New York, NY (Top40 Charts) The UK's alternative wave of infectious rock known as THE UNDIVIDED will be hitting venues in Toronto, ON during this year's Canadian
Music Week ON May 5th and 6th with more showcases to be announced. This will be THE UNDIVIDED's second appearance at Canadian
Music Week, which the band is also using as their platform to launch their much anticipated EP 'Satellites' set for release on May 5th. The three song EP with two live bonus tracks was produced and written with Dan Weller of SIKTH with the first single / video 'The Invincible' released last October. 'Invincible' tells the story of organ donation compassionately from both sides of the giver and receiver, which is a cause the band fully supports after a fan's mother in UK had a successful heart transplant after be on the waiting list for a long amount time plus the Welsh government in Wales deciding to pass regulation for the opt out decision got the guys highlighting to the rest of world the importance to sign up for organ donation.
"Every organ donor can save 8 lives, that is 8 families who are given hope, 8 families who don't have to grieve, 8 families whose lives are changed." says
Sarah Todd Callender-Ferrier, the UK fan fan whom inspired THE UNDIVIDED.
To watch the video, please visit the following link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5wtcZhHSwWk
CMW Show Dates: (more tba)
Thursday, May 5 @ The Great Hall - Toronto, ON - Set Time 9pm
Friday, May 6 @ Old Laurel - Toronto, ON - Set Time - 2am
The band comments on their appearance at CMW:
"We have been counting down the days to getting back to CMW since the moment the wheels went back up on the plane to return home last year. It's just such an amazing atmosphere and a great opportunity for a new band. We've been busy writing and recording our new EP 'Satellites' to release especially for our trip out to CMW. Canadians will be the first people to hear it live and get a copy! This EP is a journey with its lighter moments and its darker ones. It's a more mature sound with each new bit of music. Also we wanted to challenge ourselves by doing something different and not re do the same stuff just because it works. We only wanted to put out new tracks we really believe in. No space for filler. As long as we have the need to make music there will be more."
1. Invincible (3:33)
2. Satellites (3:16)
3. The Only Ones (3:14)
4. 7 Hours (Live) (Bonus Track) (3:48)
5. Fires (Live) (Bonus Track) (4:30)
EP Length: 18:22
About:
Driven by a desire to create the kind of noise people simply have to stand up and hear the most exciting- not to mention anthemic- rock act to emerge from South Wales in decades has arrived and not a moment too soon.
Inspired by the political, message-heavy words of fellow countrymen Manic Street Preachers, the instrumentation of Idlewild, and the penchant for melodic pop sensibilities evident in the likes of
Mansun and Peace, The Undivided make music that's impossible to ignore. Soaring guitar chords launch from atop punishing riffs, shuddering bass lines carry the rhythms forward, and sledgehammer drumbeats underpin this combination of harmony and electricity.
Hailing from the South Wales Valleys, the four piece (comprising lead guitarist and singer Joe Disson, percussive maestro Rhyd
Mason and guitarist Lew Bray and joining in 2014 Bass guitarist
Craig Prosser) formed circa 2010, born from the ashes of previous aural endeavours and built on the back of long-standing friendships. A successful meeting of minds, a period of incessant and relentless gigging followed, which saw them perform dates across the UK- including support slots for Ash, The Xcerts, Kids in Glass Houses, The Dirty Youth, IDivide and Samoans - with praise coming from Kerrang!, Rock Sound, NME and XFM, to name but a few.
Before long the trio found themselves hauled up at a cottage in rural west Wales, rehearsing and writing a good chunk of the new LP safe in the knowledge there was no phone line, no mobile signal, no broadband, and nobody to complain about their 1AM jam sessions. Evidently something went right, with the Romesh Dodangoda-produced album (Kids in Glass Houses, Funeral For A Friend), This New Day, proof of that. Garnering support from the Welsh Arts Council (which gave funding for the production), BBC Radio1 Introducing, Nation Radio, Team Rock
Radio and Big Cheese, the hype is almost as big as the main-room filling tunes on the record. Thankfully though, in this case it's deserving, with The Undivided set to fulfil their ambition of breaking with the norm to deliver truly poignant, meaningful and moving songs through expert musicianship and devastatingly honest lyricism. The band secured a sync placement for the instrumental version of 'Headlights' from the previous album 'This New Day' on the opening and closing credits of BBC 4 Royal
Institute Christmas lectures, screen on 29th, 30th and 31st December 2014.
The band showcased at the 2015 Canadian
Music Week in Toronto, ON and received US and Canadian College radio airplay, which has already awarded them a CMJ radio distinction. They have recently written and produced their new EP 'Satellites' with Dan Weller (Sikth), which is set for release on May 5th, 2016 and to be debut at their second appearance at this year's Canadian
Music Week. The EP's infectious first single / video 'Invincible' tells the story of organ donation compassionately from both sides of the giver and receiver.
For more info, please visit www.TheUndivided.co.uk.
