What an epic day, @newportcountyafcofficial_ survived the drop with a 2-1 at Barrow, a 350 mile round-trip with the kids to watch the brilliant chaos of our season come to a beautiful insanely emotional end! Then to cap it all off I was interviewed on @bbc5live by football legend and hilarious pundit @chris.sutton9 & @1aaronpaul & sang a Newport County terrace classic, only to have Chris Sutton compliment my singing voice 😂😂 what a day! Back home now in Newport 🏴 after picking up @natcotti from what I’m sure to hear was an epic show with @harkashark 🔥🖤roll on next season! Up the County! 🧙♀️
Thea @thisisbrightr and Tom getting their message shouted out on @bbc5live this morning.
They left at 6am to travel to the @newportcountyafcofficial_ vs Barrow match and were absolutely buzzing. Everything to play for today and made even more poignant because Barrow was the last away game that Dad attended 🖤💛
Safe travels to those making the trip today.
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@idioteq_com absolutely nailed this feature/review of “Pob Lwc” thankyou sooo soo much you brilliant people 🖤
If you like reading awesomely written things follow this link and go do that about this: linked in biooo
If you’ve already given the two new songs a spin, thanks sooo much, if not, go onnnnn 🥹 you can find them wherever you like streaming your music or if you wanna buy it/download it it’s on bandcamp - links in bio
@sugarfreeuk
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My friends, if you’re awake then my new singles just dropped (that’s right twoooo!) and if you’re asleep, then well, my new singles just dropped 👌🔥 Pob Lwc is proper sad, but also a little uplifting, I’m tuned to FACGCE which was really fun and different for me, it’s also a bit @explosionsinthesky / @unwedsailor in places, as well as my usual gloomy emo poppy sorta thang, oh and it features a ‘blink and you’ll miss it’ vocal harmony couple of moments’ from my wife @natcotti of the brilliant @harkashark 🖤. My excellent friends at @sugarfreeuk are releasing it, which is lovely, go give their entire roster a listen because it’s exceptional. @reallybigreallyclever are on a UK tour right now too, so go see them. But yeh, new singles, errm available everywhere for streaming and my bandcamp for buying. Links in bio as always! Love ya 🖤 oh, keep an eye out for cool things from @alreadyheard & @idioteq_com toooo
ARTIST SPOTLIGHT: BRIGHTR
Kim and I came across Brightr by chance last year and immediately fell in love with their music. If you’re a fan of Dashboard Confessional, Owen, acoustic guitars, passionate vocals and early 2000’s emo, you would be doing yourself a disservice if you don’t check out Brightr’s records.
We were lucky enough to interview Laurie (the man behind the music) earlier this year about his roots, his inspirations, and much more. We’re very excited to share that interview with you now. You can check it out in full on our YouTube page (link in bio).
Just a reminder that gloom-pop maestro @thisisbrightr has a double single dropping on Thursday 16th April! You can pre-save ‘Pob Lwc’ now, link in the bio.
“In true Brightr fashion, these are both a deep dive into bleak and emotive lyricism, whilst proposing a twinkle of hope. Intricate, beautifully crafted guitar lines laced with huge vocals interlaced with dreamy harmonies, these two songs feel a lot more open, offering space for the deep lyrical content to breathe.”
Sorrrrry, a few mins later than 10am on account of being comatose from night working and oversleeping my alarm 😂 butttt, news!!!! I’m returning to Bournemouth for the first time in absolute yonks to play @ripperfestival 🌊 I have the pleasure of opening up the whole thing on Friday 11th September at @chaplinscellarbar alongside my buddies @thelonelysurf & @maxwelltheband 🔥 then the Saturday (12th) at @bearsbarandvenue is absolutely stacked with mates, including the mighty @weatherstate@hngmnuk@georgegadd@hrkruk & sooo many more great bands! All proceeds to @forestholmehospice 🖤 get your tickets nowwwwww (link in bio)
