinouriri shared in a statement. 'I just felt so much of a new emotion I decided to let myself write about how much I love him, no matter what happens the fact that Isaac is the first and only guy to make me feel like this is special. It's a shame that it took that to love myself but Isaac is my hero and I hope this fairytale never ends.' Little House will mark the musician's first project since What a Devastating Turn of Events arrived this past May. Earlier this week, Chinouriri kicked off her 20-date run across Europe, opening for Sabrina Carpenter on the Short n' Sweet tour. In May, her debut North American headlining tour will begin with stops in New York, Montreal, Chicago, Denver, Portland, Los Angeles, and more. Best of Rolling Stone The 50 Greatest Eminem Songs All 274 of Taylor Swift's Songs, Ranked The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time
