LUCIA release video for new single Blue Heart directed by frontwoman Lucia Fairfull
'There’s noise coming from Scotland that can’t be ignored right now—it sounds like classic, unadulterated rock and roll, and it belongs to LUCIA' - NYLON
Having kicked off the year in style with the release of their new single Blue Heart, as featured on Spotify UK’s New Music Friday, Glaswegian indie-rock four-piece LUCIA today release the video for Blue Heart, which was directed by the band’s frontwoman Lucia Fairfull alongside Michael Roddy, Ross ImaIach and Ronan Park. Lucia has been heavily involved in the direction of all of the band's videos to date. Watch Blue Heart HERE
Speaking about the video she explains, "The Blue Heart video is expressing what happens when you feel trapped in a toxic bubble. People can easily hide how they feel on the outside, whilst their true feelings eat them up on the inside."
Blue Heart was released on February 1st through Sweet Jane Recordings. Produced by Jim Abbiss (Arctic Monkeys, Adele) and mixed by Charlie Holmes and Mark “Spike” Stent (Beyonce, Ed Sheeran, Muse, Arcade Fire, Florence, Lady Gaga) Blue Heart is brimming with energy. It’s a powerful return from LUCIA who were hailed one of NME’s 100 for 2019. Listen to Blue Heart here - https://orcd.co/blueheart
Blue Heart is the follow up to LUCIA’s Cheap Talk EP, which was released in November ‘18. Also produced by Jim Abbiss (Arctic Monkeys, Adele) and mixed by Craig Silvey (Arcade Fire, Florence) the EP features their critically acclaimed singles Summertime and Cheap Talk. Having already clocked up over a million streams, it had support from Radio 1’s Annie Mac, Jack Saunders, Huw Stephens who exalted “this is as good as indie gets”, and Phil Taggart plus BBC Introducing, Radio X, Amazing Radio amongst others.
Media advocates for LUCIA, come by way of Sunday Brunch, NME, NYLON, Shortlist, DIY, The Independent, Drowned in Sound who hailed them “one of the UK’s brightest young bands,” Wonderland, The Line of Best Fit, CLASH, DORK, BBC’s Music Live, Euphoria Magazine, Record of the Day, Spindle Magazine to name a few. They’ve also picked up numerous Spotify and Apple Music playlist adds including New Music Friday (UK), All New All Now, Hot New Bands (Cover), New Noise (Global), All New Rock (Global), Indie List much more.
Listen to the Cheap Talk EP: SOUNDCLOUD / ALL STREAMING / RETAIL SERVICES.
After an incredible 12 months for the Scottish band, 2019 is set to be a MASSIVE year for LUCIA. Having played just shy of 100 gigs in 2018 with; 19+ festival dates; including SXSW, TGE, Latitude, TRNSMT Boardmasters, Neighbourhood to name a few, plus UK support tours with We Are Scientists and Estrons and closing the year out by playing BBC Introducing’s Great Escape First Fifty showcase in London, which aired on Huw Stephen’s Radio 1 show on Sunday evening things continue apace in 2019 with an another intense period of live activity including; Radar Festival, SXSW, Hit The North, The Great Escape and supporting Marsicans on Abbie McCarthy’s Good Karma Club tour in April.
02/03/2019 Radar Festival, Zurich, Switzerland
12/03/2019 SXSW, ATC, The British Music Embassy, Latitude 30, Austin, Texas
02/04/2019 Good Karma Club, Rough Trade, Bristol
03/04/2019 Good Karma Club, Mama Roux's, Birmingham, UK
04/04/2019 Good Karma Club, Joiners, Southampton, UK
05/04/2019 Good Karma Club, Dingwalls, London, UK
06/04/2019 - 07/04/2019 Brewdog, Aberdeen, UK
11/04/2019 Good Karma Club, Stereo, Glasgow, UK
12/04/2019 Good Karma Club, Think Tank, Newcastle, UK
13/04/2019 Good Karma Club, Rock City Basement, Nottingham, UK
03/05/2019 Club Achtung! Q-Factory, Amsterdam, Netherlands
05/05/2019 Hit the North, Newcastle, UK (LUCIA)
10/05/2019 The Great Escape, Brighton, UK
21/05/2019 Hopscotch, Sebright Arms, London, UK
26/05/2019 Bearded Theory Festival, Derbyshire, UK
With the sweetness of bubblegum pop, the easy swagger of classic college rock, Phil Spector’s widescreen ambition, and the gritty rumblings of the best riot grrrl and grunge, LUCIA have won the hearts of music-lovers, critics and fellow artists with just a couple of releases and a few years of non-stop touring. This is modern rock n’ roll driven by instinct alone. The perfect soundtrack for a teenage dream.
LUCIA are: Lucia Fairfull (voxs & guitar), Hamish Fingland (guitar), Ali Scott (drums) and Chris Ballantyne (bass)
‘Blue Heart’ is out February 1st on Sweet Jane Recordings
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