The Step – Stay Awake
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| The Step - Stay Awake |
Release Date: 28th October 2016
The Step are a London based duo
but from their names (Stefano Donato and Oliviero Aldous Fella) I’m guessing
they’re not London natives (who is though, really?). New single ‘Stay Awake’ is
a gorgeous slice of epic indie fitting in with the likes of Coldplay, Keane,
Bastille or a European version of the Killers (i.e. slightly less showy). A
skipping beat, undulating guitars and the kinds of vocals that you might expect
from Brett Anderson if he was a little less hyped up all combine to make
something full of passion and power with a sense of the desperate around the
fringes. There’s also an excellent if slightly perplexing video accompanying
the single which I always applaud – music videos can be so one dimensional
these days.
More information: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KRm5IdjEJhI&feature=youtu.be
Live Dates:
23rd October – Sofar Sounds, Cambridge
29th October – The Camden Assembly, London
5th November – Listen Up for Stroke @ The
Finsbury, London
12th December – Sofar Sounds, Leeds