The Subways are back! Welwyn Garden City’s finest return with a special one off summer single ‘My Heart Is Pumping to a Brand New Beat’ on June 23rd, via the bands own label YFE (Young For Eternity) Records. Check out the amazing video below.
The video was created by Steven Mertens, a director and animator based in Los Angeles. Employing the “multi-plane” method first developed by Walt Disney Studios in the 1930’s, Steven creates fantastic worlds and abstract stories from cut out paper. Before starting his career in animation, he toured extensively as a session bass player with The Moldy Peaches, Adam Green, and Here We Go Magic, among others.
Written, produced and mixed by Billy, the single will be released to mark 10 years since they won the Glastonbury Emerging Talent Competition as an unsigned act with an average age of just 17. The new logo and single artwork was designed by a Hungarian fan – who originally contacted the band via Facebook. The band loved the results so much they have asked her to design their next album cover.
Having recently broken new ground by playing South Africa & Russia, their recent UK live return saw a packed out performance at The Great Escape Festival, headlining Concorde 2 on the Saturday night, their first UK show in almost a year. Alongside Glastonbury, the band recently headlined the Camden Rocks Festival in London, and have a main stage slot at this year's Hurricane / Southside Festival in Germany,
They are currently residing in Brussels writing songs for what will be their 4th album.
Billy Lunn on ‘My Heart Is Pumping to a Brand New Beat’: “I wrote this song because I wanted to capture the power of the dancefloor, the music and the people! Hopefully it'll get the moshpit pumping and everyone up for a good time!”
Upcoming live dates:
May/June 2014
Jun 07, Open Air Am Berg, Eichstatt, Germany
Jun 20, Hurricane Festival, Scheessel, Germany
Jun 21, Southside Festival, Neuhausen Ob Eck, Germany
Jun 29, Glastonbury Festival, Pilton, UK
October Headline Tour
1st Oct, Colchester Arts Centre
2nd Oct, Gloucester Guildhall
4th Oct Guildford Boileroom
5th Oct Portsmouth Wedgewood Rooms
7th Oct Exeter Cavern
8th Oct Cardiff Clwb Ifor Bach
10th Oct Swansea Static
11th Oct Coventry Kasbah
13th Oct Cork Cyprus Avenue
14th Oct Dublin Academy 2
15th Oct Belfast Limelight 2
17th Oct Wakefield Hop
18th Oct York Fibbers
20th Oct Newcastle O2 Academy
21st Oct Edinburgh Electric Circus
22nd Oct Glasgow King Tuts
24th Oct Aberdeen Tunnels
25th Oct Preston 53 Degrees
27th Oct Derby Venue
28th Oct Peterborough Met Lounge
29th Oct Cambridge Portland Arms
31st Oct Oxford O2 Academy
1st Nov Norwich Owl Sanctuary
Ticket info at www.thesubways.net [http://www.thesubways.net/]
