Theatre Royal

‘A Hundred Thousand Tears’ – digital download single

October 1st 2012

The Preservation Society Presents

‘A great badge for British music’ –Artrocker Magazine

Theatre Royal follow up the XFM x-posure and Amazing Radio endorsed garage-psyche of this years ‘Katherine’s Sleeping’ and power-pop of ‘The Story Of My Life’ with new single ‘A Hundred Thousand Tears’. The track is a melancholic, harmony drenched, psyche-country shuffle, replete with flugelhorn solo plus some ‘la la la’s’ to boot! ‘A Hundred Thousand Tears’ is the 2^nd taster of sophomore album ‘at the end of a river, the sea…’ which is to be released 22nd October on The Preservation Society Presents label.

‘A Hundred Thousand Tears’ sees Theatre Royal continue their voyage through pop song writing, but with its country lilt the song is a slight departure for the group. ‘A Hundred Thousand Tears’ carefree bounce, buoyant horns and George Harrison-esque guitars disguise a sombre core, as the Medway 4-piece form close harmony and ask ‘why do lights burn low, before they have to go?’ The track makes nods to West-Coast heroes such as Crosby, Stills and Nash and The Flying Burrito Brothers but is a firmly English affair with it’s saddened heart residing on the banks of the Medway.

‘A Hundred Thousand Tears’ is joined by non-album b-sides ‘Down South With The Chameleons’ and ‘A Friend A Stranger and I’. The first is a euphoric rush of escapist fantasy that also forms a surprising tribute to the cult Manchester band of the same name whilst the 2^nd is something a little more unusual, eerie in tone with it’s marimba rumblings and distant vocal refrains.

‘A Hundred Thousand Tears’ will be released as a digital download bundle October 1st on The Preservation Society Presents with artwork provided by cult Medway artist, formative member of the controversial Stuckist art group and Bill Childish associate Wolf Howard.

7^th September – The Royal Function Rooms (basement bar) - Rochester

28^th September – Sebright Arms, Bethnal Green

26^th October – The Royal Function Rooms w/ Dodgy - Rochester

21st November - Death Disco, Nottinghill Arts Centre

1st December - The Barge, Gillingham - Acoustic show with Len Price 3

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Theatre Royal

‘‘The Story Of My Life’ – digital download single

The Preservation Society Presents

‘ poptastic, conjuring up those halcyon days’ John Kennedy XFM x-posure

June 18^th 2012

Spring sprung a leak, sunshine was at a premium, but summer has arrived and Theatre Royal brings to you ‘The Story of My Life’. The first single to be taken from the band’s 2^nd album ‘at the end of a river, the sea…’, out later this summer, is sparkling pop. This is universal guitar pop, the sort that seems to rear its head every time that a journalist says that it’s dead. The song is a tale of friendship, break up and uncertainty and just like many a relationship it’s equal parts melancholy and euphoria.

For 3 minutes, all jangling and harmony-drenched, the song piles wave upon wave of hooks atop a solid backbeat and a slab of reverb. Ear candy backing vocals contrast with a deadpan lead, in a call and response that strides from The West Coast to the Mersey via the bands hometown in Medway. The track sees the band: Oliver Burgess (vocals/guitar), Robbie Wilkinson (guitar/vocals), Brendan Esmonde (bass guitar), Jon Gibbs (drums) refine the raw template of their debut and sharpen its gaze.

‘The Story Of My Life’ is backed by two hugely contrasting cuts in the form of ‘Bonechild’ and ‘All I Need’,neither of which is to appear on the forthcoming album. ‘Bonechild’ sets its tone of almost defiant resignation to pounding drums and a blistering, gun slinging guitar solo. ‘All I Need’ is a simple and tender ode to a loved one, recorded in the legendary Sun Studios in Memphis and featuring a piano once owned by the late great Jerry Lee Lewis.

Theatre Royal - Bonechild by ThePreservationSociety
Theatre Royal - All I Need by ThePreservationSociety

This is just the first taste of an album full of pop gems, to be released later this summer via Rochester based label The Preservation Society Presents. ‘The Story Of My Life’ will be available as part of a digital bundle from all good online retailers from June 18^th and will be supported by a number of live dates across the South East.

‘heads straight for the melodic jugular’ – Artrocker Magazine

June 23rd - The Bandstand, Folkstone

July 7th - The Royal Function Rooms (basement bar), Rochester

July 28^th – Music Event One, Main Stage, Rochester Castle w/ PiL and The Wedding Present

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