Riding high off the strength of their previous releases, Find A Better Way and Restless, The Commoners returned to EU/UK earlier this May as part of a four-week tour across five countries, and will return for two festival dates in June – Bournemouth’s Love Rocks Festival on 21st June, and Hertfordshire’s Sign Of The Times Festival on 22nd June.
Concurrent with the dates, and for those yet to witness the band live on stage, the band has a brand-new offering in the form of new album The Commoners: Live In The UK, recorded live here in the UK in 2024 and out now via Gypsy Soul Records.
The Commoners: Live In The UK is available on vinyl and CD here and digitally here.
The album introduces nine new live recordings to get you moving and shaking. Songs you know and love with added parts, extended sections, performed live on tour in the UK in 2024.
“The UK has become a second home for us,” says The Commoners bassist, Ben Spiller. “Over the last couple of years, we have had the pleasure of rocking dozens of shows over the course of 4 UK tours. Every time we head back things get bigger and better. On our last run through the UK with The Sheepdogs, we had the idea to record a few of our final shows. The recordings sounded huge, and we immediately knew we had to do something with them.”
Mixed and mastered by The Commoners’ lead guitarist Ross Hayes Citrullo at RHC Music in Toronto, this album features nine tracks from the Find A Better Way and Restless albums, featuring extended intros, outros, solos, and brand new never-before-heard parts of the songs.
“This album means a lot to the band because what you hear is 100% authentically us,” said Citrullo. “It’s the true Commoners live show experience, captured from the perspective of a fan in the crowd. It’s loose, heavy, and full of energy. We were wrapping up a long tour when we recorded this… the band was riding high. You can feel the energy in the room, it’s electric.”
Tracks featured on the album are: ‘Shake You Off’, ‘The Way I Am’, ‘Who Are You’, ‘Gone Without Warning’, ‘Restless’, ‘See You Again’, ‘Devil Teasin’ Me’, ‘Fill My Cup’ and ‘Find a Better Way’.
The Commoners: Live In The UK will be available on CD and vinyl from here, and digitally here. ‘The Way I Am’ taken from the album is out now as a single on all streaming here alongside a video you can check out here at RAMzine.
An extended echoed roar of guitar builds before eventually breaking into the familiar musical turnaround motif of ‘The Way I Am’ on The Commoners’ new live single that’s got classic indelibly stamped all over it but tattooed with a fresh rowdy rocking ambiance to ensure it draws your attention – For those new to the song, welcome, it will only take you a couple of listens before you’re belting out, singing along as passionately as the rest of us.
