Chosen by Monk
My latest choice from a band who redefine the term crossover, as they cross not only genres but also national boundaries – and even the English Channel – as British/French collaborators share their dreams with a new, completely reworked version of the closing track from last year’s self-titled debut album:
Guitarist James Monteith told us:
The original version of ‘My Dreams’ is a slow building, almost proggy track that closes our debut album and it was never intended as a single. However, it’s been a big hit live so we reworked it into a snappy more immediate song, and we felt it worked so well it was worth releasing to the world. It also serves as a nice transition to our new music which has taken a darker turn.
Vocalist Rachel Aspe said about the accompanying video:
Filmed at BTS Audiovisuel – Lycée Suge in Paris, director Alex Stark, who is also the guitarist in our good friends Gravity, captured the misery and struggle of the song perfectly. It visually represents feelings of isolation and when fighting forward, internal battles, and understanding meaning and purpose. Persevering in the face of life’s challenges and defeating internal demons.
James also gave us an update on the band’s second album, which they are due to start recording this coming summer:
Our second album is about 70 per cent written and we’re very excited to get in the studio to record it later this year. We wrote the first album in 6 months of knowing each other and it was born from pure chemstry, but now we’ve had a few years to really discover our sound, which is deeper, darker and more agressive. We can’t wait to unleash it on the world!