Photo Credit: Barnaby Fairley
Calboa was initially conceived by Callum Blakeston as a solo project during lockdown, which turned out to be a very influential period in his life, taking time to reflect and make music, throughout this creative process garnering a collection of songs.
Once lockdown lifted, like many people, he was looking for the next direction in life, and formed a band of like-minded individuals to bring the music to life.
After a handful of DIY releases (recorded in a friends tattoo shop), and only TWO live shows, they gained the attention of non other than Pete Doherty of The Libertines, who immediately invited them to be main support for them to help raise awareness for mental health charity Tonic.
Within this show they also got to play alongside Liverpudlian legend Jamie Webster and James Walsh (Starsailor).
This benchmarks the first release from Calboa since performing as a band.
Calboa just released their debut single ‘Loose Lips’, which is their first release as a band rather than a solo project.
‘Loose Lips’ instantly grabs our attention with infectious beats, smooth riffs and anthemic vocals from Calboa.
The song was recorded at Young Thugs studio in York and the video was made by The Libertines photographer Barnaby Fairley.
