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Cherrypicked by This Feeling and Scotts
Gallagher-tested, Gallagher-approved, This Feeling have been a mainstay in promoting the latest indie bands from around the UK for years. They've tipped, among many others, Catfish and the Bottlemen and Blossoms, helping them reach as many people as possible with their career-firing tours.
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In February, they lended us their expertise in the newest of the new in indie, publishing their annual 'Big In' list with us. Now, here, you'll find one of those bands spotlighted every week. Get to know them a bit better and have a listen to their latest tune. This week, it's Crystal Tides!
Name: Crystal Tides
Location: Portsmouth
Describe yourselves in 5 words...
Indie hooks you won't forget.
Who are your favourite This Feeling bands chosen for Big In this year?
The Royston club - unreal band, great sound! And The Chase - cracking band got some sweet tunes!
Favourite album from the 60s, 70s, 80s, 90s, 00s and recent?
60's - Sgt Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band - The Beatles
70's - Queen - Queen
80's - The Gift - The Jam
90's - What's The Story (Morning Glory) -Oasis
00's - No Love Lost - The Rifles
Latest - really digging Tom Grennan's new album
What inspired you to start a band?
I think for me personally I got pretty inspired by my parents and all the bands they listened to when I was younger. I didn't really go to many gigs when I was really young.. think my first live show was Busted (it was amazing) but as I hit my teens I would just be trying to go to gigs and gig myself all the time.. seeing the big performers have that connection with the crowd sucked me in I think and made me want it for myself!
What's your favourite part of performing live?
Definitely the crowd. Don't get me wrong nothing beats playing your own songs with your best mates on a stage but it's all about the crowd! When you're both just vibing together, they're singing your words with you.. it really is amazing. Makes me sad to think we haven't been able to do it in so long!
Tell us about your latest release. What do you have coming up?
Our new single 'Last Time' came out on 16 April and is probably my favourite single off of our upcoming EP Eat Your Words. It's high energy, it's exciting, it's catchy and relatable! We've all got a friend who keeps going back to the wrong person, right?
Our big thing upcoming is our EP Eat Your Words. It's our debut EP...and we are just so excited to get it out there! We put so much work into making it sound amazing and we can't believe how well it's come out! We’ve only done singles before so it's great to release a big block of songs that we can start gigging again soon (hopefully).
See Crystal Tides live. Tickets here:
NOVEMBER
06 - London, Water Rats
18 - Oxford, The Bullingdon
20 - Manchester, Off The Square
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