Southern free download of Where The Wild Are out May 21st
‘Southern make me feel
as though they’re singing just to me, providing the soundtrack to my day as if
they wrote these songs just for me to hear. It shouldn’t be long before the
world is feeling just like this. Bringing ethereal pop soulful pop to the
mainstream”
BBC Radio 1
Introducing
‘Southern are the
single most promising songwriters in Ireland today’
Gerry Anderson, BBC
Radio Ulster
Southern
are brother and sister Thom Southern and Lucy Southern, hailing from Belfast,
they release their new single ‘Where the Wild Are’ on Monday 21st
May.
Recorded at
Liverpool’s infamous Parr Street Studios over three days in February, ‘Where
the Wild Are’, is the culmination of tours and stints playing in bars and cafes
in their native Belfast, to The Bluebird Café in Nashville, Chez Justine in Paris
and demoing material at Berkley Street Studios, Santa Monica, LA. Honing their
craft from years spent writing, recording and engineering their own material in
both their bedroom back in Belfast and on the road.
Having
supported bands as diverse as Peter Doherty, The Pains of Being Pure at Heart,
Francois & the Atlas Mountain and Willy Mason, Southern sold out the 900
capacity Mandella Hall for their 2010 EP launch. Now returning with a fresh
batch of recordings Southern will be touring extensively throughout the summer
of 2012 and releasing further material.
‘Where The
Wild Are’ has already received airplay at Q Radio, Amazing Radio and selected
BBC Introducing shows nationwide.
Southern
will play an intimate single launch show for the single release at The
Slaughtered Lamb, London, Monday May 21st.
Live:
Monday 21st
May – The Slaughtered Lamb, London (single launch)
Saturday 2nd
June – The Spice of Life, London
Wednesday 6th
June – The Strongroom, London
Thursday 21st
June – The Old Queens Head, London
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