THE LONGING ANNOUNCE NEW SINGLE AND VIDEO

Pounding boldly off the back of their world anthem for International Women’s Day 2017, LA based band, The Longing return with their new single, ‘How Do You Know’ out now, simultaneously released alongside their highly anticipated album of all-original songs entitled ‘Tales of Torment’.   ‘How Do You Know’ is a gritty bitter-sweet progressive-rock track which brandishes the pain of heartbreak defiantly on the tip of its powerful musical sword.  With previous singles scooping countless radio airplay in the UK and 18 countries worldwide, plus UK Record of the Week, as well as numerous TV and movie slots including MTV, The Cannes Film Festival and a score for William Shakespeare’s The Tempest, there’s no doubt that The Longing are stamping an indelible print into the prog/rock music scene.

How Do You Know’ begs the question of knowing when to stop, give up and walk away.  The track sets the scene of a heartbreak, but the sentiment behind the words apply to any area of our lives.  From the outset, troubled, tumbling drum beats catapult the listener into an unsettled juxtaposition of torment; powerful and potent, yet somehow mapping out a confused inner struggle. ‘How Do You Know’ sets the tone and delivers the feeling before the crystalline vocals of Laura Bradley unfold expertly crafted lyrics which add the colour to the canvass of trouble sketched out boldly by the beat. Every now and again we have the unsettling experience that a question we’ve been asking has already been answered.  The decision looming on the horizon is already made; the fork in the road is illuminated with a bright red “go here” arrow.  And yet it feels like the tether to our mooring has come inexplicably undone.  We check our heart.... and what we find is that the drama is over, the extremes are missing, the pain has softened and we are beginning to breathe again.  The fallout might be emptiness, but in that emptiness we are left with the feeling that nothing is wrong.  And we know.  It is over.  It is time to pack up the emotional baggage and be done.  Move on.  In the absence of suffering comes the quiet answer to our question…

…‘How Do You Know’ encapsulates that emotion within a raw, gritty prog/rock tale of angst.

Founded by LA based musician/singer/composer, Laura Bradley, The Longing are a 5-piece band who transcend over-simplistic genre categorisation, hovering gloriously over the void between raw progressive metal and rock. Bradley has the ability to harness the power of her trademark angelic vocals, unleashing vocals with the spectral force of an emotional whiplash – that’s what instantly brings audiences to a standstill.  Fuse this with Bradley’s impeccable poetic lyrics and compositional style, which injects a jagged, rhythm-driven musical perspective, and you begin to experience the energy igniting the ever-snowballing fanbase of The Longing.  The band consists of guitarists John Huldt and Sean Maier, bassist Michael Wallace and drummer, Tom Plumb – all formally trained, seasoned session and touring musicians with numerous high-profile production and engineering credits.

The single is simultaneously released alongside the band’s much awaited new album, ‘Tales of Torment’.  Troubled and anguished, ‘Tales of Torment’ is a storybook of alternative tales, the type of narratives told from the perspective of the wicked witch and the twisted villain….those tormented cruel souls fighting against the injustice inflicted upon them.  Catapult yourself into the mind of the wicked stepmother towering over the sweet Cinderella, see things from her point of view; twisted, bleak and macabre – that’s the world of ‘Tales of Torment’. A bitter-sweet canvass of angst-ridden frustration, ‘Tales of Torment’ sees Laura Bradley and the band create an epic musical masterpiece of hybrid orchestrals; layering sharp synths on bed of classical orchestral arrangement, pierced divinely with Bradley’s crystalline vocals.  It’s the paradox of the delicate against the aggressive that creates the sheer exquisiteness of this melodic collection not to be missed if you’re a prog music.

Beautifully distressed and heart-wrenchingly raw, ‘How Do You Know’ is a work of sheer prog/rock musical artistry!

The single, ‘How Do You Know’  and the album ‘Tales of Torment’ are now available on Filthy Princess Records

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October 9, 2017 7:06am ET by The PR Stable   Comments (0)

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