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VIBRANT NEW SINGLE OFF UK QUARTET’S “HURT & THE MERCILESS”
Bad Son Recording Company
UK quartet The Heavy will return April 1 with their most exhilarating record yet β “Hurt & The Merciless.”Β Recorded live in a remote studio on the fringes of their hometown, the band was determined to harness the raw power of their concerts and looked to their earliest bedroom recordings as inspiration.Β A lot has happened since those days: a Gold record, millions of streams and performances on the worldβs biggest stages.Β Written over the past four years, while members of the band went through some dark times including a divorce β “Hurt & The Merciless” is relentless, tough and gritty. The Heavy are set to perform at Coachella and have confirmed a West Coast run in April.
A confluence of obsessions β from classic rock, soul and hip hop, to crate digging and sampling β are what brought The Heavy together, and “Hurt & The Merciless” is a musical culmination of these influences.Β A good deal of heartache went into the writing process as well.Β βSongs like βWhat Happened To The Love?,β βMean Old Manβ and βThe Apologyβ were necessary, they needed to be expelled from my system,β says frontman Kelv Swaby.
Lead single βSince You Been Goneβ is exuberant soul with big horns and a backing chorus, partly inspired by Kelvβs love for Motown and penned while on a tour bus travelling the US.Β While βThe Apologyβ came from a dark place, itβs set to a hurtling disco.Β The gospel-flecked cool down of βGoodbye Babyβ closes the album.
Tour Dates
4/17 – Coachella Festival – Indio, CA
4/20 – The Roxy – Los Angeles, CA
4/22 – The Glasshouse (support for The Arcs) – Pomona, CA
4/24 – Coachella Festival – Indio, CA
4/25 – Velvet Jones – Santa Barbara, CA
4/26 – The Independent – San Francisco, CA
4/27 – The Catalyst β Santa Cruz, CA
4/29 – Bossanova Ballroom – Portland, OR
5/1 – Neumos – Seattle, WA
5/2 – Commodore Ballroom – Vancouver, BC
5/12 – Academy 2 – Birmingham, UK
5/13 – Academy 2 – Manchester, UK
5/14 – University – Newcastle, UK
5/15 – Oran Mor – Glasgow, UK
5/17 – Heaven – London, UK
5/18 – O2 Academy – Bristol, UK
5/20 – Triz Club – Antwerp, Belgium
5/21 – Melkweg – Amsterdam, Netherlands
5/22 – Luxor – Cologne, Germany
5/23 – Columbia Theater – Berlin, Germany
5/25 – Mascotte – Zurich, Switzerland
5/26 – Trabendo – Paris, France
The Heavy
Hurt & The Merciless
(Bad Son Recording Company)
Release Date: April 2016
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Track List
1. Since You Been Gone
2. What Happened To The Love?
3. Not The One
4. The Apology
5. Nobodyβs Hero
6. Miss California
7. Turn Up
8. A Ghost You Canβt Forget
9. Last Confession
10. Mean Olβ Man
11. Slave To Your Love
12. Goodbye Baby
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