MK-47: SOLAR STATE

After a few days of looting, it's back on with the blog!

We're now less than a week away from the next MK-47 SHOWCASE, and so it's time I mentioned a quality new band playing at the event, SOLAR STATE.

These guys haven't been around long, but are already making waves with their exciting hybrid of dream-pop, folk and electronica! Atmospheric synths, sweeping strings, sweet vocals, interesting beats: lovely stuff!

Influenced by the likes of Sigur Ros, Fever Ray and Massive Attack (amongst many more), they remind me of a mellower Picture Book (blogged about below). These guys are definitely worth checking out live!

They have recently had their track 'Sirens' (poignant) remixed by Strangers, and it is below (along with more of their demo recordings)! Check them out, and then come see them next Tuesday!

Sirens (STRANGERS Remix) by S O L A R S T A T E


Solar State by S O L A R S T A T E

Here it comes, the next MK-47 SHOWCASE!

I am chuffed to announce the line-up for the next MK-47 band showcase!

Put that note in your diaries, for TUESDAY AUGUST 16th, as this is an excellent collection of new, exciting artists definitely worth catching! Opening is the experimental, electronic soul artist MWEN, followed by the new dream-pop-folktronica trio SOLAR STATE, before the sensational experimental pop singer/songwriter NATALIE McCOOL blows us away, with the fantastic orchestral trip-hop seven-piece POLAROID 85 headlining!

More information can be found HERE and HERE, and I'll be sure to blog more about each artist in the run up to the show. TELL YOUR FRIENDS, and GET INVOLVED!

As a taste of what the night entails, here's the video NATALIE McCOOL's latest single, BLACK SUN: