New York, NY (Top40 Charts) Swansea-based alternative rock band Nineteen Fifty Eight are pleased to reveal the video for the title track from their forthcoming new EP Dark Blue set for release on 19th May 2017 via Transcend Music.
It's a restrained slice of tasteful, pastel-coloured cinematography that focuses on the band's matter-of-fact and honest performance, deliberately at odds with the high octane videos that are released so regularly and often don't match up to the weight of reality.
Vocalist Ceryn Evans comments: "Dark Blue was such a fun song to write and I think it really shows our progression into where our 'sound' is heading. The video's pink and blue pastel theme and the way we move really captures the sweetness of the melody but also melancholy tone of the lyrics. I'm proud of this song and I can't wait to finally share it with everyone!"
"Without sounding cliché," the band continue of their approach to making music "what we really hope to get across with our music is basically just 'fuck what people think of you'. A lot of our lyrical content is about the typical stuff people our age go through like relationships, growing up and feeling shit as we've said already. Our music says what we feel and what we're going through and we'd like to think that whoever is listening can relate and feel empowered."
With support already coming in from Huw Stephens at BBC
Radio One, Alex Baker at Kerrang! Radio, and Adam Walton at BBC Wales, this lot are only just getting started on their plans for world domination.
Dark Blue is released 19th May 2017 via Transcend Music.
Fiercely loyal to the world-renowned South Wales music scene from which they hail, the band spent their formative years deeply enshrined in the city which nurtured them creatively and provided them with an abundance of opportunities and friendships.
Looking up to fellow Welsh music legends like Super Furry Animals,
Catatonia and The
Blackout inspired them to become musicians and the continuation of success stories coming out of Wales constantly pushes them to aim to fill some pretty big shoes. In vocalist Ceryn Evans they've found a natural leader who might just help them break out to a wider audience.
"Swansea has created so many opportunities for us as a band," Evans explains "and the music scene here has been great to us since we formed. We've had to dedicate every aspect of our lives to the band in order to be able to record music and take ourselves out on tours but it's all been absolutely worth it."
Fostering a sense of personal empowerment is central to the band's message. The result of a year of change in which the band members variously moved away from home, landed jobs, went to university, found new relationships and were met with the harsh realities of adult life, Dark Blue is an examination of the anxieties of young adulthood and a defiant reaffirmation that everything will be okay.
"What we really hope to get across with our music is basically just: fuck what people think of you", she elaborates.
Collaborating with producer Romesh Dodangoda for the second time on their new EP gave the band the opportunity to develop their sound with someone who knew exactly what they wanted to achieve.
"We had more time to play with this time around and were able to experiment with new sounds which was great," comment the band "Romesh was extremely patient and eager to pitch in. He brought these songs to life for us."
Taking inspiration from the now-iconic style of early 2000's bands like
Brand New, they also bring a dose of young bloods Lower Than Atlantis and PVRIS to proceedings, not just musically but in their flair for the theatrical too; "We're inspired by the way they interact with fans on and off stage and how they present themselves to the world. We love musicians that know how to put on a massive show."
Driven by a burning passion for playing live music, the live show itself is undoubtedly the most important part of Nineteen Fifty Eight's approach to their craft, already notching up supports with Brawlers, The Dirty Youth, Max Raptor and Fort Hope.
"We hope 2017 brings us a bunch of tours and festivals," they round up "We just really wanna get our music out there and play to as many people as possible. We can't wait to release these new songs and begin our next chapter."
Nineteen Fifty Eight online:
https://www.facebook.com/NineteenFiftyEightBand
https://www.instagram.com/nineteenfiftyeightband
https://twitter.com/nineteen58band
Nineteen Fifty Eight are:
Ceryn Evans - Vocals
Jared Planas - Guitar
Charlie Pitson - Guitar
Isaac Griffiths - Bass
Liam Grundie - Drums
