After a series of independent single and EP releases, West Coast based raucous rockers LOWLIVES have announced their signing to SPINEFARM MUSIC Drummer Luke Johnson says:
“We started this band with almost zero expectations. We just wanted to write music. At that point we weren’t even sure if this band would play live. Since then it’s been a complete 180. A hard path of pulling favours, blagging shows, putting songs out with very little help, besides a select few who saw the vision. To be here today, with a release partner like Spinefarm is such an achievement for us. We couldn’t be more excited to work with a world-class team.”
Accompanying the signing announcement is new single “Liar”.
“I wrote Liar right in the middle of the first Covid lockdown” states Guitarist/Vocalist Lee Downer.“Once the panic had kinda settled down, the song came together in about 10 minutes. Lyrically it started out about putting on a brave face pretending that I was OK throughout it when I probably wasn’t… almost convincing myself that everything would be alright. When we worked on the demo I’d written at Luke’s studio, we wrote the rest of the lyrics and it became more about being someone you’re not. Feeling like you don’t fit in to the point of creating a fake world in an attempt to feel more comfortable. You really want to tell the truth, but you’re bought in to the lies so much that they have become your own personal truth.”
Check out the video here https://youtu.be/MN_PdsIyUKk
The song is available to stream and download here: http://LOWLIVES.lnk.to/LIAR
LOWLIVES released their debut EP “Burn Forever” before embarking on their first ever tour. Scheduled to support THE USED, the band found themselves in Europe with no shows to play after the headliners were forced to cancel last minute. Immediately getting on the phone and calling in favours from contacts they’d built in their respective former bands, the determined four piece managed to book themselves two weeks’ worth of shows including a packed out headline appearance at London’s Black Heart, and managed to fit in a live recording session for Daniel P Carter’s Radio One Rockshow at the BBC’s Maida Vale studios.
LOWLIVES returned to Europe that summer for the rescheduled THE USED tour and festival appearances including Reading & Leeds.
Further DIY efforts to tap into their network saw the band hit the road on both sides of the Atlantic with the likes of NEW YEARS DAY, THE DIRTY NIL, PLAGUE VENDOR and SAOSIN to name a few.
With new material in the pipeline and a powerhouse record label behind them to build on their solid foundations, the world is about to find out just how high LOWLIVES can go.
LOWLIVES are:
Lee Downer – Vocals/Guitar
Jaxon Moore – Guitar
Steve Lucarelli – Bass
Luke Johnson – Drums
Links:
www.wearelowlives.com
https://www.youtube.com/c/lowlives
https://twitter.com/wearelowlives
https://www.instagram.com/lowlives/
https://www.facebook.com/wearelowlives
