“Isn’t it about time that Brighton duo Iyes actually put out a proper single rather than fannying around with the occasional Soundcloud demo?” you may be asking. After all that’s what bands who know what they’re doing do.
Arthur Beatrice (they’re a band not a person) aren’t rushing things are they? From early on line interest in 2011 there’s still no sign of an album, but with news of a forthcoming EP titled Carter there is hope that things are finally happening.
Music blogs are time capsules of history, a diary of the author’s romances, loves and passions for sound on public display for strangers to read. Yet in this world sometimes the first rushes of lustful excitement make us deaf; we think we hear the good, but as time goes on the bubble bursts. “It wasn’t you it was us” we can hear ourselves saying to the artist in question. We’ve changed. We’ve moved on. We’ve found someone else. We can still be friends, we just can’t love you anymore. We got it wrong.
Baz Luhrman’s version of F.Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby, a tale of garish American society in the roaring 20’s starring Leonardo Di Caprio and Carey Mulligan is undoubtedly going to be one of the major cinematic blockbuster releases of 2013. From a musical perspective it comes with a big hitting soundtrack as well, including the likes of Jay-Z, The XX, Jack White, Florence & The Machine, Sia and the wonderful Lana Del Rey.
Today we introduce a band that come from the cold and wet North-West of England, but on their debut offering…