Artist: Club
Beirut
Title: Something
New
Release: Single
Released 17th February
F.F.O: Two Door
Cinema Club; Wombats; Pigeon Detectives
Based in Fife, Scotland, indie-pop duo, Club Beirut’s debut single, Something
New, could scarcely have been hatched further away.
Written over 8,000 miles away from Fife in the Falkland Islands where Craig was
then deployed with the Royal Air Force, the joyous, gleeful bounce of the
resulting track was actually a period which saw him dealing with incredibly
fraught circumstances. The cathartic nature of creating music and the building
of a crack team of musicians and an attack plan upon his return home is
testament to both the tenacity of Craig and musical partner Fraser and to the irresistible
power of catchy melodies to clear the mind and trigger a sonic boom of
positivity.
Having already developed a taste for the music
industry with previous bands, supporting the likes of Catfish and the Bottlemen, We Are Scientists, Pigeon Detectives
and Lewis Capaldi at his first ever
gig (!), the union of Craig and Fraser as Club Beirut looks to build upon these
successes and bring their injection of pop euphoria to an even wider audience. Having
spent most of his musical career at the back of the stage behind a drumkit, the
new project offered Fraser a ticket to the full glare of the spotlight,
swapping sticks for strings and enjoying a new lease of life. Craig’s desire to
produce such uplifting, hooky tracks was forged in the Falkland Islands, as he
recalls:
“I was an at all-time low in a remote area with no
WiFi connection or even the capability to use a phone. I decided to make the
use of the time and wrote this song about struggling with the aftermath of a breakdown
of a relationship and family. I received counselling and I struggled to get out
of bed in the morning until I decided one day, why am I living like this, and
thought fuck it, I’m going to start a music project and make good music to
share my story and tunes with. I decided to keep writing and have a full set of
songs. I returned from the Falkland Islands, splashed out on recording
equipment and recorded demos. I sent the demo to producer Bruce Rintoul in
Glasgow and he wanted to get involved and work with us. He turned my demo into
the finished article it is today and it’s set the bar on the quality of the
music that we will be putting out in 2020”
Produced by Bruce Rintoul in Glasgow, Something New
is your first taste of Club Beirut who are putting together the final pieces in
the jigsaw of a UK tour commencing in April.
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