THE XCERTS Release Anthemic New Single “Drive Me Wild”
THE XCERTS Release Anthemic New Single “Drive Me Wild”
THE XCERTS Release Anthemic New Single “Drive Me Wild”New Album HOLD ON TO YOUR HEART Set For Release Jan 19th via Raygun Records
Brighton, UK-based three piece THE XCERTS have just released a new single, “Drive Me Wild” from their forthcoming album, HOLD ON TO YOUR HEART (out January 19th via Raygun Records).
“Drive Me Wild” leans into the Springsteen-esque fortitude that fuels the albums unrelinquishisng drive. You can check it out for yourself on all major streaming services and in the link here!
Recent single “Feels Like Falling In Love” (watch the video HERE) was debuted on the UK’s Radio 1 Rock Show as its “Rockest Record/track of the week” and went onto go on the Kerrang!, Radio X and MTV Rocks playlists. It is also currently on 1.75 million streams on Spotify already.
“Hold On To Your Heart is about finding a pinhole of light in the dark and turning it into the sun,” says Murray Macleod, frontman of The XCERTS of the new album. “We really did shoot for the stars with this one.” It’s with the same wild-eyed enthusiasm and passion with which he pens sing-along modern pop anthems infused with a thick layer of 80’s heartland rock. His proclamation of how music can turn the smallest pinprick of light into a dazzling solar spectacle is the motivating thread that weaves throughout the album. Hold On To Your Heart is a bold, pure love letter to a bygone era inked by a sentimental hopeless romantic.
“We were going for a timeless, stripped back sound,” says Murray. “The mantra in the studio was we wanted it to feel classic but have a modern twist, which is not an easy feat to pull off. We wanted people to listen to the record and just think anything’s possible; we were trying to capture the ending of (seminal 1985 John Hughes movie) The Breakfast Club. It’s about that feeling of wanting to be outside and experiencing life; don’t sit in your house looking at the girl on Facebook, go get the girl!”
Hold On To Your Heart will be released worldwide by Raygun Records on January 19, 2018. The XCERTS are Murray Macleod (vocals / guitar), Jordan Smith (bass), and Tom Heron (drums).
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