new hazy fuzz pop from graceland
FLYWAY – GRACELAND
New Single out on Label Fandango – 1st Sept 2017
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“Their style crosses borders of rock, stoner rock and jazz…the common theme is a feeling of raw talent: slightly untidy, untamed and intangible. A very exciting prospect” – The Tipping Point
“excellent pop-psych sounds, abound with spacy guitar twangs, driving bassline and oh-so nonchalant vocals…gloriously fuzzy”– The Girls Are
“an impressive exercise in acerbic, austerity-era no-wave” – M Magazine
“fuzz-pop banger” – Dork
Flyway is the third single from Graceland. It’s a smoother, more nuanced offering than their previous releases. It is an unashamed nod to past loves that finds the calm within their post-punk buzz pop.
The four sisters from the East have used their love of migrating coastal birds to create a poignant snapshot of summer; a backdrop to show the intertwining of lives and how closely people can pass by, drifting and spinning in out of one another’s paths.
The complexity of these human dynamics is reflected in the undulating and subtle sparing of the shifting guitars. And whilst there is an element of tension throughout, particularly in the lyrically argumentative bridge – “it’s a shame that you live in the presence of my name” – Flyway is largely without animosity, the sweeping key change and shimmer of the second verse sending us soaring with optimism and reflection.
Whilst their previous release, ‘Flowers’ might have been a fuzzy punch of bittersweet nostalgia, Flyway shows that Graceland are capable of a soft touch, quietly and tenderly loving and leaving each other, feeling better and knowing that the rest will fall away silently.
Artwork for Flyway:
The track is self-produced, with Steph Marziano and Isabel Seeliger-Morley on mixing duties and was recorded in their native Norfolk amidst the East Anglian landscape which they hold very close to their hearts.
Graceland are Rosie Arnold on guitar, organ and vocals, Ellie Jones on guitar and vocals, Maxie Gedge on drums and Stevie Gedge on bass.
LIVE
09/09 Bestival (Invaders of the Future)
22/09 – The Lexington, London (Headline)
25/09 – Norwich Arts Centre, Norwich
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