Circa Waves

Circa Waves is a British indie rock band formed in Liverpool, UK in 2013. The band consists of Kieran Shudall (vocals, guitar), Sam Rourke (bass), Colin Jones (drums) and Joe Falconer (guitar). The band released a double-A side single late in 2013, featuring "Get Away" and "Good For Me" and an EP launch in mid 2014 (Young Chasers EP) on the Transgressive label. The band's debut album,Young Chasers, was released on March 30, 2015 on the Virgin EMI label and was produced by Dan Grech. Harriet Gibsone in the Guardian described the album as having "traces of We Are Scientists, the Kooks, the Libertines and Razorlight". It features the title track from their 2014 Young Chasers EP, as well as the singles "T-Shirt Weather" and "Fossils". The band's second album, Different Creatures, was released on March 10, 2017, on the Virgin EMI label and was produced by Alan Moulder and Kieran Shudall. After releasing three different singles ("Wake Up", "Fire That Burns" and "Stuck"), the band came up with a deeper and more mature composition that keeps the first album's energy adding more meaningful lyrics and unusual instruments like violins and cellos. On 5 April 2019 the band released their third studio album titled, What's It Like Over There?, to critical success. It was supported by the singles, "Times Won't Change Me", "Movies", and "The Way We Say Goodbye". The album earned critical acclaim for its mix of indie and pop rock, as well as the experimentation by the band. It peaked at Number 10 on the UK Albums Chart. On 19 November 2019 the band released the single "Jacqueline" via BBC Radio 1. The single was accompanied by the announcement of their fourth studio album Sad Happy. The album was released in two parts, with the 'Happy' side released in January 2020 and the 'Sad' side followed in March 2020. According to the band, the double album concept "represents two sides of this tech-saturated, highly insecure age".

2013年5月，彼时还是一名吉他手和歌手的 Keiran Shuddall 在英国利物浦成立了英国独立摇滚乐队 Circa Waves。在多年混迹于数个无望的车库乐队之后，他下定决心要开始认真而专注地追寻音乐梦想。在创作了一些歌曲并在网上发布之后，Keiran 招募了吉他手 Joe Falconer,、贝斯手 Sam Rourke 以及鼓手 Sian Plummer，随后乐队在英国和欧洲举行了一些现场演出。他们的音乐风格受到美国独立摇滚乐队 The Strokes 和英国独立摇滚乐队 The Vaccines 的影响，激进而充满律动感，深受大众喜爱。也因此引起了一些唱片公司的注意，最终签约 Transgressive Records。2013年年底，乐队推出首支 double-A-side 单曲《Get Away/Good for Me》，随后立即被 BBC 1 台的知名音乐评论家和 DJ Zane Lowe评为“全球热单”。2015年 Circa Waves 通过厂牌 Virgin/EMI 发行首张全时长专辑《Young Chasers》，专辑首次亮相之后好评如潮，这也给予乐队更多的信心，于是在巡演结束之后，他们便一头扎进录音棚开始创作新的音乐作品。终于在2017年3月，第二张专辑《Different Creatures》问世。