Track of the week: Alex Sender by Queen's Pleasure
April Album of the Month
Artist: London Grammar Album Title: Californian Soil
Release Date: 16th April 2021
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2021 Best Band Radar
Featured Artist: Oceans on Mars
1) How would you describe your music and your past releases?
I would say our music is heavy alternative rock. But with our latest single Mirror we’ve tried to capture our grunge 90s influence through the track.
2) Tell us about yourself and about your music journey so far ?
Our band started around 4 years ago, originally as a cover band until deciding we wanted to perform original songs. This is when I (Angus Scott, lead guitarist) wrote Seal and People In My Head which started our journey off. Since then the balls just kept rolling and we’ve collected fans along the way!
3) Moving into 2021, have you got any new music releases for this year?
We are planning our biggest year yet with releases so stay tuned! Mirror is just the start of it.
4) What are you looking forward to the most in 2021?
Looking forward to being on stage and actually being able to perform in front of a crowd, we had so much cancelled in 2020 so we want to make sure as many of the gigs we should’ve played will be back.
5) Which Oceans on Mars track would you suggest everyone should check out today?
I would suggest everyone should check out Mirror, our latest release! It’s been a step into the right direction for us. It’s showing influences from Queens Of The Stone Age, Nirvana and Sound Garden and we are happy with how this track has turned out.
6) Where can our readers find out more about you ?
Here’s our socials.
Instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/theoceansonmars/?hl=en
Facebook:
https://m.facebook.com/theoceansonmars/
Twitter:
https://mobile.twitter.com/theoceansonmars?lang=en
Spotify:
https://open.spotify.com/artist/6U3IEk3l2n2plhZsYF7P2s?si=YWgXWNRfRLeb4ieQa1uYow
YouTube:
2020 live gig of the year
Editors in Birmingham
You can be forgiven in thinking live music never happened in 2020, but it did and we here at Off the Hook Music witnessed Editors provide a flawless performance of there career spanning tour of Black Gold.
One of the worlds most amazing must see bands live, Editors sent us down memory lane to all of their wonderful breath taking record, proving their a band that will never get old.
2020 Album of the Year
In Waiting By Pillow Queens
It's unbelievable that In Waiting is Pillow Queens debut album, so accomplished with every element having a polished and mature sense of belonging, A perfect record to escape the crazy year of 2020, we can't tell you how much we love the raw and powerful song Liffey perfect in everyway.
2020 EP of the Year
State of Serenity by All Smiles in Wonderland
All Smiles In Wonderland have a lot going for them. Their disarming and emotionally honest lyrics are delivered with great vocals and expertly delivered musicianship.
2020 Single of the YEAR
Gorilla Man by Faux Pas
Haunting, disturbing but at the same time beautiful with heartfelt meaning. A modern classic and our best sound of 2020, if you haven’t listened to this track yet you need too. Your year is not complete till you have fallen in love with this track.
Venue of the Year 2019
Venue: Moles Club, Bath
With a rich history Moles Club is a Icon in the UK music scene, this year the venue has had an amazing year. Artist's have come far and wide to entertain the good people of the south west, they've all preformed for a very reasonable price.
For anyone who has been able to step inside Moles Club they get confronted with a Wall of Fame, this year artists like The Pale Whites, October Drift, Red Rum Club, Annabel Allum and Soeur have stated their claim to have their names inked on the walls next to Radiohead, Blur and Idles.
We can't wait for next year to see what new bands make their way to Bath and show us their musical talents.
2019 Festival Moment of the year
Artist: Idles
If there was ever a better time for people to give a message of hope, gratitude to our fellow humans some call them foreigners, the importance of the NHS and the need for openly talking about mental health and addiction then I don't know when better will be. But the beauty of the Idles is the way they deliver this message through a identifiable emotion which everyone can understand, as the language is in context with what we can all feel during our lives. So thank you
Stage: Park Stage at Glastonbury
2019 Gig of the year
Artist: October Drift
An unbelievable gig was delivered by October Drift in early May as part of the Thekla's birthday bash.
The atmosphere was electric in The Thekla as October Drift sold out the venue, October Drift delivers a full energy experience each and every time they step on stage. But on this night the energy was at a different level and it rippled through the crowd.
Watch out in January as this exciting band releases their debut Album Forever Whatever, if you haven't pre ordered the album yet we recommend you treat yourself.
Venue: Thekla, Bristol
Album of the Year
Artist: The Mute Group
The Mute Group met and live in Nashville, Tennessee, the band are made up of John Westberry, Ryan LaFave, Zachary Gresham, and Amy Gill. They have produced a sound which is so unusual and obscure, thats is nothing short of brilliant. They describe their sound as ‘music that skews less vintage than ancient, medieval geologic. These are songs that might just as easily ward off the evil eye as entertain.’ This is a band which you can share with your friends and they will marvel in your well rounded musical appreciation while thanking you in the process.
The Mute Group has done what many bands have failed to do, they have maintained their unique sound from the first track to the last and that is what makes you happy that you have been engulfed into the abstract world of The Mute Group and their album Sinister Hand