The Utopiates - The Sun Also Rises Release date: Friday, May 5th 2023 V2 Records A London-based onslaught of hypnotic, gargantuan grooves guaranteed to make you move.” Gigwise “Expect an irresistible, ongoing drumbeat, ablaze guitars, captivating vocals, and a huge bloodstream-boosting chorus. Premium debut!” Turn Up The Volume “Impressive and utterly compelling” Indie Buddie

"A hypnotic and kaleidoscopic onslaught of groove and guitars” Gigslutz

“London band, The Utopiates are the next generation born from the ashes of a much-loved era to rise with a modern twist” Shoplifters Union

Dubbed the band to watch in 2022 by cult indie promoter This Feeling, The Utopiates are a band in full force. Launched in January last year, they are already stacking up the accolades and the backing of legendary BBC Radio 6 Music DJ, Steve Lamacq. After a stomping stint supporting The Pigeon Detectives on their UK tour, they stormed the 10,000-reveller strong Shiiine On Weekender music festival. They’ve amassed over 80,000 streams, with fans racking up over a million views online and flocking to gigs around the UK during their headline tour in December 2021. Formed under the dark clouds of the pandemic, they’re riding this momentum with their first release of 2022, ‘Devolution’, out on the 11th Feb. This is the debut single from their forthcoming album, scheduled for release later this year. It follows their highly successful

breakthrough track Only Human by delving into some of humanity’s biggest problems today. Stylistically, it will keep fans moving with it’s bombastic rhythms accompanied by Talking Heads-esque guitar hooks and distorted keys which draw on Odelay era Beck. About single Making History they say: "Making History epitomises the confidence running through the band right now. From the get-go this project has been the self-fulfilling prophecy consuming our lives and ‘The Sun Also Rises’ will prove what we’ve always known. Making History was written from Dan’s bedroom at the dawning of The Utopiates and has basically become his mantra! ‘One day you’ll see, yeah they’ll look at me, I’m not up here making tunes I’m making history!’ Says it all really. It’s a big F-you to the quiet life and a rallying cry to the masses; get behind us, cos it’s happening!” This is a band that’s confident in their sound and unafraid to push their output to new heights in 2022. No longer recording tracks in frontman Dan Popplewell’s bedroom, The Utopiates have found a new base at the Nave Studios in Leeds with producer Andy

Hawkins. On ‘Devolution’ the band continue to finesse their unique brand of psychedelic grooves to maximum effect. This is a marker for what to expect from the band in this, their inevitable breakthrough year.

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