THE VIRGINMARYS – SINGLE REVIEW

The Virginmarys – S.O.S.4.U.N.I. 

The Virginmarys - S.O.S.4.U.N.I.

Release Date: 1^st March 2019

I can’t believe nobody has called their band the Virginmarys before, it’s such a great rock’n’roll band name that it seems unlikely but this Macclesfield outfit have claimed the moniker for themselves and they are owning it. The new single, ‘S.O.S.4.U.N.I.’, is an urgent, twitchy and more than a little angry indie-rock track that fits in perfectly alongside a clutch of young British bands like the Velvet Hands, Jordan Allen and the Rezner. The duo behind this racked, Danny Dolan and Ally Dickarty, have a real sense of melody and raw energy but what sets them up well is that they have a way with words puts them up with that excellent early Arctic Monkeys material; “When you’ve drunk depression dry, the Catcher in the Rye, well I was lost inside crossing lines got a head like a landmine”. There is boredom, frustration, dissatisfaction and a whole lot of drive packed in to this song and we’re going to need a lot more like it with the way the world is heading. More please.

More information: https://www.facebook.com/TheVirginmarysOfficial/

Live Dates:

16^th February – Corporation, Sheffield w/Florence Black

17^th February – Phase One, Liverpool w/Florence Black

18^th February – The Yorkshire House, Lancaster w/Florence Black

19^th February – Sneaky Pete’s, Edinburgh

20^th February – The Underground, Stoke

21^st February – Flapper, Birmingham w/Blue Nation + Florence Black

22^nd February – Hobos Music Benue, Bridgend w/Florence Black

24^th February – The Junction, Plymouth w/Florence Black

26^th February – The Crauford Arms, Milton Keynes

27^th February – Joiners, Southampton

8^th April – Hafenklang, Hamburg

9^th April – Maze, Berlin

10^th April – Bastard Club, Osnabruck

11^th April – Pitcher, Dusseldorf

13^th April – Café Glocksee, Hannover

14^th April – Backstage Concerts GmbH, Munchen

24^th May – Lincolnshire Showground, Lincolnshire

1^st-2^nd June – Camden Rocks, London w/Frank Turner + Wheatus + Sonic Boom Six + New Model Army and more