Durham’s Twister have formally announced a name change to Juliet’s Not Dead, and with it a new high energy rocker of a single, ‘Thrillseekers‘, the first track from an upcoming album set for release in February 2025.
The band also heads out on a UK tour this autumn under their new moniker, that will see them include their first new music since their 2022 EP Only The Strong Survive.
Vocalist/guitarist Stevie Stoker said: “It feels so good to release ‘Thrillseekers’. It sets the tone for where we want to take this album. As it’s the start of a new era for us as a band, we approached this album with a view to accentuate everything we are about. This is the song to set things off with a bang!”
Regarding the name change he commented, “This is probably the biggest decision we’ve ever made as a band, having gone under the Twister banner for so long. But following the completion of our new album with Romesh (Dodangoda, as producer) it just felt time to evolve, to kick it up, to create a brand that better represents our sound. It was hard to take the plunge but now it’s done it feels great. We love our new name and I now need another tattoo!”
He added, “We will still be playing Twister songs, they are now just Juliet’s Not Dead songs and when coupled with the new material folks will see that growth and natural progression. These are exciting times for us, not that we were jaded or treading water but the new material sounds fresh and takes us to another level. Now we get to show our fans and hopefully gain some new ones too. We’ve spent so long perfecting this show and now we absolutely can’t wait to get out there and play for everyone.
Commenting on the new album he said: “I love this album, not only do I think it’s the best music we’ve ever written, but it was also the most enjoyable writing and recording process I’ve ever been a part of. Me and Jack wrote for most of 2023. We were even recording demos while on tour round Europe. We started by having the right production team and approaching it with a clear view of what we wanted the final result to be. Romesh and the boys at Longwave made our job easy and we literally smiled and laughed our way through it.”
Since the release tour for single ‘Don’t Play Nice’ in April 2022, Juliet’s Not Dead – featuring Stoker and the aforementioned Jack (Corbett, on drums and vocals), alongside Dan King on guitar and vocals and Niall Whittaker bass and vocals – has been crushing live performances. After raising over £6,000 for music charities during the pandemic the boys took crowds by storm on two self-promoted UK headline tours in 2022, selling over 2000 tickets in the process. With single ‘Secrets’ getting to #1 in the iTunes rock charts as well as being track of the week on Planet Rockand and also had significant air time on BBC, following similar success with previous releases, their stock is rising rapidly. As well as two UK support tours and countless festivals, 2023 saw the band tour all over Europe and play in a total of 11 countries, and they can’t wait for what is to come next!.
‘Thrillseekers‘ can be ordered here and you can check out the video here at RAMzine. Tickets for shows can be ordered here, and more dates than those listed below may be added.
