'The trumpet on this is amazing!' That was the text we got on BBC Introducing from Stoke from Mark in Newcastle-under-Lyme when we played Racing Glaciers for the first time on the radio on the 5th October 2012.
The band from South Cheshire had sent a track they'd recorded in their living room in via the BBC Introducing Uploader and to be fair, Mark had a point. Since that day, things have gone pretty well for the lads. After releasing a debut EP, the band progressed from a week on the Radio 1 BBC Introducing playlist to performing on the BBC Introducing stage at Radio 1's Big Weekend in Glasgow. Their track, Moths, is one of the best songs I’ve ever heard.
It’s amazing to think that they’ve also been on the soundtrack to two huge Hollywood films (Transformers: Age of Extinction and Aloha) plus the cult America TV show Suits - not bad for an unsigned band from South Cheshire! A particularly surreal moment was seeing their name in the credits to the Transformers film whilst on a flight to my holiday last year. I'm not afraid to say I welled up with pride.
Looking to the future, the boys moved in together and spent 10 weeks locked away in the remains of a Royalist stronghold in Lancashire recording their debut album. The tracks I’ve heard so far give you a lot to be excited about. Ahead of their UK tour, I brought them back on my programme to play a very special gig, which you can watch in full below.
