{"id":29437,"date":"2016-03-24T10:25:27","date_gmt":"2016-03-23T23:25:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/maytherockbewithyou.com\/mtrbwy\/?p=29437"},"modified":"2016-03-24T10:25:27","modified_gmt":"2016-03-23T23:25:27","slug":"catfish-bottlemen-set-unleash-new-album-ride-may-27th-reveal-new-music-video-soundcheck","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maytherockbewithyou.com\/mtrbwy\/2016\/03\/catfish-bottlemen-set-unleash-new-album-ride-may-27th-reveal-new-music-video-soundcheck\/","title":{"rendered":"CATFISH & THE BOTTLEMEN Set To Unleash New Album ‘The Ride’ May 27th and Reveal New Music Video For “Soundcheck”"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Catfish\"<\/a>Catfish and the Bottlemen, winners of the Brit for Best British Breakthrough, unleash their much anticipated new album \u2018The Ride\u2019 May 27th on Island Records \/ Caroline Australia.<\/p>\n

Written by Van McCann and produced by D Sardy, the album was recorded mostly in LA and features 11 bold new songs that verge on the anthemic. With explosive new single \u2018Soundcheck\u2019 already taking over the airwaves, Catfish and the Bottlemen are ready to make 2016 their year.<\/p>\n

Says Van. “We wanted to stay inside the box. I always say if you can play it on an acoustic guitar and win over a bar or a kitchen even of rowdy people\u2026 the\u201c I feel like everybody started thinking too outside the box trying to be arty and different.” n you\u2019ve done it\u2026 that\u2019s how I see song writing.”<\/p>\n

The follow up to their 250,000 selling debut album \u2018The Balcony\u2019, pulls no punches. From start to finish \u2018The Ride\u2019 bursts with gutsy high-octane tracks, offset by the two mellow acoustic songs \u2018Glasgow\u2019 and \u2018Heathrow\u2019. These songs were made to be played live.<\/p>\n

Kicking off with \u20187\u2019, already a fan favourite from the band\u2019s live set last year, the album features songs about being together and songs about being apart as accentuated on the measured angst of \u2018Twice\u2019. Other highlights include anthem in waiting \u2018Oxygen\u2019 and the epic closer \u2018Outside\u2019, as well as current radio favourite \u2018Soundcheck.\u2019<\/p>\n

The video for \u2018Soundcheck\u2019 was directed by Malia James of Los Angeles punk pop band The Dum Dum Girls. Shot in the band\u2019s signature black and white, it captures the intensity of a Catfish and the Bottlemen live show.<\/p>\n

Having made a name for themselves as Britain’s most exciting band to watch live, Catfish & The Bottlemen sold out their forthcoming UK warm up tour in an astonishing 4 minutes. Locally, Catfish & The Bottlemen have had Australian fans in a frenzy since first hitting our shores in January last year where they stole hearts supporting The Kooks.<\/p>\n

Championed by Triple J, all four singles from debut album ‘The Balcony’; (“Kathleen”, “Cocoon” “Hourglass” and “Pacifier”) were added to rotation. The first single from ‘The Ride’, “Soundcheck” peaked at #1 Most Played on the station soon after release and has remained in the top ten for the past four weeks.<\/p>\n

The Ride Tracklisting:<\/strong>
\n7
\nTwice
\nSoundcheck
\nPostpone
\nAnything
\nGlasgow
\nOxygen
\nEmily
\nRed
\nHeathrow
\nOutside<\/p>\n

The artwork for \u2018The Ride\u2019 comes from long term Catfish and the Bottlemen collaborator, New York illustrator Tim Lahan, who also produced the cover art for their debut album \u2018The Balcony\u2019, and the singles taken from it.<\/p>\n

PRAISE FOR CATFISH AND THE BOTTLEMEN:<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cThe band\u2019s youthful energy, skilled melodicism, subtle instrumental layering, and retro production evoke memories of when The Strokes were the hottest band in town.\u201d \u2013 Music Feeds<\/p>\n

\u201cSurging riffs and energetically splayed choruses.\u201d \u2013The Guardian<\/p>\n

\u201cAnything but anonymity beckons.\u201d \u2013 Q Magazine<\/p>\n

\u201cOne thing\u2019s for sure, these dudes have made quite the entrance with their latest tune into the eyes and ears of international audiences \u2013 and it looks like Catfish along with The Bottlemen are definitely here to stay.\u201d – Purple Sneakers<\/p>\n

\u201cLike The Walkmen\u2019s \u2018The Rat\u2019 realised as a full band.\u201d \u2013 NME<\/p>\n

\u201cKiller guitar skills and major charisma.\u201d \u2013 Nylon<\/p>\n

\u201cCatfish & The Bottlemen are on the up, with the Welsh indie-rockers being compared to the Arctic Monkeys and The Strokes.\u201d – The Independent<\/p>\n

\u201cVan McCann and co have produced a hard-to-resist cocktail of buoyant harmonies and fierce guitar.\u201d -The Guardian<\/p>\n

“THE RIDE” IS OUT ON MAY 27TH VIA<\/p>\n

ISLAND RECORDS \/ CAROLINE AUSTRALIA<\/p>\n

PRE ORDER HERE: <\/strong>https:\/\/caroline.lnk.to\/TheRide<\/span><\/u><\/a><\/p>\n