Umarells save the day

UmarellsShare new track ‘Closer’
Taken from the upcoming 7” ‘You’re Not Here / Closer’
Released on Fear of Missing Out Records on 3rd November 2023

(hi-res here. Credit Mat Coffey)
Following support from DIY, NME, So Young, God Is In The TV, For The Rabbits and more for debut track ‘You’re Not Here’, Manchester’s newest dream-pop purveyors Umarells are sharing their second single 'Closer'-  taken from the upcoming 7-inch single released 3rd November 2023 via Fear of Missing Out Records.
Tinged with the melancholy of a falling leaf, yet retaining an auburn warmth, Closer combines dream-worlds with the changing of seasons - coming in like an unearthed UMO & cruush team up.“I wrote closer around the autumn time during lockdown, I was inspired a lot about nature having spent more time outside.” Imogen explains. “I also combined this with the feeling of dreaming, how quickly things can change and mutate and your brain just accepts it. The lyric ‘closer to me’ applies to submitting yourself completely to this melancholy world, allowing yourself to just be.”Listen to Closer

Despite members of Umarells being old friends from school, university flatmates and even colleagues at an Indian restaurant for years - it was a spontaneous trip to the seaside town of Blackpool that re-ignited the musical flame within these four friends.
Their humble beginnings hark back to Josh Yeung (Vocals / Guitar) and Imogen Badrock (Vocals / Synth) getting home from working at the Indian restaurant and making demo’s into the wee hours. “We made a dumb song about a type of lemonade that was sold at the restaurant we worked at.” Josh explains. “It went quite well for a piss-take so thought we should try writing music properly”
After a couple of years where life (& covid) got in the way, it was only after a fateful night on the Blackpool strip that they decided to finish some of the sketches they’d put together. They brought in Imogen’s old flatmate Ryan Marsden on bass and Josh’s old school friend Sarah Knowles on drums. The resulting sound is an amalgamation of their combined influences - the blissed out shoegaze of Beach House; the hushed vocal deliveries of Crumb and the analogue warmth of Unknown Mortal Orchestra.
Umarells take their name from the Italian word for retired men who watch construction sites - offering unwelcome advice to the workers. However, with their dulcet introspections and arms-wide-open sound, these four friends are a very welcome new sound indeed.

DIY - “Delicate synths dance around sauntering drums, as woozy harmonies evoke the track artwork’s pastel shades of pinks and blues… an intriguing introduction to this Manchester quartet.”

God Is In The TV - “..dappling guitars that sound like raindrops on a window pane and twinkling percussion that carefully steps between the cracks on the pavement. Gorgeous”

For The Rabbits - “Umarells feel onto something special, a fresh sound in Manchester’s rich musical tapestry, and one well worth keeping an ear on in the months and years to come.”

Side 1 - You’re Not Here
Side 2 - Closer

Live Dates
4th Nov- Yes Basement, Manchester
2nd Dec - SOUP, Manchester
12th Jan - Yes Basement, Machester
3rd Feb  - Victoria, London

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