Heatwave In The Cold North

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Lies is a series of short films based on stories/poems written by Jon McClure. The films are part of the local independent film production Kestrel Filmworks with sponsorship from Boxfresh. Lies is a tongue in cheek look at lies told to Jon and his brother Chris throughout their childhood. In total there are six films. From giving reflective life lessons to his 21 year-old self like “To tell ya not let such fears / Dominate any o’ ya bestest years” to the more candid advice “Take care that your friends and peers / Don’t get near with the bags of gear…”, ‘A Letter To My 21 Year Old Self’ is poignant, introspective and highly personal. Lines like ‘Maybe be kinder to yourself and know your worth’ will resonate with everyone – I know it does for me. Dedicated to giving a leg up to those working their way through the music industry – regardless of musical quality Reverend and The Makers are making waves in the right way. A sense of community can be found in clips of their gigs through the hard-hitting efforts of a band reclaiming their space and sense of identity. Much can be said for the good Reverend, and while frontman Jon McClure is steadfast in his approach to Football Manager, he pulled himself away from the game to bash out Heatwave in the Cold North . Tributes to the indie era are endless on the ear and the middle-of-the-road status found in Heatwave in the Cold North is a disappointing traipse through the latest workings of a band that cites Oasis as their influence. It was announced in January 2012 that the band had completed work for the third album, scheduled for a release later that year. The band also revealed that they will be supporting Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds on their UK Arena tour in spring. [13] Details on the album are sketchy, but McClure has stated it will be produced by Jason Cox and James Dring ( Gorillaz) and Youth ( The Verve, U2) and will move away from the political-minded nature of the band's second album. [13] The band also announced they had signed to Cooking Vinyl Records. McClure also stated that ex- Milburn and current The Book Club frontman Joe Carnall was to join the band, as well as ex- thisGirl drummer Ryan Jenkinson.

In 2012 Mark Rooker, GB's Operations Director for the World Traditional Karate Association approached McClure for permission to use " Heavyweight Champion Of The World" as the official song for the first ever unified European Open Championship of Martial Art at The Ponds Forge International Sports Center in his hometown of Sheffield, on 18 August. McClure agreed and the WTKA have continued to use the tune ever since [24] Reverend Soundsystem club nights [ edit ] The first single from the new album ‘Heatwave In The Cold North’ has already received a wave of radio support, so it feels as familiar to fans as some of their old classics. McClure was in the media spotlight for his personal views in July 2009, after an interview in which he commented on Jade Goody's death earlier in the year; "it's sad she died and it's good more girls are getting smear tests but let's not forget she was a talentless racist". [9] You’ve made albums in the likes of Jamaica and Thailand before, but tell us about the scene and setting of Heatwave In The Cold North. I bet! As you say, you’ve got that Radio 2 attention but you’re also tuning into the sounds of younger pop, which is creating another great platform for you. Your albums have always seemed like a vessel for whatever’s keeping you up at night or fuelling your fire. What is that this time round?

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Even writing about dumb things, you know what I mean? Stuff that feels so obvious that I couldn’t write a song about that. So smoking weed and shagging are my favourite things to do. Do you know what I mean? I read an interview with Killer Mike from Run The Jewells and he was like, “if I’m honest with ya, I just really fancy my wife, I think she’s reyt fit and I love smoking weed and hanging out with my kids”. That’s really relatable, I feel like that too! I think when it comes from a really heartfelt place, that’s what I like doing, that’s my vibe. I can’t just say “Love you baby”, it’s gotta be specific in some way. I’ve often quite overlooked those basic things. The singles so far are definitely smooth and sexy as you say, and I don’t think anyone expected a song such as ‘High’ from you. Were you worried about how that would go down? MSN Entertainment UK - Latest Celebrity News, Gossip, Photos & Videos". msn.com. Archived from the original on 16 July 2009 . Retrieved 26 August 2009. In April 2006, Reverend and The Makers were support to the Arctic Monkeys on their sold out UK tour, exposing the band to larger audiences and bigger venues. This was followed by their own first UK tour in May and June, selling out dates in Shoreditch, London and The Plug in home-town Sheffield on the final night. A second tour followed in October 2006, showing great progression as a band. The sound was much tighter and far more advanced than on their previous tour. The band released their sixth album on 22 September 2017, which debuted at Number 11 on the UK Albums Chart, their best performing album since their 2007 debut.

Selected items are only available for delivery via the Royal Mail 48® service and other items are available for delivery using this service for a charge. In terms of recording, we did it in a studio in Bath. And then we did some more in London with this guy Dimitri Tikovoï, who’s a French producer. Some of his musicians played on it too, like these twins from Paris called Val and Clem. Then there was my mate Tom Rowley, a long-term collaborator who was in Milburn originally but he plays with Arctic Monkeys now. Jamie Reynolds from The Klaxons, he did quite a bit of stuff. So we had a good cast of people, you know?Of all the swagger lifting the peak of noughties UK indie, no one carried it better, louder, or more publicly than Reverend and the Makers’ Jon McClure.

You mentioned some of the clichés you’ve been associated with, and you have been known for speaking your mind over the years, particularly about some of your peers. The Johnny Borrell one in The Guardiancomes to mind. Are you still as cutthroat and damning these days?Manchester's own Lottery Winners also got a shout out from the band, too, commending their 'working class music' and citing them as one of his favourite bands. He added: "I used to think I wanted to be a cool b***ard, and then I thought I wanna be Paul Heaton, or Madness, or Slade, or the Lottery Winners - people's music!" Reverend and The Makers at Manchester Academy - February 16, 2023 (Image: Bethan Shufflebotham) With sing-along rousing lyrics, dazzling percussion and sun-drenched guitars, this is anthemic and optimistic and McClure’s tone is warm and gorgeous. It feels nostalgic, but still at the same time fresh and contemporary.

The album was released on 18 June 2012 and reached number 16 on the UK Albums Chart. In December 2012 the band released a live CD & DVD titled " Reverend and The Makers Live In Sheffield", recorded at O2 Academy Sheffield in October 2012. [18] ThirtyTwo (2013–2014) [ edit ] The sun drenched Barry White-inspired soul bop from forthcoming album of the same name has become their biggest hit in over a decade, followed by the softly-spangled psychedelic soul of b-side High - an ode to Isaac Hayes, Curtis Mayfield and long, hazy afternoons. Now, a band would typically release an album before heading on tour, but the Yorkshireman and his musicians aren’t the conventional types. Not to mention the fact that, in an impressive unbroken run, each of their albums have reached the Top 20 in the UK album charts. In late 2005, McClure brought several musicians together for Reverend and the Makers. Like his previous bands, the Makers included co-songwriter Ed Cosens, this time playing bass. The rest of The Makers consisted of Dave Sanderson (guitars), Joe Moskow ( keyboards), Richy Westley (drums, formerly of Hoggboy) and Laura Manuel ( vocals), and occasionally Simon Strafford on trombone. Sanderson was dismissed in July 2006 after the band completed their first headline UK tour and replaced by Gledhill guitarist Tom Jarvis. You’ve done some self-exploration lately with your trip across Africa. What was the most rewarding part of that?On 9 October 2015 the band released their fifth studio album, their third on the Cooking Vinyl record label. Me and Dan got into this really good thing where we’d get some music going and then he’d do the melody and I, like a jigsaw puzzle, fit my words into his melody. Because he’s coming from such a different place to where I would come from, it becomes this third thing. So we thought, what would it sound like if Ian Brown sang Frank Ocean songs? That was the brief. It ended up not being like that – I think someone said “Barry White if he were from Sheffield…”. But it’s not that either. It becomes this third thing, because you’ve got retro sounding music, modern melodies and then really personal Yorkshire-accented lyrics. It becomes this other thing that doesn’t exist, really.