Funeral Shakes

Description

When would you ever want to hear a song about people whove lived happily ever after? Never! You want to listen to the negative stuff, all wrapped up in a happy tune. Funeral Shakes guitarist Simon Barker is the first one to admit that his new bands self-titled debut album is not for those who bask in the glory of love. You know, like Peter Ceteras saccharin anthem from The Karate Kid Part II. Nope. Theyre songs for those whove taken a proper beating by heartache, picked themselves up, dusted themselves off and limped home. But first, a little backstory. The Smoking Hearts were a five-piece rock n roll band who promised to bring excitement wherever they went. But after two outstanding albums 2010s Pride Of Nowhere and its 2013 follow-up Victory! Barker and bassist Calvin Roffey realised their new ideas had no place in the band. There was no point in trying to shoehorn them into The Smoking Hearts rough-and-tumble, boisterous rock n roll. These new ideas had melodies, a different slant. It was time, then, to try a different tack.

One day we were like, Wouldnt it be great if we had no limits to what we could do?, says Roffey. We looked at each other and went maybe theres not thats when Funeral Shakes was born. The thing was, Funeral Shakes had no singer. Roffey who provided back ups in The Smoking Hearts took up the mantle of vocalist (mainly because Barker didnt want to) and found himself to be very capable of singing while providing the bands low-end rumble. The line-up was quickly enlisted Gallows Lee Barratt after a chance meeting at a Metz show. Soon after, Em Foster, who herself had released a debut album under the moniker Nervus, joined as guitarist.