Johnny Lloyd new single 'Joypolis' out 2 July // Listen now // Taken from 'La La La' out 16 July 2021

Revealing a more electronic side to any of his previous work, Johnny Lloyd releases ‘Joypolis’ as the next single from his third solo album ‘La La La’ out 16 July 2021. Preorder the album here and listen to ‘Joypolis’ below or stream it on your preferred service here.

You can stream ‘Joypolis’ on your preferred service here. A chillwave-tinged track sequined with birdsong samples, fluttering synthesisers and vocoded vocals, ‘Joypolis’ sees Johnny making a natural progression into the worlds of Washed Out, The Postal Service or Toro y Moi.

Through sage advice and tense response, the song unwinds a narrative of a complex and enigmatic romance told through an imagined conversation between two characters. As constructive sentiments like “You’ve got to help yourself, you can’t just keep it inside” are met with blunt refusals (“I don’t need your help”), ‘Joypolis’ constructs a vivid and evocative snapshot of a relationship slipping away and the wave of feelings that come with it.

Like a love song from the distant future, its pulsing arrangements, inherent mystery, and dopamine-laced choral refrain, “love is a chemical and it’s rushing in my blood”, will invite repeated listens.

‘Joypolis’ is the second single to be taken from ‘La La La’, Johnny’s third official album and second record of 2021, following the soundtrack for ‘Rare Beasts’ (created with Nathan Coen). The latest album will feature 14 brand new tracks, produced by Max Clilverd, Johnny and Nathan Coen and further mixed and mastered by Frank Turner.

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Skinny Lister release new single 'Bavaria Area' on 18 June 2021 // Watch video // UK tour dates 2021 // Less Than Jake and Germany tour dates 2022

Skinny Lister are releasing a brand new single, ‘Bavaria Area’ on 18 June 2021. Watch the video below and you can stream the single here.

A joyful burst of ska-punk meets new-wave energy, the London sextet are back with a track that is primed for crowd pogoing madness as they anticipate an extensive run of live gigs for 2021-22.

Joining the bill of Xtra Mile Recordings’ ‘The Gathering’ festival shows from June 2021, the folk/punk favourites will also be supporting Frank Turner at his Lost Evenings IV festival at the Roundhouse, London before headlining their own UK tour later this year. Offering ample support to ska stalwarts Less Than Jake for their huge UK dates in 2022, Skinny Lister will also be reconnecting with their friends in Germany during a string of headline shows in the country next year.

With a reputation for one of the most notorious live shows on the circuit, the Skinnies have been positively itching to get back out on the road. And their new single, ‘Bavaria Area’ finds them reminiscing about the moments good, bad and ugly that come with the rock’n’roll touring lifestyle.

Reflecting on one particularly hair-raising instance that inspired their latest single, Dan from Skinny Lister says:

“Firstly, it’s worth noting that we love Bavaria. It’s a stunning part of the world and our fans and shows there are some of the best, as they are across the whole of Germany!

“However, for some reason, when touring the area, we often seem to attract the unwanted attention of Bavarian police. ‘Bavaria Area’ is a tongue-in-cheek recollection of one of our many experiences of being pulled over. On this particular occasion we were ominously led off the road into a large garage, the shutter was brought down behind us and we were thoroughly quizzed and searched. Sniffer dogs were even brought out to check if we were carrying any dodgy substances. Fortunately, we weren’t.

“It was a slightly unnerving experience, not to mention an unscheduled delay as we were heading to our next show! And to top it off, after only 15 minutes down the road after being allowed to continue, we were again pulled over by different officers, who alarmingly pulled on rubber gloves as they approached our van! Anyway – we got a song out of it so not all bad. And we can’t wait to return to Bavaria when we hit Munich as part of our German Tour in June 2022. Prost!”

Arriving as their first new music of 2021, “Bavaria Area” follows recent single, ‘Shout It Out’ - released in December 2020 - and the band’s special fifth anniversary re-issue of their breakthrough album, ‘Down On Deptford Broadway’ (buy on yellow vinyl here).

Now, with the promise of new shows, festivals and new material all on the horizon; Skinny Lister are raring to get out and do it all again.

Join Skinny Lister at these dates and venues.

SKINNY LISTER TOUR DATES 2021/22 (tickets for all tour dates here)

June 2021

19 Bideford @ The Big Sheep (The Gathering - acoustic trio performance)

July 2021

18 Herts @ Folk by the Oak

August 2021

07 Frome @ Chees & Grain (The Gathering - acoustic trio performance)
08 Frome @ Chees & Grain (The Gathering - acoustic trio performance)

September 2021

03 Hull @ Zebedee’s Yard (The Gathering - acoustic trio performance)
19 London @ The Roundhouse (Lost Evenings IV)

November 2021 (UK headline tour)

11 Oxford @ O2 Academy
12 Norwich @ Arts Centre
13 Cardiff @ The Globe
17 Reading @ Sub 89
18 Bristol @ The Fleece
19 Manchester @ Gorilla
20 Birmingham @ O2 Institute 2
24 Leeds @ The Wardrobe
25 Nottingham @ Rescue Rooms
26 Newcastle @ The Cluny
27 Glasgow @ King Tuts

December 2021

10 Southampton @ 1865
11 London @ The Garage

2022 (Less Than Jake tour)

March 2021

31 Glasgow @ O2 Academy

April 2022

01 Newcastle @ O2 City Hall
02 Leeds @ O2 Academy
03 Manchester @ O2 Ritz
05 Leicester @ O2 Academy
06 Birmingham @ O2 Institute
07 Bournemouth @ O2 Academy
08 Bristol @ O2 Academy
09 London @ O2 Forum Kentish Town

June 2022

01 Koln, Germany @ Luxor
02 Munchen @ Strom
03 Berlin @ Hole 44
04 Hamburg @ Knust

PET NEEDS new single 'Overcompensating' // Watch video // Tour dates summer 2021 with Frank Turner and Xtra Mile labelmates

PET NEEDS release their new single ‘Overcompensating’, complete with video that you can watch below. This is their latest cut from debut album ‘Fractured Party Music’, released in March (buy the album on vinyl, CD and download here).

PET NEEDS joins Xtra Mile Recordings’ tour series of one-day festival shows dubbed ‘The Gathering’ after headliner Frank Turner’s new single. Dates are below.

‘Overcompensating’ finds frontman Johnny Marriott exasperating about the contrived expectations of happiness in the modern age.

“The whole tune was built around the line "we'll laugh about this one day (separately and at the expense of each other)"” says Johnny. “It then grew into a story about a desperate attempt to prove to people that life is brilliant when in reality we all have rough days and we're all vulnerable at times. To any old friends who think they may have influenced this song - don't worry! It's almost definitely purely fictitious.”

Delivered at 100mph and packing a moshpit-primed punch guaranteed to leave you dazed, it’s a track described by the band as “the ultimate Fractured Party song”. Catchy, euphoric, heavy and disconcerting, “Overcompensating” is just the latest in a string of head-turning singles in 2021 including the BBC6 Music-championed ‘Tracey Emin’s Bed’ and ‘Toothpaste’.

Working with Frank Turner in the studio to capture their explosive live sound to record for their debut album, PET NEEDS are now set to support the folk/punk artists on stage this summer as they join the line-up of ‘The Gathering’ outdoor shows. Performing ‘Overcompensating’ and more from ‘Fractured Party Music’ for the first time since its release, catch PET NEEDS letting off steam and in their element at the following dates and venues.

PET NEEDS @ ‘THE GATHERING’ - Tickets for all shows here

JUNE 2021

19 Bideford @ The Big Sheep
26 Frome @ Cheese & Grain
27 Frome @ Cheese & Grain

JULY 2021

08 Liverpool @ Top Rope Brewery - competition winners only
17 Gloucester @ Llanthony Secunda Priory
18 Gloucester @ Llanthony Secunda Priory

AUGUST 2021

21 Manchester @ Urmston Sports Club (full band show)

SEPTEMBER 2021

3 Hull @ Zebedees Yard

Johnny Lloyd releases new album 'La La La' on 16 July 2021 // Preorder on CD and gold vinyl //Listen to new single '2367'

Johnny Lloyd will release his third solo album ‘La La La’ on 16 July 2021 through Xtra Mile. Preorder the album on CD and gold-coloured vinyl. Listen to the first single from the new album, ‘2367’, below.

Hot on the heels of his stately soundtrack for ‘Rare Beasts’, Johnny Lloyd’s ‘La La La’ follows 2019’s ‘Next Episode Starts In 15 Seconds’ and 2020’s ‘Cheap Medication’, finding the Tribes frontman and film composer on track with his pledge to continue writing an album a year.

On typically prolific form, ‘La La La’ features 14 brand new tracks, produced by Max Clilverd, Johnny and Nathan Coen (the latter of whom co-wrote the ‘Rare Beasts’ OST) and further mixed and mastered by Frank Turner. With the songs predominantly dating back to a songwriting purple-patch between ‘Next Episode...’ and ‘Cheap Medication’, the album was finalised by Johnny during sessions at his Dorset home earlier this year.

Though written during the darkest of winter days in January 2021, you’ll hear no-such bleakness in the arrangements of this latest collection; especially so in the case of its summer-y, sun-kissed lead single: ‘2367’.

Shedding light on the track, Johnny says:

“I’ve had this riff for a long time. The song (‘2367’) was lyrically more abstract, musically more complicated and it goes down that slightly 70s groove-based sound. it didn’t sound like anything else I’ve ever done before. It really pops.”

Offering a more situational and less personal style of songwriting than in previous releases, ‘La La La’ is a record that finds Lloyd more comfortable in his own skin than ever and in inquisitive form. Alongside fine examples of the kind of tender acoustic ballads that Lloyd does so well (‘Night Guard’, ‘Don’t Swim Stoned’), there’s dashes of electronica (‘Joypolis’) and pepperings of Nashville-preened country, such as on the harmonica-driven ‘Beautiful World’, or the pedal-steel arranged ‘It’s On You’; Cure-esque new wave (‘Perfect Body’) to stripped-back ukulele folk songs (‘Moments On Earth’), and much, much more.

Closing the set is the retro-styled rock jam of ‘God Bless Ronnie Wood’, a track that signs off ‘La La La’ with a rousing homage to the iconic Stones axeman. As Johnny says:

“Ronnie Wood is my ultimate hero. He’s the ultimate kind of guitarist in that he plays for the band. In the 70s when everyone in the Stones was trying to play up front, he just really slotted in perfectly. I just love him, so I wrote this song about him. It’s about keeping your chin-up and carrying on, which I think Ronnie would always represent. He keeps the mood upbeat and carries on and has a laugh doing it.”

Since bursting onto the scene in 2010 as frontman of indie-rock outfit Tribes, Johnny Lloyd has gone on to establish himself as a prolific solo artist and esteemed film composer. Alongside his solo studio output, Johnny has also contributed music for numerous TV and film productions including ‘Frank of Ireland’, ‘Sex Education’, ‘Legacy of Lies’, ‘After Life’, plus the Sky Atlantic series ‘I Hate Suzie’. Releasing the official motion picture soundtrack for Billie Piper’s critically acclaimed ‘Rare Beasts’ film earlier this year, Lloyd is also planning new material and shows with the recently reactivated Tribes, with a date fixed at the Kentish Town O2 Forum on 4 December 2021 (tickets).

Frank Turner 'England Keep My Bones' - Tenth Anniversary Edition out 4 June 2021 on coloured vinyl

Xtra Mile Recordings will release the tenth anniversary edition of Frank Turner’s fourth studio album ‘England Keep My Bones’ on coloured vinyl, out 4 June 2021. Preorder links for different regions below.

The double vinyl package comes complete with refreshed artwork and a download code containing exclusive album demos from Blacksmith Studios, Portsmouth. One vinyl contains the album while the second inlcudes never-before-released El Paso session demos.

Wherever you are in the world, the links below will take you to the vinyl you are looking for!

Xtra Mile Recordings webstore exclusive - transparent yellow vinyl

• Within the UK

• Outside the UK

Xtra Mile Recordings webstore exclusive ‘England Keep My Bones’ tenth anniversary edition transparent yellow

European exclusive for indie stores - transparent green vinyl

• Coretex

Europe indie exclusive ‘England Keep My Bones’ tenth anniversary edition transparent green vinyl

UK exclusive for indie shops - opaque green vinyl

• Banquet Records

• Resident Records

UK indie exclusive ‘England Keep My Bones’ tenth anniversary edition opaque green vinyl

North America indie store exclusive - opaque yellow (this will release later in June-July 2021)

Link to follow soon.

North America indie store exclusive ‘England Keep My Bones’ tenth anniversary edition opaque yellow

Rest of the world – standard black

Preorder from your local record shop or web store.

Rest of the world: ‘England Keep My Bones’ tenth anniversary edition standard black vinyl

‘England Keep My Bones’ - Tenth Anniversary Edition double vinyl tracklisting:

Vinyl 1

1. Eulogy
2. Peggy Sang The Blues
3. I Still Believe
4. Rivers
5. I Am Disappeared
6. English Curse
7. One Foot Before The Other
8. If Ever I Stray
9. Wessex Boy
10. Nights Become Days
11. Redemption
12. Glory Hallelujah

Vinyl 2

1. Eulogy (El Paso Demo)
2. Peggy Sang The Blues (El Paso Demo)
3. I Am Disappeared (El Paso Demo)
4. English Curse (El Paso Demo)
5. One Foot Before The Other (El Paso Demo)
6. If Ever I Stray (El Paso Demo)
7. Redemption (El Paso Demo)
8. Song For Eva Mae (El Paso Demo)
9. Wanderlust (El Paso Demo)
10. Balthazar, Impresario (El Paso Demo)

Download code only - England Keep My Bones solo B-Sides recorded at Old Blacksmiths Studios

Barbara Allen (a capella)
Eulogy (Acoustic)
If Ever I Stray (Acoustic)
Glory Hallelujah (Acoustic)
Song For Eva Mae (Acoustic)
Wessex Boy (Acoustic)
I Am Disappeared (Acoustic)
Balthazar Impresario (Acoustic)
Peggy Sang The Blues (Acoustic)
I Still Believe (Acoustic)
One Foot Before The Other (Acoustic)
Nights Become Days (Acoustic)
Redemption (Acoustic)
Rivers (Acoustic)
Wanderlust (Acoustic)

Johnny Lloyd and Nathan Coen release soundtrack for new Billie Piper film 'Rare Beasts' out 21 May 2021 // Preorder now // Watch the video for 'Without You in My Life'

The soundtrack to Billie Piper’s new film ‘Rare Beasts’ is composed by long-time writing partners Johnny Lloyd and Nathan Coen and will be released by Xtra Mile Recordings on 21 May 2021. Pre order it here on digital and vinyl. Listen and watch the video to its first single ‘Without You in My Life’.

‘Rare Beasts’ is written and directed by and stars Billie Piper. The original soundtrack (OST) features 12 brand new compositions exclusive to ‘Rare Beasts’. The score also includes Johnny’s single ‘Next Episode Starts In 15 Seconds’ - the title track to his debut solo album, also out on Xtra Mile - which was written around the time of filming and features prominently at the climax of the film.

Speaking about the ‘Rare Beasts’ OST, Johnny says:

“‘Rare Beasts’ we started about three years ago now. Billie sent us the script and we came up with several different concepts at first. It was very much driven by romance and there’s a splash of French Riviera in there. I wanted it to be diverse. It’s a very unusual record as a whole. As a collection of songs, I definitely think it's the best thing that me and Nathan have done.”

Writing the music in direct response to the film edits as they saw them, the ‘Rare Beasts’ OST infuses grandiose baroque-pop arrangements with grittier contemporary sounds to provide an eclectic palette of sounds Johnny praises as “bonkers”. The cinematic works of Harry Nilsson (whose work featured prominently in ‘Midnight Cowboy’) and the oeuvre of celebrated film composer John Brion (‘Punch Drunk Love’, ‘Eternal Sunshine of a Spotless Mind’) are also cited as key reference points.

The ‘Rare Beasts’ soundtrack is the latest in a long line of of collaborations for Johnny and Nathan. Alongside production for Johnny’s solo studio output (‘Next Episode Starts in 15 Seconds’, ‘Cheap Medication’), Nathan has partnered with Johnny in contributed music for numerous productions including ‘Frank of Ireland’, ‘Sex Education’, ‘Legacy of Lies’, ‘After Life’, and the recent hit Sky Atlantic show starring Billie Piper, ‘I Hate Suzie’.

The film, ‘Rare Beasts’, is a romantic drama that tells the story of Mandy (Billie Piper), a career-driven single mother who finds herself in a crisis until she falls in love with the charming, but traditional, Pete (Leo Bill). Receiving its world premiere at the Venice Film Festival, the highly anticipated motion picture has a supporting cast including David Thewlis and Lily James.

The ‘Rare Beasts’ motion picture will receive its official release on Friday, 21 May 2021, screening in a limited number of cinemas. Watch the trailer below.