THE ANSWER NEW ALBUM ‘SUNDOWNERS’ RELEASED TODAY – MARCH 17
Northern Irish rockers The Answer finally release their seventh and long-awaited new studio album today, St. Patricks day, March 17, 2023. Titled ‘Sundowners’, the record was produced and mixed by rising British rock producer Dan Weller (Enter Shikari, Bury Tomorrow) and will be supported by a run of album showcase performances on a 16-date UK and European date tour.
Supported by new single Oh Cherry and a fantastic Tarantino-esque 60’s ‘mash-dancing’ lyric video, also released on March 17th, Classic Rock said of the track, “Rhythm and dust meets attitude and lust on the unashamedly libidinous Oh Cherry”.
Says lead singer Cormac Neeson, “We’ve been through a lot as a band, toured the world, made six great records we’re all proud of, and always done our best to make honest and timeless music that connects with rock and music fans in general. After six albums and a lot of road miles we felt we needed to step back from it all and reset. Whilst that wasn’t an easy decision, with retrospect it’s possibly the best decision we’ve ever made because after seven years away we all came back fired up and end result is an album we’ve been waiting to make our whole lives…full of good time rock n roll and positive energy created by four brothers who quite frankly just really missed each other. We’re back and we’re ready to bring our best album ever to you!”
The album will be released by 7Hz Productions (ADA) in UK & Europe under license from Golden Robot Records Pty. The record will be presented in several formats including a Cd Gatefold Digi sleeve, Gatefold 12” 180g black vinyl, 2 x 12” colour vinyl exclusives, a 12” fan collectible Picture Disk, Digital and various limited retail exclusive versions with HMV, Rough Trade, Crash and Assai Records.
The band’s first media singles of the album received great radio airplay achieving playlists on Planet Rock Radio UK and several German radio stations including Rock Antenne, Radio BOB!, Star FM Hamburg and Berlin, amassing over 6,500 plays since release in October 2022. Blood Brother has remained in the top 10 German rock airplay charts for over 12 weeks and is still at #5 in the German rock airplay one month before the album release.
TOUR DATES
UK March 2023
Mar 16th Blackpool, Waterloo Bar SOLD OUT
Mar 17th Birmingham O2 Institute.
Mar 19th Bristol Thekla
Mar 20th London 100 Club SOLD OUT
Mar 21st Leeds Key Club
Mar 23rd Belfast Limelight 2 SOLD OUT
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EUROPE March & April 2023
Mar 25th Haarlem, Patronaat – Holland
Mar 26th Den Bosch, Willem Twee – Holland
Mar 28th Essen, Turock – Germany
Mar 29th Hamburg, Logo – Germany
Mar 30th Berlin, Franz Club – Germany
Mar 31st Munich, Strom – Germany
Apr 1st Dornbirn, Conrad-Sohm, Austria
Apr 2nd Zurich, Plaza – Switzerland
Apr 4th Strasbourg, La Laiterie – France
Apr 5th Savigny, L’Empreinte – France
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SUMMER FESTIVALS
Sat Jun 3rd Bremen, Bassum Open Air – Germany
Fri Jun 16th Dessel, Graspop Metal Meeting – Belgium
Sun Jul 8th Knislinge, Time To Rock – Sweden
Sun Jul 30th Steelhouse Festival – Wales
Sat Aug 5th Wacken Festival – Germany
Fri Aug 11th Eschwege Open Air – Germany
Sat Aug 12th Firestorm Festival, UK
Sat Aug 26th Stonedead Festival, UK
Sat Sep 2nd Bern, Gravel Pit Festival, Switzerland
Tues Oct 10th Majorca, Full Metal Holiday, Spain
NYC’S ELECTRO WUNDERKIND MINDCHATTER DROPS NEW SINGLE AND VIDEO SCARED TO GO HOME
NYC’s experimental electro maven, Mindchatter has released the entrancing video clip for his daring new single, Scared To Go Home.
Thought provoking, vulnerable and oozing effortless cool, Scared To Go Home bends genres and will lure listeners in with an intoxicating, chilled magnetism – an exciting release for fans of Jamie XX, LCD Soundsystem and Bonobo. “Scared To Go Home is about how lonely nightlife can feel,” explains Mindchatter. “It was inspired by a night out in NYC at a trendy club with way too many people in it. Trying to connect with others through alcohol, strobe lights and aggressive music can be incredibly depressing at times. I’ve always wanted to capture that feeling because I think it’s one we’ve all felt but rarely talk about.”
Innovative and meticulous when it comes to his craft, Mindchatter, also known as Bryce Connolly, says he was unsure how fans would react to the song. “The track is quite different from what’s out and it’s more in the hip-hop/pop lane than I ever imagined myself in, but it’s exciting for me to be in uncharted territory.” And he needn’t have any concern, as fans and industry are already lapping up this exciting new artist, and Scared To Go Home has already been added to a bunch of huge global playlists including Spotify’s NMF and Chill Tracks, Amazon’s Introducing Electronic and even made the cover of Tidal’s Rising Electronic.
Created by digital artist Kay, the Roman-Greco-meets-Bauhaus inspired visualiser is sure to mesmerise all that press play, and perfectly complements the track, celebrating Mindchatter’s unique and deeply considered nature. “The video consists of looping animations meant to capture the message of the lyrics in an abstract way. One scene takes you through an endless room with figures dancing by themselves on walls and ceilings to convey a feeling of being trapped in a nightclub. There’s also a lot of Roman statue imagery which is an extension of a visual motif I use in my release artwork and my stage graphics.”
Fortunately the recent Covid19 uncertainty isn’t affecting Mindchatter, and 2020 is set to be a bumper year with the singer / songwriter / producer still set to drop his debut album in a few months’ time. “I’m used to spending a lot of time alone and inside, so my day to day hasn’t changed as much as most people, and I haven’t noticed much of an impact on my music yet. My creativity and rate at which I finish songs is always in flux because I’m constantly experimenting,” insights Mindchatter.
Scared To Go Home is out now through Mind Of A Genius Records, the Los Angeles based label that launched the careers of Zhu, Gallant, THEY., Karnaval Blues, and Klangstof – all globally acclaimed, genre-redefining artists.
NIALL HORAN TO BRING GLOBAL NICE TO MEET YA TOUR TO AUSTRALIA IN SEPTEMBER
Global superstar Niall Horan has today announced he’ll be bringing his critically acclaimed Nice To Meet Ya tour to Australia to celebrate the release of his upcoming sophomore album Heartbreak Weather, out March 13 – pre-order here. Presented by TEG Live, the Australian shows will kick off in Brisbane on September 30 at the Brisbane Entertainment Centre, before moving through Sydney to play Qudos Bank Arena on October 2, and wrapping up in Melbourne at Rod Laver Arena on October 3. This will be Horan’s second headline tour of Australia, who welcomed him with open arms back in 2018 where he played mostly sold out shows as part of his Flicker World Tour.
Pre-sale tickets will be available via Telstra Plus™ from 12.00pm (local time) Wednesday 26 February before the general public on-sale at 2.00pm (local time) on Monday 2 March from www.ticketek.com.au.
Thrilled to be including Australia on his worldwide tour, Niall says, “I am so excited to bring the ‘Nice To Meet Ya’ Tour to Australia. As you know it’s one of my favourite countries to visit and the shows and fans are always amazing!”.
Rolling Stone placed Heartbreak Weather on its list of the 70 Most Anticipated Albums of 2020 and praised Horan’s recent Saturday Night Live performances of Nice To Meet Ya and Put a Little Love on Me. If these beautiful songs, plus the latest single No Judgement, are anything to go by, Heartbreak Weather is set to be an absolutely stunning body of work. Horan is thrilled to bring his dynamic, impressive live show to fans in Australia, as he enthuses, “Can’t wait to be back down under soon! This is going to be a lot of fun”.
Originally from Mullingar, Ireland, Niall Horan has sold over 80 million records and toured the globe multiple times as part of the iconic One Direction. With his full-length solo debut Flicker (Capitol Records), he achieved massive global success and widespread critical acclaim. The album entered the Billboard 200 at No. 1 in October 2017, debuted at No. 2 on the ARIA Album Chart and soon earned Platinum certification or greater in 20 countries, including the U.S. In addition to surpassing three million in worldwide adjusted album sales and 3.5 billion global streams worldwide, Flicker topped the iTunes Top Albums chart in 61 countries. The album included the 2x Platinum single This Town, and the 3x Platinum Slow Hands. Horan’s Flicker World Tour included sold-out dates in the U.S., Canada, U.K., Europe, Singapore, Japan, Brazil and Australia.
General public tickets will go on sale at 2.00pm (local time) on Monday 2 March from www.ticketek.com.au, with a 48 hour pre-sale beginning with Telstra Plus™ at 12.00pm (local time) on Wednesday 26 February.
TELSTRA PLUS™ PRE-SALE
12.00pm, Wednesday 26 February – 12.00pm, Friday 28 February (local time)
GENERAL PUBLIC ON-SALE
2.00pm, Monday 2 March via www.ticketek.com.au (local time)
NIALL HORAN ‘NICE TO MEET YA’ AUSTRALIAN TOUR
WED 30 SEP | BRISBANE ENTERTAINMENT CENTRE, BRISBANE QLD | ALL AGES | www.ticketek.com.au
FRI 2 OCT | QUDOS BANK ARENA, SYDNEY NSW | ALL AGES | www.ticketek.com.au
SAT 3 OCT | ROD LAVER ARENA, MELBOURNE VIC | ALL AGES | www.ticketek.com.au