Locks Brand New EP Tall Tales Will Be Released on 18th April
HE EP WILL BE PRECEDED BY HAUNTING NEW SINGLE ‘JARS’ ON 14TH APRIL
‘Mesmerising quality’ - Steve Lamacq, BBC6 Music
‘Dark Angels of Graveyard Blues’ – Chris Hawkins, BBC6 Music
London’s premiere spooky folk-blues troubadours LOCKS release their highly anticipated new EP, Tall Tales with the lead track JARS
Following a covid enforced hiatus LOCKS have returned with some of their strongest music to date. The Tom Waits-esque stomp of JARS uses gory imagery, rattled chains and an unnerving staccato riff to conjure a feeling of an undead cabaret performing in a dimly lit London club.
“I wrote it while wandering around Highgate Woods one day while listening to CocoRosie & Tom Waits, so there's a lot of those influences on my vocals” singer Locks Geary-Griffin explains. “The lyrics were inspired by historical witch trails, morbid nursery rhymes and the woods around me at the time. We sort of see this song as (previous single) NOLA’s big sister”
Tall Tales was written during covid and recorded throughout lockdown, a short 4 track sampling of what’s to come next. The band have taken a slight side-step from murder ballads and have compiled a collection of songs revolving around themes of deception, betrayal, revenge and, of course, death.
The EP was recorded with Alex McGown at Space Eko East recording studio (The Future Shape of Sound, Urban Voodoo Machine, Son of Dave, Jim Jones & The Righteous Mind). The band describe the studio as a curiosity cabinet, or like walking into their own collective subconscious. Strewn everywhere were skulls, taxidermy, old pianos, unrecognisable instruments, thick velvet curtains and sequinned mannequins. The whole place felt like a playground to the band and its off-kilter energy seeped pleasingly into the recordings.
“It was so much fun, we couldn’t wait to just try different things” Locks says of the experience. “Alex really encouraged us to experiment and let go of any set ideas. Listening back we can’t even remember how we made some of the sounds on the EP.”
As well as new music, 2023 sees the return of LOCKS to the live circuit with the EP launch party at The Finsbury on 5th April
More Praise for LOCKS
‘Archaic rumbling folk-blues ****’ - Rolling Stone, Germany
‘Skeletal blues collective release spine-chilling debut’ – Louder Than War
'Akin to the cinematic ghostliness of Nick Cave and Kate Bush, LOCKS masterfully weave eerie alt-folk with suspenseful blues rock, which they call skeletal blues.' - Ben Yung, The Revue
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