The Fades - Invite you to listen to their 'Night Terrors' album!!!!

The Fades are ready to give you 'Night Terrors' !!!

South London Post Punks The Fades are back with their new album 'Night Terrors', a bunch of Garage Rock future classics written during and after lockdown. These songs pack a punch and capture the sometimes manic and sometimes reflectively inspiring nature of modern life!, with DJ's like Steve Lamacq, John Kennedy and Marc Riley supporting various releases and glowing write ups in Louder than War, Fresh on The Net and alike throughout their career. The Fades are a band who’ve consistently turned adversity to their advantage, finding the best in life while not taking themselves too seriously.

Available in eye catching green vinyl in a gatefold sleeve with distinctive artwork by London artist Jimp, 'Night Terrors' includes the singles 'You follow me Around' and 'Lost my Job' which have enjoyed support and coverage from Radio X, Vive Le Rock and a whole heap of other specialist Rock shows and guitar loving blogs. It was recorded at Brixton Hill Studios, around the corner from South London music mecca The Windmill and was produced by Stephen Gilchrist known also for being the drummer in Graham Coxon’s band. Opening track on the album is 'Time is Right' is a straight ahead instrumental Punk jam that sees the band gushing with joy at being able to play live in a room together again, after being locked down for so long. As the title says… the time is right to move forward and get on with living again!.

Next up is the recent single 'You follow me Around' a raucous Indie Post-Punk blast of Alternative Pop, recalling the time when lead singer Dave Lightfoot was stalked by both an ex-partner and his own cat clambering for affection around his home. A sort of dual experience of enforced attention from very different sources. The tempo then drops on 'The Pessimist' which lyrically plays on the album title’s theme of things that can sometimes haunt us all in the middle of the night complete with ghoulish guitar feedback and Sabbath esque guitar throughout. 'Drives me On' is a track about friends who help you get out of a rut, while the other single on the album 'Lost my Job' is based on a real-life situation and having to deal with selling your stuff on eBay to make it through!.

Following on is 'People in General' with its tale of two halves in which you come to realise that although ‘people in general’ can frustrate you, they can also be quite wonderful at times. Having kicked off with a stomping guitar riff the track breaks down half way through into a Psychedelic monologue by Les ‘Fruitbat’ Carter from Carter USM no less! Title track Night Terrors with its rolling guitar riff takes a more long term approach as section by section it builds to a Psychedelic climax like when you finally drift off to sleep and your thoughts escape you.

Known It All Along continues the theme of anxiety & paranoia, mistrusting people’s intentions and TeleVision takes the listener on a long and winding instrumental journey before a lyric about letting go of all the bullshit in your life comes to carry you to a discordant end. Closing track Wake Up Generation finishes the album on a more light-hearted & positive theme around not thinking your life away but enjoying the moment before it’s too late. Now a bit of history… in true punk DIY style, The Fades recorded their debut single above a chip-shop on the Staines Road in West London. It was quickly picked up by Steve Lamacq who played it on national radio & soon a buzz was building around the band.

Then explosive gigs with bands like Ocean colour Scene, Bloc Party, The Mystery Jets and Art Brut which gained them a reputation for raucous mayhem, including a penchant for multi band clothes swapping on stage. Next up, US Indie label Cranky Girl Records arranged for an East Coast tour of the States alongside some American releases, which all culminated in a whirlwind of gigs, parties and scintillating scotoma. Buoyed on by a new found enthusiasm when they Sold Out!!! of their 2020 vinyl album Ragnarok and embracing the ‘new reality’ of working from home during lockdown with many a remote writing session, the band went back into the studio to do it all again and thus 'Night Terrors' was born.

Check Out! the Video for 'You follow me Around' Below...