Syd Arthur unveil new track 'Sun Rays' ahead of album release - premiere
'This album is the distillation of everything we have been exploring in our music up until now'
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Your support makes all the difference.Syd Arthur have been knocking about for a good few years but are taking some promising steps towards more psychedelic rock a la Tame Impala.
We're premiering the fourth track off their upcoming record Apricity - 'Sun Rays' - today on The Independent - check it out and let us know what you think.
It's a super summery, nostalgia-tinged track that sounds like it's being played through an Instagram filter - very chilled and with this underlying theme of lost innocence.
You can pick out influences from the likes of the brilliant White Denim, who the band supported on tour, along with a Romantic vibe that recalls Stockport up and comers, Blossoms - thse guys could be their older brothers.
The band are comprised of Liam Magill, Joel Magill (bass, vocals), and Josh Magill (drums) and Raven Bush (violin, keyboards, mandolin).
They formed in Canterbury in 2013 and toured on support slots with artists like The Strokes, White Denim, Sean Lennon’s The Ghost Of A Sabertooth Tiger, and Paul Weller, the latter of whom tipped them for success in 2014.
The band says of their upcoming record Apricity: "This album is the distillation of everything we have been exploring in our music up until now."
"It seems like only a few weeks back we set off to Los Angeles to record with Jason Falkner at our friend Jonathan Wilson's amazing studio in Echo Park. Recording to 2-inch analogue tape we set about recording the album in this most creative Californian space before returning to the UK for final mixing at our humble studio in Canterbury."
The track-list for Apricity is as follows:
Coal Mine
Plane Crash In Kansas
No Peace
Sun Rays
Into Eternity
Rebel Lands
Seraphim
Portal
Evolution
Apricity
Syd Arthur are touring with Jake Bugg in the US from 7 September and they play a headline show at London’s Electrowerkz on 13 July. Apracity is out 21 October - pre-order here
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