We’ve just confirmed two new festivals.
We’ll be headlining at the Monmouth Festival in South Wales on August the 20th, more details on that one as soon as we get it.
We’re also playing at the Now We Are Weekender festival in West Bromwich on Sunday April 8th. We’re playing the main stage and we’re on stage at 8pm.
It will be great to see as many of you along as possible.
There are several other festivals in the pipe line, we’ll announce them as soon as they are confirmed.
It’s been decided that our next single release will be the final release from the ‘Truth & Faith’ album and that single is going to be Head Over Heels.
Head Over Heels will be released on June 25th and will feature I’m Not Listening as the b-side.
We’re looking to get plenty more fan involvement in the new single release and we’re offering every one the opportunity to design the artwork for the single, we’ll then pick our favourites and run a poll on the website for people to vote for the artwork they want to be used.
We’d love as many entries as possible to give us the best options, it can be absolutely anything you think is relevant to the song or relevant to the band or any of the lyrics that are in the track. It can be colourful, it can be black and white, it can be a photo, it can be something you’ve designed, it’s entirely up to every person.
If you haven’t yet heard the track then Head Over Heels can be heard below…
All we ask is that the image is sent to us as a jpeg, psd or png file and it should be a square image at least 1500 x 1500.
The winning artwork will be used for the single release and will appear on iTunes, Amazon, Spotify etc. It may also be potentially used for merchandise i.e. t-shirts etc
The person who provides the winning artwork will also be given an 8″ x 8″ canvass print of the winning artwork signed by all the band.
To enter your artwork simply email your designs to info at thewordsmusic.co.uk with the subject ‘Head Over Heels Artwork’. All entries should be sent to us by March 31st at the latest. Once we have selected the best few entries we will put them up on the site and get everyone to vote for their favourite.
Our new single ‘Demons’ has been released today and is now available to buy on iTunes at http://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/demons-single-single/id499274635 along with the other track ‘Siren’
Demons has been receiving lots of airplay on radio stations including Kerrang Radio, BBC Radio Manchester and Salford city radio and we’ve been getting some great feedback for the song.
It would mean a huge amount to us if you could buy a copy and leave us a good rating and maybe even a nice review.
Thanks to everyone who continues to support the band, it means a huge amount to us.
The Words.
Take a look at this video for our track ‘I Just Wanna Dance; which was created by Hannah Bradley for her A2 Media Project. Let us know what you think of it, we love it!
Thanks Hannah.
We’ve been writing, rehearsing and fine tuning brand new material and we’re looking for funding to help make the second album a reality.
We’ve teamed up with PledgeMusic to help us raise the money to record the album but at the same time get all ours fans more involved in the process of recording the record through regular updates and also ‘exclusives’ which our fans can pledge on to be a part of the album.
If you visit http://www.pledgemusic.com/projects/thewordsmusic/ on the right hand side of the screen, we have items you can pledge on, ranging from signed CD’s to have your name in the album credits to house concerts. Everyone who pledges will receive a copy of our new album as soon as it’s recorded and ready to go, which will allow you to have it a few months before it’s released to the general public.
There is one other huge reason why raising money through PledgeMusic is hugely important to every member of The Words and that is the charitable side. As part of this project we have chosen to support a local charity that is very dear to the bands hearts and that is Willow Wood Hospice.
Willow Wood Hospice in Ashton-under-lyne which specialises in palliative care for those suffering with life threatening illnesses. Our guitarist (Neil) recently lost his mother Denise to cancer, Denise regularly voluteneered at Willow Wood Hospice right up until a few weeks before she died.
Every single exclusive you pledge on from the right hand side will mean a percentage of that money goes to the Willow Wood Hospice charity. Before we reach our target figure, 5% of all money will go to the Willow Wood Hospice. After we reach our target, 15% will go to Willow Wood.
So please help us to raise money for our second album, support a charity very close to our hearts and also get involved in the creation of album number 2.
To pledge please visit http://www.pledgemusic.com/projects/thewordsmusic/, please share this with your friends, with anyone who loves new music and with anyone wishing to help support Willow Wood Hospice as well.
Things you can exclusively buy include…
A digital back catalogue of all our releases
The new album
Signed CDs
T-Shirts
Signed CD Packages
Pledger only concert tickets
The Words ‘Essentials’
Your name in the CD credits
Come to a rehearsal
A personal listening session of the new album
The Words Goody Bag
VIP guestlist at all our gigs for 12 months
Acoustic house party gigs
Executive producer credit
and a signed guitar
Thanks
The Words
Our new single Demons was played on BBC Manchester on Sunday night. We’d like to say a big thank you to Sam Walker and Michelle Hussey for playing the track.
You can listen again at http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/console/p00n6jt7
Demons is released on Feb 13th as a double a-side with Siren.
Get a free copy of our track ‘My Receiver’ by clicking download below.
As most of you already know out new single (a double a-side of Demons and Siren) is being released on Feb 13th, this will be our last release through Phoenixx Records. The release will be available on all major download sites but not available physically.
The artwork for the single is ready to go and we like it and we’d love to know what you think. The artwork was done by an artist called Luke Marsh. Leave us a comment and let us know what you think….
More information on our upcoming plans will be on this site soon so be sure to keep checking back for updates.
Our next big gig is at the Deaf Institute in Manchester on Feb 11th to celebrate the release of our new single Demons / Siren. Tickets are £7 and available direct from the band. If you would like to order online please use the contact form on the site and we’ll get the tickets to you.
FAG was played on BBC 6 Music’s introducing show with Tom Robinson again last night which can be listened to for the next week or so at http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/console/b019jq81
You can skip through to listen to track and what Tom had to say about the song at 1h 25m 20s which includes Tom saying “Really, genuinely startled at just how good they’re playing” and he “gives no excuses for giving a second spin to that track”
FAG is the opening track from our debut album “Truth & Faith” the CD of which can be bought from the store link on our website or digitally direct from iTunes at http://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/truth-faith/id473336408
