The Rills announce debut album ‘Don’t Be A Stranger’ with euphoric single ‘Angel In The Snow’
The Rills have introduced the upcoming launch of their debut album ‘Don’t Be A Stranger’, alongside a rousing new single ‘Angel In The Snow’.
Earlier this 12 months, the Lincoln band launched the one ‘I Don’t Wanna Be’, which they described as “a story of unapologetic self-affirmation and outgrowing the restricted mentality of small-town residing.”
Now, they’ve shared their forthcoming debut album’s closing monitor. ‘Angel In The Snow’ sees them depart on a bittersweet observe, full with anthemic guitars and poignant lyricism. “Angel within the snow, you’ll be able to’t soften away / By no means seen once more, however I do know you received’t,” vocalist Mitch Spencer sings within the refrain.
“The overriding feeling I get from this track is hope,” says Spencer. “It’s one of many extra melancholic songs on the report, however there’s a way of closure to it. It’s definitive.” He describes the monitor as “the most effective snapshot of the entire album: self-aware, angsty however in the end hopeful.”
‘Don’t Be A Stranger’ is because of be launched on November 1 by way of AWAL and Good Swan Recordings. You may pre-order here.
Try ‘Angel In The Snow’ under, in addition to the ‘Don’t Be A Stranger’ art work and tracklist.
The ‘Don’t Be A Stranger’ tracklist is:
- ‘Seasick’
- ‘I Don’t Wanna Be’
- ‘Drive’
- ‘Your Dad’s Automobile’
- ‘Mistake’
- ‘POV’
- ‘Bones’
- ‘Dream Of You’
- ‘Sirens’
- ‘Stranger’
- ‘Angels In The Snow’
In 2021, the band spoke to NME about how rising up in Lincoln has impacted their music. Quoting his heroes, Bassist Callum Warner Webb advised us that Arctic Monkeys’ 2006 track ‘Perhaps Vampires Is A Bit Strong But…’ sums up the place he feels The Rills are at.
“Alex Turner is singing about getting recommendation from individuals telling them to only do gigs at native pubs,” he says. “That makes you assume, ‘No, I’m not going to restrict myself to a scenario the place it is sensible to be in a band in a small city. I’m going to utterly go towards that and run with this concept – even when it kills me’.”
The band’s final EP, ‘After Style’ obtained a 4 star overview from NME. In that, Andrew Trendell wrote: “[Spencer’s] voice is rife with a cracking and poetic indie troubadour vulnerability not dissimilar to Pete Doherty in solo or early Babyshambles mode as he tries to navigate flailing romance from the automobile park of Lincoln’s central and overpriced cinema.
“Talking as a fellow Yellowbelly Lincolnite, this author has actually been there, however you don’t have to have seen our Cathedral metropolis to get goosebumps when that shock mandolin kicks in and makes small city life really feel all of the extra epic.”