Debut single from An Elegy with EP on the way

UK metalcore band An Elegy will release their debut EP Embrace The Rain on July 27th with their new single Ghost out today.

And the five-piece from across Coventry and Birmingham hope it will help pull them from their day jobs and on to something better.

Guitarist Suraj Mann told RealSoundsOK: "We just want to tour. The idea of being able to wake up in a different city every day, playing the music we love and bringing as many of our mates along with us is what gets us through each day.

"Making coffee for Starbucks, building seats for Jaguar, working for a small business, in maintenance or spending each day at school are not the lives we want to be living right now.

"We want to be able to make this dream a reality. We have been sat on this band for the last year, perfecting every little aspect of what we have prepared."

That time was the year spent in a Birmingham rehearsal room writing and recording their debut release.

The band - completed by Sam Appleyard  (vox), Adam Walker (bass), Kieran Shaw (guitar) and Stephan Gardner-Bushell (drums) - draw inspiration from the likes of Slipknot and Linkin Park as well as the less grime and acoustic artists.

Their debut single Ghost is out today, so head over to facebook.com/anelegy or twitter.com/anelegyuk to check it out.

EDIT: You can watch it below now.

Lola Dutronic Q&A

Your names:
Richard Citroen and Stephanie B.

Where are you from?
Richard: Coventry, UK, although I live in Toronto, Canada.
Stephanie: I am currently based in Düsseldorf, Germany.

Name of band: 
LOLA DUTRONIC.

How would you describe yourselves and your music?
Richard: Electro-pop in several languages. People tell me that we're quite Euro sounding.
Stephanie: There is a certain dreaminess in the sound and lyrics of all of our songs, Lola is happy, sad, lonely, in love - sometimes all at once, but always in a very light-hearted way.

Who are your main influences musically?Richard: Saint Etienne, Luke Haines/Black Box Recorder, David Bowie, Portishead, Suicide…and Lady GaGa! ;-)
Stephanie: Uh, Lady GaGa? I admit she is extremely talented, and she definitely knows what she is doing - but her sound is not really my cup of tea. I have rather been influenced by movie soundtracks and easy listening from the 60s and 70s in English, French and German, the first albums of the Cardigans and Zoot Woman, all albums of Goldfrapp - that's all I can come up with right now, and I am sure you can hear all of that in our music :-)

What do you hope to achieve in music?
Richard: We've gotten some attention in the past with our all-star single "Everybody Loves You When You're Dead" with Tina Weymouth, Chris Frantz, Hugo Burnham etc., and we got a minor radio hit in Peru with "Happy Birthday", but what I'd really like is to get a proper hit single…something we could play on The Graham Norton Show, but failing that, it would be great if we could get a major artist to have a hit with one of our songs.
Stephanie: A hit single is always nice :-) After all, it is proof your music touches people's hearts, at the same time securing your financial situation.

What has been the highlight of your career so far, and why?
Richard: Supporting Tom Tom Club on the German leg of their European tour in 2013 was great. Chris & Tina are such lovely people….but on a more personal level, getting the email from our label in 2007 telling me that our album "The Love Parade" was on the "shortlist" for a Grammy Award nomination takes some beating. I was so excited I was practically stopping people in the street(!) and whatever happens in the future, short of actually winning one or having a proper hit, I'm not sure I'll ever be able to repeat that sense of optimism.
Stephanie: I completely agree :-)

And what’s the moment you want to forget?
Richard: Playing Bucharest Romania! While it was the biggest crowd we've ever played to, we ended up getting stiffed by the promoter.
Stephanie: But the city and people were really nice, I have to say. And also the food and drinks! Would I want to forget that? I definitely can't forget what it felt like getting on the plane after just 2 or 3 hours of sleep :-)

If you had to pick just one of your songs to represent your music, what would it be and why?
Richard: "Everybody Loves You When You're Dead", because it practically wrote itself, and I managed to get some of the sense of humour that I've got in "real life" into the lyrics. Also, because our label boss, the late Marty Thau got us together with a bunch of fairly well known performers to sing backing vocals on it and I had people like Blondie's Jimmy Destri and Michael DesBarres giving me advice and encouragement behind the scenes, so it was a bit a of a "welcome to the club" moment for me.
Stephanie: For me it is "Everyone's A Star". Listen to it and you will understand.

Where can we listen to it?
"Everybody Loves You When You're Dead"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-pbmWeESVlw



"Everyone's A Star"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cWx8XfKz8HY



Where can we find out more about your music? 
We're pretty much everywhere…
http://loladutronic.bandcamp.com/
https://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/lola-dutronic/id39904466
https://www.facebook.com/lola.dutronic?fref=ts
https://www.facebook.com/pages/LOLA-DUTRONIC/80232595392
https://twitter.com/LolaDutronic
https://myspace.com/loladutronic
https://www.youtube.com/user/LOLADUTRONICTV
http://www.redstarmusic.net/

Anything else you’d like to say about your music that I forgot to ask?
Richard: We're working on a new album that should be ready to go sometime in early 2015. It's our best one yet! But we would say that, wouldn't we?
Stephanie: We would. Thanks for listening!

Malc Evans Q&A

Your name: 

Malc Evans.

Where are you from? 

Coventry, England

Name of band:

Malc Evans.

Who else is in your band?

Jac Smith, Steve ‘Skidders’ Skidmore, John Chivers and Jools Street.

How would you describe yourselves? 

Quirky folk/pop with a happy and optimistic outlook!

Who are your main influences musically? 

Elbow, Glen Hansard, Passenger, Martyn Joseph, Damien Rice, The Beautiful South, Crowded House. 

What do you hope to achieve in music? 

To make people happy!

What has been the highlight of your career so far, and why? 

Biggest gig - support slot at The Forum with my other band, Beneva. Recently, a festival slot at Welfest with the band, the EP launch with my band and being played on all 39 local BBC radio stations.

And what’s the moment you want to forget?

There’s always a gig when you play to just the venue owner, the barman and the DJ…I had that a few years ago and don’t want it to happen again!

If you had to pick just one of your songs to represent your music, what would it be and why? 

I’m Still Moving On - It’s a song about hope, not giving up and realising how much music can actually help you through the day.

Where can we listen to it? 

http://malcevansmusic.bandcamp.com/album/glimpse

Where can we find out more about your music?

www.facebook.com/malcevansmusic 

www.twitter.com/malcevansmusic 

www.malcevansmusic.com 

https://soundcloud.com/malcevansmusic/tracks

Anything else you’d like to say about your band/music that I forgot to ask? 

Nope!

Kristy Gallacher Q&A

Your name: 
Kristy Gallacher.

Where are you from? 
Coventry, England.

How would you describe yourself? 
New folk - folk vagabond.

Who are your main influences musically? 
Ani Difranco, Tori Amos, Shawn Colvin, Madeleine Peyroux.

What do you hope to achieve in music? 
To continue to make a living from it. Putting a new album out every two years and to keep enjoying,

What has been the highlight of your career so far, and why?

I won the LG Arena's ‘Forum Live’ singer/songwriter competition and have played before Eric Clapton, Steve Winwood and John Mayer on separate nights at the LG Arena in Birmingham. Subsequent to the competition win, I was invited back to play before Elton John, Paul Weller, George Michael & Roxette.

And what’s the moment you want to forget?
??

If you had to pick just one of your songs to represent your music, what would it be and why?

'Dark Hours' It is the first single off the Brand New Album 'The Game' so it's a good representation of where i am now.

Where can we listen to it?

www.kristygallacher.com

Where can we find out more about your music?

www.kristygallacher.com
www.facebook.com/kristygallacherofficial
Twitter @kristygallacher

Anything else you’d like to say about your band/music that I forgot to ask?

Brand New album 'The Game' available now on iTunes or www.kristygallacher.com/store.html

The Loaded Q&A

Your name:

Paul Quinn.

Where are you from?

Coventry, England.

Name of band:

The Loaded.

Who else is in your band?

Jon Harte plays lead guitar, Jez Hanley plays bass and Dave Emery plays drums. I am the lead singer/guitarist.

How would you describe yourselves?

The Loaded are four best friends that come together once a week to write powerful songs and produce one of the best live, energetic live sets on the unsigned scene.

Who are your main influences musically?

Our main influences stem from each band member and they are The Manic street preachers, U2, Pink Floyd and Primal Scream.

What do you hope to achieve in music?

We would like to take the band as far as we can and get as much exposure on the way. We are very confident in what we do and would like as many people possible to hear what we write, record and play live.

What has been the highlight of your career so far, and why?

Supporting one of our big home town bands The Selector is right up there.

And what’s the moment you want to forget?

Dave and his family have really been through a lot on a personal level. The lyrics to our song Scared to fall define this. It's not a moment we can ever forget but a moment we can all pull strength from.

If you could choose one of your songs as an advert for your music, what would it be and why?

Keep your distance has become the bands anthem and just shows the direction we are going and writing those type of songs.

Where can we listen to it? 

www.soundcloud.com/the-loaded-cov

Where can we find out more about your music?

www.facebook.com/Theloadedcov 

www.twitter.com/theloadedcov

Anything else you’d like to say about your band that I forgot to ask?

The Loaded support Balls to cancer who are the bands adopted charity.