Return with cinematic new single ‘Is There a Place I Can Go’
Junkyard Jazz EP out 17 November
+ UK Tour Dates This Autumn
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“Impossible to pin down, they deliver a drunken, stumbling, shambolic rock ’n roll that somehow keeps its sh*t together when the going gets tough. Truly, Trudy are something very special indeed” – DIY
“..all lovesick sea shanties and Orange Juice inflected rabble rousers” – I-D Magazine
“Trudy And The Romance sound like The Beatles for millennials” – The Metro
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Somewhere among the daydreamers and heartbreakers, beauty queens and jock teens, Trudy and the Romance are looking to lure you into their suitably skewed, cinematic world. On new single ‘Is There A Place I Can Go’, the trio’s dubbed ‘Mutant 50s Pop’ takes a more contemplative turn. The single is part of their Junkyard Jazz EP, which will be released through B3SCI on November the 17th.
From character creation to alter-ego exploration, Trudy’s overtly-romanticised, technicolour realm runs deep. Like David Lynch dicing and splicing Walt Disney film reels, Junkyard Jazz EP is a larger-than-life introduction to their saccharine sound, right through to the Grease-style illustrations by LA-based artist Hello Thunderpuss.
Following radio spins by John Kennedy, BBC Radio 1’s Huw Stephens & Phil Taggart and 6 Music’s Tom Ravenscroft and Steve Lamacq (as Featured Artist Of The Week), recording sessions with Bill Ryder Jones and Spring King’s Tarek Musa ensued. After a year of performing packed-out shows and numerous festivals across UK and France, the trio found their way into the pages of style magazines such as i-D, Wonderland and Nylon, #7 Spotify viral charts with last years floor filler ‘He Sings’. They finished the year as part of DIY’s Class of 2017, NME’s ‘100 for 2017’ and 14th most blogged artist of 2016 on the Hype Machine Zeitgeist end of year list.
Their upcoming Junkyard Jazz EP – recorded in former vicarage, Stockport’s Eve studios with producer David Pye – takes its title from another genre they use to describe their seemingly hotchpotch influences. “Our stuff’s like a collage and we’re trying to jigsaw it all together,” explains Olly. “The songs on the EP are meant to be loose but compact. It ties together as a bunch of different little stories; Junkyard Jazz, a messy love.”
To call Trudy escapism would be too easy. As with any great pop music, location falls into irrelevance. Whilst most bands dream of a world they can leave behind, Trudy is the sound of a band with their eyes-wide and keeping every option open.
Junkyard Jazz EP is being released by B3SCI and will be available on all DSPs and limited edition 45 RPM 12″ vinyl on the 17th of November. ‘Is There A Place I Can Go’ is available now.
Trudy head off on a UK headline tour this autumn supporting The Fall in Newcastle and Happyness in London along the way.
Pre-Order Trudy and the Romance ‘Junkyard Jazz (EP)’ digitally here: https://Trudy.lnk.to/
Get “Is There A Place I Can Go” digitally here: https://Trudy.lnk.to/
Pre-Order on Limited Edition 12″ vinyl at B3SCI Records: http://b3sci.com/
Tracklist
- Seashore Overture
- Twist it, Shake it. Rock & Roll
- Junkyard Cat
- Ruff Ryder
- Is There A Place I Can Go
Trudy Live tickets here: http://www.trudymylove.
October
04, HUDDERSFIELD, OTSO
21, OXFORD, Ritual Union Festival
21, CARDIFF, SWN Festival
23, NEWCASTLE, Boiler Shop (Supporting The Fall)
24, EDINBURGH, Sneaky Pete’s
27, LONDON, The Garage (Supporting Happyness)
November
03, SHEFFIELD, Picture House Social
08, BRIGHTON, The Hope And Ruin
09, READING, The Face Bar
10, LEICESTER, The Cookie
14, MANCHESTER, Gullivers
15, LEEDS, The Lending Room
16, BIRMINGHAM, Sunflower Lounge
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