New York, NY (Top40 Charts) Coventry indie four-piece Blvff have detailed the release of debut single Where Did We Go Wrong, out November 2. The track, armed with a video, sees
Spring King producer Jamie Ellis on production duties.
Where Did We Go Wrong has all the makings of an instant indie classic from its room-shaking bass, hostile guitar lines and the unique vocal of Michael McCann. The song itself dissects the idea of trying to take life by the scruff of the neck, but never quite being able to as McCann explains:
"The song is about missed chances. Having the best intentions, yet never changing. Wanting to be better, but failing. Never quite reaching the life you want and failing to conform with social pressures. In turn asking yourself where did we go wrong?"
Real storytelling lyrics that hit close to home are a speciality of McCann's - something that he strives to achieve every time he picks up a pen.
"We stand for being real. In a world trying to be perfect, we aren't. There's no way of getting around it either, despite the cliche, we are a hard working class band form Coventry. A Staunch labour band of 20 somethings, from Irish immigrant families. There's no hairs and graces."
Having already received praise from BBC introducing and Fred Perry along support slots with
Milburn and three crowded sets at The Great Escape, the opening remarks of Blvff's existence have been positive and with two singles armed and ready to come out in the autumn, who could bet against them?
Blvff are no strangers to hard work. Being from Irish community they also name Irish Folk
Music and Irish
Rebel songs as an influence. Maybe here is where they learned to start their resistance. And Blvff is the vessel they'll use to continue it.
"We want to live the dream and make all our loved ones proud, but also to live every day like a Saturday. None of us knows where this
is going to go".
Where Did We Go Wrong, out now on Trauma Music
In a world where the times are hard, the music is faux and everything is airbrushed there comes a resistance. A resistance to
the false, to the mundane and to the flawless.
Sometimes you need a dose of the real and that is what Blvff strive to deliver; not on a silver platter, mind.
"We aren't perfect and there's no way of getting around it either" states frontman Michael McCann. "Despite the cliché we are a hard working class Indie band from Coventry. A staunch labour band of 20 somethings. There's no hairs and graces."
The band carry this authentic ethos throughout their music and subsequent offerings. Amongst the bands initial mystique debut track antisocial wet the whistle on this particular subject when it arrived in March 2018. It's in-your-face-brashness hitting you from the off with gigantic drums and hostile guitars, whilst it's lyrics take aim to those outside of the bands circle.
"I was a bit worried about putting antisocial out at first" McCann admits "I wanted our first output to capture exactly who we are and I
felt there were tracks that did it better than that particular song and to add to that Coventry is a very incestuous place where people talk and stick their beaks in. We weren't sure where the band was going
to go, so rather then get tongues wagging, we kept it to ourselves and played our tunes with no pressure or questioning. We just did it
for us. However, looking back it was the right thing to do due to the positive reaction the track received" Plays from BBC Intro Midlands, features from Fred Perry and three crowded sets at The Great Escape set the tone for Blvff's first six months as a band. Summer recording sessions followed that
allowed them to write better songs and weed out and improve the weaker tunes in their armoury. Two songs that stood out in those sessions were Where Did We Go Wrong (WDWGW) and Shame. WDWGW has the makings of an instant indie classic with an undeniable room-shaking bassline
coupled with McCann's unique vocal, whilst Shame showcases the bands emotive Nick Cave-esque storytelling over the backdrop of
guitarist Mark Fazarkley's precisely painted overture. The songs were recorded by The Enemy's producer Matt Terry. "We knew that we wanted Matt from the off. Being from Coventry you can't escape The Enemy, The Specials, Arctics and Milburn. It was special to us that he wanted to take the project on. It was hard work and we wanted to take from those who inspire us and produce our own sound to portray our own lives and stories within it.
LIVE DATES 2018
14th December - Birmingham for This
Feeling at The Flapper w/ The Skinner Brothers
