DEUX FURIEUSES SECOND ALBUM 'MY WAR IS YOUR WAR' OUT 18 OCTOBER 2019 – PREORDER NOW // LISTEN TO 'YEAR OF RAGE'

Newly signed to Xtra Mile Recordings, the ferocious punk duo deux furieuses have announced the release of their new album My War is Your War , out on 18 October 2019. Preorder on vinyl, CD and digital here. Watch the video for first single from the album, ‘Year of Rage’, below.

deux furieuses are Scottish vocalist and guitarist Ros Cairney and London Greek drummer Vas Antoniadou. Since their beginnings in 2013 they have earned a reputation for uncompromising politically charged rock which has seen them championed by the likes of Q Magazine, Classic Rock, Louder Than War, and Radio X DJ John Kennedy, whose enthusiasm caught the attention of Frank Turner leading to the duo supporting him at the Roundhouse, London for the first Lost Evenings festival in 2017.

Raised on a fiery blend of Irish and Greek music, 80’s post-punk and 90’s alt rock, and bonding over a love of early PJ Harvey and Kate Bush, their music is a visceral and impassioned call to arms against the world’s inequalities and rising storms.

My War is Your War lyrically and musically expands on their debut album Tracks of Wire (buy on digital download from Xtra Mile here). It takes the post-punk and Riot Grrrl influences of the predecessor and injects it with a darker rock sound, an angrier sonic energy representing the alarming rise of social injustices and right-wing power since the debut’s release.

Brooding post-punk tracks ‘Words of Warning’ and ‘Let Them Burn’, with its echoes of early PJ Harvey, are dark shades respectively inspired by a visit to Sachsenhausen concentration camp, on the outskirts of Berlin, and the horrors of Grenfell. Title track’ My War is Your War’ is a widescreen story of different worlds colliding powered by a driving loop that carries the sparse instrumentation to its devastating conclusion.

The album’s first single ‘Year of Rage’, ‘Thorns’ and ‘Wired to Hate’ offers an exhilarating rock release from the tension. The former was penned on New Year’s Eve leading into the centenary of Votes for Women and celebrates the #MeToo movement. The accompanying video features a cameo and art direction from Alannah Currie (ex-Thompson Twins aka Miss Pokeno) whose Feel the Rage blog inspired the red flag imagery on My War is Your War album artwork.

On songs like ‘Civilians’ and ‘Song for Kat’, brutalised riffs tackle the alarming rise of ‘fake news’ which negates not only the truth but also our humanity while the latter looks at suicide based on a personal experience of the band. 

My War is Your War is a collection of blisteringly powerful songs with a visceral energy that perfectly soundtracks the frightening and unjust times we live in today, but with a message of empowerment and hope for change.

TRACKLIST:

1. Year Of Rage
2. Civilians
3. My War is Your War~
4. Song for Kat
5. Thorns
6. Words Of Warning
7. Let Then Burn
8. Cruel Winter
9. Give Me the Rope
10. Wired to Hate
11. Are We Mental?

The album is produced by Rob Ellis (PJ Harvey) and mixed by Mark Freegard (The Breeders).

Catch deux furieuses on tour with Oxygen Thief and at 2000trees Festival (Xtra Mile takeover at the Axiom Stage) in July, with more dates to be announced soon:

JULY
08 Bristol @ Crofters Rights
09 London @ The Monarch
10 Manchester @ The Castle
12 Cheltenham @ 2000trees Festival (Xtra Mile takeover at the Axiom Stage)

OCTOBER
17 London @ The Dublin Castle (Album Launch)

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FRANK TURNER POETRY OF THE DEED – TENTH ANNIVERSARY EDITION // OUT NOW ON LIMITED EDITION 2 X VINYL AND FOUR COLOUR PRESSINGS WITH BONUS DOWNLOADS

Lovingly-redesigned artwork

Xtra Mile Recordings is pleased to reveal the tenth anniversary edition of Frank Turner’s third album Poetry of the Deed. This follows surprise first vinyl copies available during Frank’s third annual festival Lost Evenings III in Boston, MA, sold before a full live playthrough of the album on Friday 17 May 2019. We can now announce further pressings and where to find them. Buy your copy (or copies) here.

The limited edition record comes with lovingly-redesigned artwork on a gatefold mirror-board sleeve, embraced in a heavyweight outer slipcase, pressed on two 180g coloured vinyl. One vinyl contains the original album and the second is filled with never-before released album demos. It will be available in a variety of colour pressings as below:

• Silver – available at Lost Evenings III and direct from Xtra Mile from 31 May

• Gold – Banquet Records exclusive

• White – European edition

• Black – Standard edition available everywhere else

The vinyl also includes digital downloads of the demos, and full audio of the intimate, unforgettable Union Chapel set in Islington, London recorded 19 December 2009, only previously available as a bonus DVD as part of Take to the Road - Live at Shepherd’s Bush Empire.

Released in 2009 off the back of live favourite ‘The Road’, Poetry of the Deed showcased Frank’s new live band, now known as the Sleeping Souls, for the first time all together in the studio. Featuring the talents of Tarrant Anderson (bass), Ben Lloyd (guitar), Matt Nasir (keys and more), and Nigel Powell (drums), Poetry of the Deed marks the transition from solo folk traveler to eventual arena-conquering excellence with some of Frank’s most beloved songs.

Kicking off defiantly with his renewed sense of ambition on ‘Live Fast, Die Old’ - played through with pounding piano and searing chorus, sealed with “ba-ba ba ba ba” backing vocals from Nigel - it’s an enthralling rush that immediately introduces the band. From there, the acoustic flurry of ‘Try This At Home’ and ‘Dan’s Song’ deftly stir old and new together, while the previous threshold of volume and crescendo is breached with the title track, the potent rally-cry against tyranny on ‘Sons of Liberty’ and the folklore-esque fury of ‘Our Lady of the Campfires’, songs where the band fully let loose. But it’s in the slow build of ‘Isabel’, the emotional ebb and flow on ‘Faithful Son’, and the closing epic poem of ‘Journey of the Magi’ where everyone’s grip of dynamics brings true heart to the record.

Poetry of the Deed represents Frank’s clearest sign yet that he was heading away from humble origins to larger concerns, both in his writing – which runs the gamut between vulnerability in matters of love, building a life with someone else, and a fierce determination to break through his own limitations to reach goals he’d hitherto shrugged off as unlikely – and in sound. The Sleeping Souls would soon become an integral part of Frank Turner’s artistic development and rise in popularity and it all really started to come together on Poetry of the Deed.

Like the birds pulling strings from an old guitar on Chris Bourke’s elegant lino-cut artwork for the album, Frank was wresting control from his doubts and fears for his future. “Me and all my friends are poets of the deed / We’re exactly what this country needs / We scratch until we’re drunk, we drunk until we bleed / We are what we believe,” he sings on the title track, and he was telling his own truth that is the core of the album.

Tracklisting

Side A

Live Fast, Die Old
Try This At Home
Dan’s Song
Poetry of the Deed
Isabel
The Fastest Way Back Home
Sons of Liberty

Side B

The Road
Faithful Son
Richard Divine
Sunday Nights
Our Lady of the Campfires
Journey of the Magi

Side C

Faithful Son (demo)
The Fastest Way Back Home (demo)
Isabel (demo)
Our Lady of the Campfires (demo)

Side D

Poetry of the Deed (demo)
The Road (demo)
Try This At Home (demo)
Isabel (full band demo)
The Park (demo)

XTRA MILE RECORDINGS SIGN AGIT PUNK DUO DEUX FURIEUSES // SECOND ALBUM LATER IN 2019

Xtra Mile Recordings has signed the exciting punk two-piece Deux Furieuses and will release their second album later this year.

Xtra Mile first heard the band in 2017 through Radio X’s John Kennedy whose enthusiasm for the band caught the attention of Frank Turner. He liked them so much he hand-picked them to play his inaugural Lost Evenings festival at Camden’s Roundhouse. Xtra Mile immediately fell for their uncompromising politically-charged rock and have been supporting the band ever since.

Scottish vocalist and guitarist Ros Cairney and London Greek drummer Vas Antoniadou formed Deux Furieuses in London 2013 on a mission to flag with words and music the growing storm clouds and sickening inequities they felt in the world around them. Raised on a fiery blend of Irish and Greek music, 80s post punk and 90s alt rock, the pair bonded over their love for early PJ Harvey and Kate Bush and found in each other a rebel soulmate to reckon with.

Debut DIY album Tracks of Wire was released in 2016 to acclaim from the likes of Louder Than War, Q Magazine and Radio X DJ John Kennedy. All about the passionate live performances that leave audiences energised and the room buzzing, Deux Furieuses have a growing fervent fan base.

Tracks Of Wire is available to stream here or you can buy it as a digital download from our shop.

Speaking about signing to Xtra Mile, Ros and Vas say: "We are thrilled to sign to Xtra Mile Recordings! Very much looking forward to working with this passionate team of music lovers who still have a maverick spirit."

Managing Director of Xtra Mile, Charlie Caplowe adds: “Massively chuffed to have signed Ros and Vas to Xtra Mile. We first spotted them on the John Kennedy (Radio X) and Frank Turner co-curated stage at Lost Evenings festival. They’ve made a huge and poignant new album and we are champing at the bit to get it out into the world.”

The band have written and recorded tracks for their second album, which is produced by Rob Ellis (PJ Harvey) and mixed by Mark Freegard (The Breeders) and will be released later this year. More information to follow.

“Anger masterclass - recalling PJ Harvey's Rid of Me and the harshness and austerity of Savages" Q MAGAZINE

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JOHNNY LLOYD VIDEO 'RICH AND POOR' // WATCH NOW // TAKEN FROM DEBUT SOLO ALBUM 'NEXT EPISODE STARTS IN 15 SECONDS' – PREORDER NOW

Johnny Lloyd has released a new video for the song ‘Rich and Poor’, taken from his forthcoming debut solo album Next Episode Starts In 15 Seconds, out 3 May 2019. You can preorder the album from Xtra Mile on vinyl and CD.

Artful of arrangement, articulate in its observations and elegant in its understated delivery, ‘Rich And Poor’ sees Johnny deliver a crisp and wistful cut that questions whether the rise of the machines may be putting more between humans than just a screen. Watch the video below.

“’Rich And Poor’ is about how we try to retain human relationships within this modern culture we live in,” says Johnny of the track.

“As technology slowly replaces human contact, how does that affect our relationships? That’s been on my mind a lot as I’ve got older. I didn’t have a phone till I was 19, now I can’t live without one…”

Simple melody and avoid of any studio clutter with the assured hand of expert producer Nathan Coen, ‘Rich And Poor’ is a cathartic listening experience that pays testament to the endlessly entrancing qualities of vocal and guitar in true harmony. Adding spine-tingling backing vocal flourishes, The Maccabees’ Hugo White brings even more to the song.

Filmed in a singular take at a North London location, the accompanying video is an intimate performance of the track. Framed only by the fading light that pours in from the weak winter’s sun beyond the window, the footage captured by artist and filmmaker Tobias Ross-Southall adds an engrossing visual tailor-made for this soul-stirring new single.

Speaking about the making of the video, Johnny says: “It’s always amazing working with Toby. I enjoy it as much as making the records. We have been planning to do a performance video for a while and this song seemed to be the right fit.” 

Sharing much of the same DNA as the previous single and album title-track ‘Next Episode Starts In 15 Seconds’, here ‘Rich and Poor’ offers another tangible touchstone that point to the depth, quality and maturity of songs to be found in Johnny’s essential upcoming long-player.

A bold departure from his indie-rock roots that leaps weightlessly into lush and dreamy pastures new, Johnny’s debut solo album sees him metamorphosing as an artist to find kindred spirits in alternative-folk peers the likes of Elliot Smith, Nick Drake or Sparklehorse. Rich with personal revelations inspired by a whirlwind of changes in Johnny’s life over the past few years, the intimate and mature songs of the album tackle growth, getting sober and becoming a father, in a record that earnestly witnesses this songwriter enter masterfully back into the spotlight.

Recorded in a 10ft square bunker in north London in late 2018 with producer Nathan Coen, ‘Next Episode…‘ was further mastered at the infamous Abbey Road Studios by Frank Arkwright. Each song that appears on the album was recorded in three takes or less, with the results a raw, pure and endearing listen through and through. Special guest appearances also include Frank Turner, Hugo White (The Maccabees) and Adam Prendergast of Harry Styles’ band.

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SKINNY LISTER NEW SONG 'RATTLE & ROAR' // TAKEN FROM FOURTH ALBUM 'THE STORY IS...' OUT 1 MARCH 2019 // UK & EUROPEAN TOUR SUPPORTED BY TRAPPER SCHOEPP

Following the explosive punk of ‘38 Minutes’, the ambient title-track ‘The Story Is…’, and the New Wave fizz of ‘My Distraction’, ‘Rattle & Roar’ arrives as another sonic curveball to any listener trying to guess how this Story will end when the album drops on 1 March 2019 – preorder the album on vinyl and CD here. You can listen to the track via streaming here or with the cover art video below.

Harking back to the band’s earnest beginnings as intrepid folk-roots revivalists, ‘Rattle & Roar’ is a rum-slugging, foot-stomping, good time tune. A souped-up shanty that wouldn’t sound amiss if sung from the lungs of any crew heartily navigating the seven seas, Skinny Lister found inspiration for their latest track in the most fitting of situations. As Daniel Heptinstall of the band explains:

“From ‘John Kanaka’, via ‘Raise A Wreck’ and ‘Beat It From The Chest’, we’ve always been keen to include a shanty element on our albums. Singing sea shanties in our local folk club is a big part of the band’s early history. ‘Rattle & Roar’ though was actually written while on board Flogging Molly’s Salty Dog Cruise last year – a great punk rock festival on a boat that sails around the Bahamas. I like to feel this has infused the track with some extra saltiness!”

Their fourth album The Story Is… was recorded, produced and mixed with the producer extraordinaire Barny Barnicott (Arctic Monkeys, The Enemy, The Temper Trap).

A loosely-based concept album, The Story Is… anthologises a series of personal vignettes inspired by a chaotic few years for the band and binds them into 14 tracks of unmistakably Skinny-sounding songs spanning a spectrum of sounds. Gather-in close and lend your ears as you rifle through The Story Is… and pull out scorched stories of aggravated arsonists (‘Artist Arsonist’), rib-tickling tales of regretful re-fuellings (‘Diesel Vehicle’), and even polemic pleas inspired by some of life’s hardest lessons (‘Stop & Breathe’).

With one of the most reputable live shows in the business (hailed as “a deafening and visceral experience” - The Independent, 5/5), Skinny Lister will also be touring The Story Is… with a series of their tenacious live shows across the UK and Europe in 2019.

Don’t miss your chance to become part of their latest adventures as the band embark on a two-leg UK tour, plus dates in Germany, Czech Republic, Switzerland, France, Holland and Belgium throughout the spring.

UK AND EUROPEAN TOUR (supported by Trapper Schoepp)

FEBRUARY 2019

28 Brighton, UK @ Concorde 2

MARCH 2019

01 Norwich, UK @ Arts Centre
02 Southampton, UK @ 1865
06 Bristol, UK @ Fleece
07 Glasgow, UK @ King Tuts
08 Leeds, UK @ Key Club
09 Leicester, UK @ Academy
13 Berlin, Germany @ SO36
14 Kiel, Germany @: Orange Club
15 Erfurt, Germany @ Kalif Storch
16 Prague, Czech Republic @ Futurum
17 Nuremberg, Germany @ Der Hirsch
19 Frankfurt, Germany @ Batschkapp
20 Vienna, Austria @ Arena
21 Munich, Germany @ Strom
22 Bern, Switzerland @ Bierhubeli
23 Zürich, Switzerland @ Dynamo
26 Paris, France @ La Maroquinerie
27 Rouen, France @ Le 106
28 Amsterdam, The Netherlands @ Paradiso Noord
29 Cologne, Germany @ Stollwerk
30 Antwerp, Belgium @ Kavka

APRIL 2019

03 Edinburgh, UK @ The Mash House
04 Newcastle, UK @ Riverside
05 Nottingham, UK @ Rescue Rooms
06 Manchester, UK @ Club Academy 2
10 Cambridge, UK @ Junction 1
11 London, UK @ Electric Ballroom

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TRAPPER SCHOEPP NEW SINGLE & VIDEO 'DRIVE-THRU DIVORCE' // JOINS SKINNY LISTER ON UK & EUROPEAN TOUR MARCH 2019

‘Drive-Thru Divorce’ is the latest single from Trapper Schoepp’s third album Primetime Illusion abvailable to buy on vinyl and CD from Xtra Mile.

“When you’ve lost, lost the cause…there’s ‘Drive-Thru Divorce’” quips Trapper in one of the most beguilingly catchy-choruses of the year so far.

A sumptuous soft-rock charmer beamed straight from the mid-70s; Schoepp delivers a piece of post-Valentine’s melancholy magic, wonderfully topped-off with lugubrious wedding chimes, forlorn church organs, and guitar-lines seemingly always destined to break away. Watch the video below.

‘Drive Through Divorce’ arrives as Trapper Schoepp prepares to embark on a UK and European tour with his Xtra Mile Recordings labelmates Skinny Lister. Kicking off at Brighton’s The Haunt on 28 February, the tour will see Schoepp and Skinny go on to visit venues in France, Belgium, Germany, Holland, Czech Republic and Switzerland before returning for a second UK leg in April. Full dates and details below.

Hailed as “a genuine and unhyped talent” (4*) by RNR Magazine, elsewhere Rolling Stone praised the songwriter’s knack for a “winsome, nostalgic melody”, whereas No Depression championed Primetime Illusion as “his strongest, most impactful album to date”.

Produced in Milwaukee by Pat Sansone (Wilco, Robyn Hitchcock), Primetime Illusion sees Schoepp reaching for his own place in the canon with a truly remarkable collection of character-driven songs and stories, a carefully etched series of sonic snapshots in which people we all know struggle to fulfil their own American dream. The album also features a co-write with Bob Dylan called, “On, Wisconsin.” which was premiered by Rolling Stone alongside a Q&A with Schoepp, plus a mini documentary shot by the state of Wisconsin about the remarkable track.

Trapper Schoepp will join Skinny Lister on dates below.

FEBRUARY 2019

28 Brighton, UK @ Concorde 2

MARCH 2019

01 Norwich, UK @ Arts Centre
02 Southampton, UK @ 1865
06 Bristol, UK @ Fleece
07 Glasgow, UK @ King Tuts
08 Leeds, UK @ Key Club
09 Leicester, UK @ Academy
13 Berlin, Germany @ SO36
14 Kiel, Germany @: Orange Club
15 Erfurt, Germany @ Kalif Storch
16 Prague, Czech Republic @ Futurum
17 Nuremberg, Germany @ Der Hirsch
19 Frankfurt, Germany @ Batschkapp
20 Vienna, Austria @ Arena
21 Munich, Germany @ Strom
22 Bern, Switzerland @ Bierhubeli
23 Zürich, Switzerland @ Dynamo
26 Paris, France @ La Maroquinerie
27 Rouen, France @ Le 106
28 Amsterdam, The Netherlands @ Paradiso Noord
29 Cologne, Germany @ Stollwerk
30 Antwerp, Belgium @ Kavka

APRIL 2019

03 Edinburgh, UK @ The Mash House
04 Newcastle, UK @ Riverside
05 Nottingham, UK @ Rescue Rooms
06 Manchester, UK @ Club Academy 2
10 Cambridge, UK @ Junction 1
11 London, UK @ Electric Ballroom

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