New Single, “Poor Boy”, out NOW!
What the critics say:
“Poor Boy boasts a cracking array of talent in all areas and I will be interested to see what the rest of 2013 holds in store”
– Al, FreshOnTheNet.co.uk.
Al reviewed the song for the Fresh On The Net Fresh Faves selection number 73.
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“Really nice, isn’t it?!”
– John Kennedy, XFM.
John played the song on his X-posure show on Weds 28th August. Listen again while you can!
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“Elegantly understated with hypnotically grooving ukulele”
– Tom Robinson, BBC Radio 6 Music
Tom included the song in his Introducing Mixtape which was broadcast on 6 Music on the 19th August and can be downloaded from http://www.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/series/trintro. We are super chuffed with that!
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“Really, really lovely”
– Michelle Hussey, BBC Radio Manchester Introducing.
Michelle has been great: supporting the song weeks before it came out by giving us our first play on our local BBC Introducing show. Since then we were invited to join Michelle in the studio to perform live and chat about the single and the future. It was lots of fun and we can’t thank her enough for her support.
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“A fusion of folk sounds of a ukelele and clarinet combined with some lo-fi synth generates an interesting sound that would ease anyone’s pain of being up at 6am on a Sunday morning.”
– Hattie Pearson, XFM
As well choosing us as her ‘Sunday Soother’ for her Sunday early morning XFM show, Hattie wrote a feature about ‘Poor Boy’ on her blog. We are truly grateful and flattered!
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“Something rather special”
– Gary Crowley, Amazing Radio
Gary introduced the song on his Amazing Radio show really nicely. You can here what he said here.
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Thank Yous (in no particular order)
Michel von Arx (Legomec) – For giving feedback on the mix and providing an incredible remix
Samir Graba (notrightned) – For the beautiful retro arcade game which accompanies the song
Henric Mattsson – Salford studio coordination and expert audio tips
David Tolan – Cracking job with the mastering and demonstration of process
Tom Kerswill – For ALL FM radio play, and performing and providing crystal clear, well balanced sound engineering for the launch gig
Ed Snook – Great help with the launch gig and organising the Congleton Chronicle articles
The Young Pretender – For their support with the launch gig
Chris “Johnsy” Johns, Sam Buchanan, James Key, Steve Groves-Kirkby, Lorelei Loveridge, Anthony Jackson, Mathew Petit, Mario Nikaj, Hosea Kurnianta, Makoto Nagahama, Dr Phil Duncan, Hannah Jackson, Adam Hutcheson, Amy Cheung, Renee Ambros, Matthew Boycott-Garnett, Matt Sanchez, Tim Radage, Alex Oppenheim, Charlotte Devlin and Oisin Scarlett for taking to the time to give feedback on various mixes of the song and spreading the word, it was a massive help.
For more information on the song regarding the origins of the song and our fund raising for Action for ME please see our blog entitled “NEW SINGLE, “POOR BOY” TO BE RELEASED SOON!”.
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