Holloway Road release new song on Monday 7th March
2016
UK COUNTRY-POP DUO HOLLOWAY ROAD RELEASE THEIR NEW SONG 'LITTLE HARDER'
One of the UK's
most exciting new acts Holloway Road released a brand new song to stream
via Soundcloud on Monday 7th March 2016.
The song 'Little Harder' is taken from their forthcoming second EP, the follow-up to 2015's self-titled debut which made it into the iTunes UK Top 10 Country album chart.
The song 'Little Harder' is taken from their forthcoming second EP, the follow-up to 2015's self-titled debut which made it into the iTunes UK Top 10 Country album chart.
The band will also be performing at this year's Country to Country Festival in London.
For fans of:
Florida Georgia Line, Sam Hunt, Thomas Rhett, Luke Bryan, Chase Rice
C2C 2016:
Catch Holloway Road
at the C2C Festival in London, with performances on both Saturday and Sunday:
Where & When:
London O2 Arena (The O2, Peninsula
Square, London SE10 0DX)
Day Two Saturday 12
March 2016
Town Square Stage **
FREE ** to Any visitors to The O2
Time: 10:30-11:15:
Holloway Road
Day Three Sunday 13
March 2016
Brooklyn Bowl ** Access for C2C
ticket or wristband holders on a per capacity basis **
Time: 18:05-18:45:
Holloway Road
Listen to “Little
Harder”:
Review: The single starts off with some cool banjo licks with chord's that draw similarities to Keith Urban’s “Somebody Like You”
The upbeat track
rocks catchy hooks with a neat back beat fused with modern day country
auto-tune resulting in a strong contemporary mix
What’s impressive
is that Holloway Road (Jack Cooper and Robert Gulston) have been recording and
producing themselves for over 10 years now.
Everything on this
track was done in house and all instruments, vocals, harmonies were recorded by
the two of them!
It’s Jack who has
the deeper voice and Rob sweetens the with his tenor voice. On the song the
protagonist is honest enough to firstly pay dues to his girl having the conviction
to leave home to seek pastures new for a better life. He questions whether it
was just in his mind that he was in with a chance of winning her love but she’s
certainly messed with his mind! - And I
know we got dreams, I'm a dreamer, And you’re on my mind like a like a feature
He reached out like
a one-way ticket, dreaming of those days of young love and jealousy. But now
the feelings hurting bad with a wish that one day she may return. Or is it just
wishful thinkin’? …Move on down the Holloway Road! (Rating: 7/10)
Little Harder
Lyrics
Since you were
young I know that I found
That you were
always gonna leave this town
So I'm giving you
credit where credits due, yeah
But what I learnt
from the moment you left
You left me here
without a second guess
Was it love or was
I wasting my youth? Ooooh
Chorus
For all of the
times that I pulled you closer
The warmth in your
ice cold shoulder
On board but you
threw me over
You could have
fought a little harder
And I know We've
got dreams I'm a dreamer
And you're on my
mind like a feature
Cause I'm finding
it hard to reach ya
You could have
fought a little harder
Knock me down
Come on and knock
me down
You could have
fought a little harder
Remember days when
we were a team
Full of young love
and jealousy
Well I hope that it
eats you up inside, yeah
Cause I gave you
everything and more
All I got back was
a kick to the floor
But I didn't mean
that type of fight
Repeat Chorus
And I know I'm not
what you want
Cause you've been
calling the shot gun
And I'll take a
backseat and hope
That maybe one day
you'll come back for me
And I don't want
nobody else
Cause all I want is
you
So I'll sit here
and hope
That maybe one day
you won't be leaving me
Repeat Chorus
ABOUT HOLLOWAY ROAD:
Holloway Road are Jack Cooper and Robert Gulston, both originating from sunny Southend-On-Sea. But
these aren't your ordinary Essex Boys: Instead of tanning or getting their
vajazzles done, they're creating 'free big in your face' country pop music.
Jack and Robert, being in their mid-twenties now, have had their fair share of
experience writing and playing around the world. After attending the same
school and working on musical projects together in the years since, Jack and Robert's
ability to write and produce stems from the idea of being able to write about being
real and having a good time.
Their influences
include Florida Georgia Line, Kacey Musgraves, The Eagles, Mumford and Sons,
and drinkin' a beer!
Along with their
debut, self-titled EP entering the Top 10 UK iTunes Country album charts, the
duo have spent time in Nashville, been invited to play the Martin Guitar stage
at the CMA Festival, toured with #1 hit writers John & Jacob, and performed
at Country to Country Festival at the O2 Arena in London two years in a row.
And they're just getting started - with a string of UK and European dates in
the spring and their second EP on the way, Holloway Road are well on their way
to imprinting their own footprint in the country community.
CONNECT with Holloway Road:
Time: 12:23 Country/ Pop available
on Amazon UK - UK iTunes - Amazon.com
Holloway Road unleashed some high octane stomping country - W21 Music
Then they
followed this up releasing their single “We
Said So” on 19th Oct 2015.
Country/ Pop Amazon UK - UK iTunes - Amazon.com | SPOTIFY
It briefly made
it to #17 on UK Country iTunes Chart
>> YouTube
The video replicating Florida Georgia Line's "This Is How We Roll" ft. Luke Bryan with scramble dirt bikes and ya'll.
Watch their "We
Said So" official video (upbeat song about having a good time) first published
on Oct 19, 2015 (2,424 views)
C2C Rewind
In 2015 Holloway
Road played the C2C Festival on Sat 7th March 2015 playing The Big Entrance
Stage (12:10-12:40). At that time they had 836
Facebook likes and have now reached 1,563.
Holloway Road tweeted : Had such fun playing for you all at the #C2C2015
Had such fun playing for you all at the #C2C2015 pic.twitter.com/mSw8ZQqwXw— Holloway Road (@Hollowayroaduk) 7 March 2015
Vickye Fisher from For The Country Record website reviewed their C2C 2015 set: .. I am not sure where to start with these
guys. Personally I have always been a big fan of acts who are authentic and add
their own unique sound to their music, so the issue I have with Holloway Road
is that I don’t get how a bunch of lads from Essex vocally sound like a Florida
Georgia Line cover band. To be fair to them they sounded okay, and they seem
like a decent bunch, the musicianship was good and they performed with great
enthusiasm. I am just not convinced of their musical authenticity, and the lead
singer seemed to struggle with putting on a deep gravelly voice.
Leeds very own top
country DJ Peter Englefield spoke on
the phone with Holloway Road in October
2015 (prior to the British Country Music Awards) on his Country &
Western Show (10:30pm - 13:30 Thursday).
Listen to Interview here (Click Play few times/ allow to buffer):
It was first broadcast live on Internet station Belter Radio (The best country music being played by DJ Pete) and made available on Mixcloud.com
Listen to Interview here (Click Play few times/ allow to buffer):
It was first broadcast live on Internet station Belter Radio (The best country music being played by DJ Pete) and made available on Mixcloud.com
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