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Gen V

Artist: Solomon Grey
Label: Black Butter Records
Impact date: August 4
ROTD featured date: Tuesday 9 July 2013

We say

Solomon Grey, comprising Brit Tom Kingston and Aussie Joe Wilson, are proof not just that long-distance relationships can work, but that they sometimes bear delicious fruits. From a Postal Service-type working arrangement spanning three years and two hemispheres, an epic and expansive album has emerged, whose debut track Firechild had the blogosphere salivating when it appeared online late last year. First single proper, released on the consistently cool Black Butter Records, is Gen V, a Radiohead-esque guitar line driven by an urgent, shuffling groove under a delicate, velvety vocal not dissimilar to Rhye, Bon Iver or - rather more improbably - Black's 1987 hit Wonderful Life. Radio support comes from Zane Lowe, Rob Da Bank, BBC Introducing, Amazing Radio and 6Music - where the track was the clear winner of Steve Lamacq's Rebel Playlist - while the hypnotic cityscape video was premiered by Nylon yesterday. Epic music for long journeys.

Contact

Label: Ollie Wood, Black Butter Records
Publishing: Copyright Control
Radio: Ollie Clueit, My Band's Better PR
Press / Online: Karim Khan, Lucid
Management / Live: Hamish Duff


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We are always looking for future hits and stars - signed and unsigned. To submit music for consideration please send an email with a link to one track and some info to Kevin Marston.

Unfortunately we can't respond personally to all submissions, but we do listen to everything.

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