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Left of the Dial is an international showcase festival that takes place in mid-October in the centre of Rotterdam. It offers a cross section of the most relevant alternative artists of the moment. The festival is named after a song by The Replacements. ‘Left of the Dial’ is a reference to American radio stations. To find …

Left of the Dial is an international showcase festival that takes place in mid-October in the center of Rotterdam. It offers a cross section of the most relevant alternative artists of the moment. The festival is named after a song by The Replacements. ‘Left of the Dial’ is a reference to American radio stations. To …

The four members of the band LIFE standing on a beach

Ahead of the imminent release of their third album North East Coastal Town on 19 August, LIFE return with ‘Duck Egg Blue‘, the fourth track to be taken from the album. ‘Duck Egg Blue‘ shows a calmer quieter side to the band as vocalist Mez Green’s boisterous and sardonic vocal style is swapped for tender, …

The four members of the band LIFE

Hull band LIFE have released new single ‘The Drug‘ which is from their forthcoming third album North Eat Coastal Town set for release on 19 August via The Liquid Label. The track was premiered on Steve Lamacq’s BBC Radio6Music show and follows previous singles ‘Friends Without Names‘ and ‘Big Moon Life‘. Vocalist Mez Green expands …

LIFE onstage in Edinburgh

In January 2020 at Rockaway Beach festival the Hull four-piece LIFE produced an electrifying set in an afternoon slot. Chatting to bassist Lydia after the gig, they said they were all set for a spring tour, including my home town of Edinburgh at the independent venue Sneaky Pete’s. Little did we know what was around …

No mic stand is safe tonight. Mez is magnetic. The LIFE frontman paces the stage, proudly proclaiming “Ey ‘up, we’re from Hull…” before launching into the frenzied assault of Popular Music. It’s the biggest headline show yet for LIFE and the atmosphere is more electric than the nearby Kings Cross rail tracks. This London leg …

black and white photo of the band LIFE

The Hull 4-piece LIFE return with their new track ‘Friends Without Names’ and its accompanying video. The track is the first release from their third album which will be released in the middle of next year. Recorded in the dead of night in a chapel below Hull, it is a brooding, thoughtful track full of atmosphere and emotional depth. Without …

Following on from the release of their recent single Switching On, Hull band LIFE have shared a new remix by Bristol’s Mercury nominated scamps, Idles. The remix was done by the bands guitarist and friends of LIFE, Mark Bowen, who says of the remix:“I have watched LIFE play live well over 100 times and one …

LIFE have released new video for recent new track ‘Moral Fibre’. The track is taken from their highly-anticipated forthcoming second LP. ‘Moral Fibre’ is an anthemic and frenetic slice of art-punk laced with sardonic and irreverent lyrics. Speaking on the video, frontman Mez Green says: “Entering the surreal world of Hull artist Anna Bean we chose to reflect …

Following extensive plays on 6Music and Radio 1, LIFE just got back from Texas after smashing a couple of shows for SXSW like cowboys on cactus juice and they’re calling on all their “LED brothers and sisters” to join them for [POP] PARTY 2 at  THE WELLY CLUB, Hull. In January last year the first …