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28 Jul, 2018

Live: Kendall Calling

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The band perform live at the Kendall Calling festival.

26 Jul, 2018

Radio X session and interview

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The band records a three-tracks live session for Radio X [Link to Session], including Lunatic, Supernatural, You Opened Up My Heart, and I Saw A Ghost. In an interview, Aaron talks to Kennedy about the band’s progress.

We’ve got a strong commitment to memorable melodies…We’re ‘all killer no filler’…I spent a lot of time when we first started out, trying to sound more like everybody else, trying to sound more indy. But I’ve got a reasonable range and as I’ve developed and become more confident in what I’m doing it’s become more honest and truthful. It seems to be working.

25 May, 2018

Lunatic acoustic performance

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Aaron, Kurtis and Jim perform an acoustic version of Lunatic, from the album Build A Tower, on Granada Reports.

7 May, 2018

I Saw A Ghost performance

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The band performs I Saw A Ghost, from their album Cavalcade, on BBC 5live Afternoon Edition.

5 Apr, 2018

Block Out The Sun performance

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The band release a video of a live performance of Block Out The Sun, from their debut album, with Duddell and The No. 6 Ensemble.

25 Nov, 2017

Lunatic performance

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The band release a live video performance of Lunatic, from their show at Manchester’s Albert Hall.

10 Aug, 2017

There’s Only One Conor McGregor

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Mick Konstantin releases a song about McGregor’s upcoming fight with Mayweather.

Mayweather, your old and your small
And the truth is that you’ll do feck all
Cos precision beats power and timing beats speed
“Why have you got a school bag Floyd you can’t even read”

Well he dresses to kill, buys lamborghinis at will
Can get inside your head like he was Dr. Phil
And if you call him out, have a good reason why
Or he’ll turn around and say who the f**k is that guy

And on the 26th of August we’re taking over Vegas
The Irish invasion you can’t mistake us
Singing songs day and night til our voices are sore
Cos when one of us goes, we all go to war!!

6 Jun, 2017

Chance the Rapper covers three Kanye songs at NY show

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At the Governors Ball music festival in New York City, Chance plays three Kanye West songs as part of his headlining set. Chance played renditions of Waves, Father Stretch My Hands, and Ultralight Beam — all tracks from West’s 2016 The Life of Pablo — amidst a set full of his own hits including No Problem, Sunday Candy, and Angels. Chance worked on a number of tracks for Pablo, earning writing credits on all three of those songs, and production credits on Ultralight Beam.

18 Nov, 2016

The Ritz Manchester concert

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The band play at the Ritz, Manchester, to a sold-out crowd of 1500. This is the first performance of Through The Shadows. As the band takes a bow, James gives a message to the fans:

We all go to work just like you. We all have day jobs just like you. We don’t have anyone who’s giving us loads of money. So the fact that you are all coming out to spend money on us. Everything you spend comes straight back into this band. Thank you very much. Have a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

29 Jul, 2016

The Sound Check

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The band appear on The Sound Check, playing I Saw A Ghost, Forever In Your Debt. Aaron:

I Saw A Ghost came in a dark morning. As you can image by the lyrics it’s quite a sombre track…what I try to do in the lyrics is write stuff that people are feeling, but can’t articulate.