Last year ended on a high for Manchester’s Rolla as they hit arenas with Kasabian, opened for local legend Shaun Ryder, and were highlighted at No. 5 on The Sun’s 23 For 23 new artist run-down.
Their previous single ‘Ease My Mind’ provided a taste of their potential, with the band firing elements of The Verve, The Sex Pistols and Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, leading to their first national airplay courtesy of John Kennedy at Radio X as well as a key tastemaker tip from Rolling Stone.
All that’s in the bag, so what’s next for Rolla? A triple-shot of big moments, starting with today’s announcement of their upcoming single ‘Hey You’ set to release 17th March Golden Robot Records. They will then drop their debut EP Nothing Less Than Everything on April 5th embarking upon a UK headline tour the following week.
Rolla recently promised that they’re stepping up to be “bigger, louder and brighter than ever before” and ‘Hey You’ is intended to live up to that mission statement. It distils a wealth of iconic rock reference points into one incendiary modern package.
The band commented: “‘Hey You’ is a full-throttle modern rock ‘n’ roll anthem with subtle nods to the ‘90s Madchester rave scene. We blended drum loops with growing guitars, grooving bass lines and roaring vocals in a beautiful blend of musical alchemy.”
You can get ‘Hey You’ here.
As with the rest of the upcoming EP, ‘Hey You’ was written by the band, James Gilmore (vocals), Luke McConnell (guitar), Luke Gilmore (bass), Tom Paddon (guitar) and Saul Bardsley (drums) , and was recorded at Rockfield Studios during a week of self-confessed “creative carnage” with production from Nick Brine (Oasis, Stone Roses) and mixing courtesy of Gareth Nuttall (The Lottery Winners, The K’s).
Tickets for the band’s forthcoming coming tour are available here.
ROLLA TOUR DATES
April 12th – London, The Lower Third
April 13th – Birmingham, The Rainbow
April 14th – Manchester, Gorilla
