Ferris & Sylvester release new song 'London's Blues' and video ‘Better In Yellow’

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Ferris & Sylvester have released a brand new song ‘London’s Blues’, the new track is taken from their five track forthcoming EP MADE IN STREATHAM, out February 2nd. 

Release Date: 2 Feb. 2018

Label: Archtop Records

Total Length: 15:29

Genres: Pop

‘London’s Blues’ launched with strong support from Spotify featured it prominently in their ‘New Music Friday’ playlist and Napster in the 'New & Good' playlist.

‘London’s Blues’ opens with finger clicks and vocal rounds before breaking into a sound that’s pulled straight from the Deep South with slide guitar and walking basslines.

Regarding the song Ferris & Sylvester say, “This is one of our favourite songs to play live, so it felt only right to include this in our Made In Streatham project. Despite the humming, the clicking and the jolly feel to it, this song is all about those days when you think everyone around you is selfish and out to get you... we love a bit of irony. We wanted the song to sound like an old blues song, with the trumpet and the guitar, but to be really relevant to life in London today. When you move somewhere new for the first time - like London - it’s hard not to observe people and how different their behaviour is from yours or what you’re used to.”

‘London’s Blues’ follows the release of the uplifting single ‘Better In Yellow’ and ‘The Room’, which is a beautiful piece of autobiographical Americana, detailing the pair’s life in Streatham, London. All of the songs are available now to download with pre-orders of the EP.

Elsewhere on the Made In Streatham EP is the stunningly frank love song ‘Sometimes’, while Ferris & Sylvester are found enlisting a superbly expansive string section on ‘Loser’ as they address cheating partners.

The Made In Streatham EP follows the release of the band’s 4 track debut EP THE YELLOW LINE (Released 23 June 2017; Label: Big Life Music Ltd; Amazon UK - UK iTunes - Amazon.com).

SEE BLOG: 18 July 2017 New To You Spotlight: UK Folk/Americana duo Ferris & Sylvester

It saw the pair topping Rolling Stone Magazine’s 10 New Artists You Need To Know list, while also receiving praise from The Independent and gaining great support from BBC Radio 2 and BBC Introducing. The early high profile acclaim surrounding Ferris & Sylvester proves they are one of the most impressive and exciting new singer/songwriter talents on the UK scene.

Ferris & Sylvester announced a London headline show in support of the forthcoming EP. They played at Battersea Arts Centre on January 11^th. 

“Pretty as a California sunset. Gorgeously dusky singing and immaculate harmonies.”
Rolling Stone

“Most beautiful and promising of all is Ferris & Sylvester… an overlooked masterpiece of Brit folk that should already have made them household names”
MOJO

“Ferris & Sylvester combine dreamy pop with spikey sentiments”
The Observer

“Superlative writing, shimmering harmonies and gently fingerpicked guitar work”
R2 Magazine

Jan 24 IMPROMPTU SHOW: Supporting Anderson East

We had a BLAST supporting the great @Andersoneast last night ✨ Thanks for having us @CommunionMusic❣️ 📸 @MattSpracklen pic.twitter.com/mbrPK3kIR0

— Ferris & Sylvester (@FerrisSylvester) 25 January 2018

’BETTER IN YELLOW’

VIDEO REVEALED

 Ferris & Sylvester also released the video for their new single ‘Better In Yellow’. The new song is the latest to be taken from their forthcoming EP Made In Streatham, out February 2^nd.

The duo channel the feel-good 80s in the ‘Better In Yellow’ video. It is filmed in nostalgic 4:3 and features beautiful pastel colours.

Regarding the video Ferris & Sylvester said, “The video is a dreamy, retro portrayal of the colourful sentiment in the song. We wanted the video to be striking and simple, using bold and clashy colours to get that old TV set vibe. We had so much fun making it. We spent a day throwing paint, punching cakes and chucking glitter around. A massive thank you to everyone involved with the project, especially to the director, Sam Rookes who brought our crazy ideas to life.”

‘Better In Yellow’ is an uplifting slice of bluesy Americana, which finds the pair adding big brass notes into their mix of guitar licks and beautiful harmonies. The song finished 2017 on BBC Introducing’s ‘Best of 2017’ list and has clocked up well over 200,000 plays on Spotify.

Continuing on the song’s meaning the band say, “We liked the idea of writing about yellow being a positive state of mind, happy and vibrant, instead of settling for greyness. It can be easy to wear black and blend in. Sometimes though, it’s best to be yourself, put on some bright colours and not care too much.”

‘Better In Yellow’ follows the release of Made In Streatham lead single ‘The Room’ which is a beautiful piece of autobiographical Americana, detailing the pair’s life in Streatham, London.  

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