Down To A Tea: German crossover quintet find themselves with sophomore E.P
“When it comes to the alternative scene in Germany, there’s pretty much just Hardcore,” states Lukas Andrzejewski, bassist with German melodic hardcore/ pop punk crossover quintet, Earl Grey; “There are some people that also dig Pop Punk, but it’s nothing compared to the Hardcore movement over here. But, I think we fit in the scene well because both types of people dig us; at every show we play there are both Hardcore and Pop Punk kids. We’ve even had punks (I mean the real kind) coming to us after a set and telling us that they really liked it, although it’s not exactly the music they’re listening to on a regular basis. Ultimately, no matter if there’s 10 or 1000 people, we always give everything and try to express our music with our live performance, and I think that this honesty is what people connect with.”
Lifting their moniker from the tea that vocalist Malte ‘Pedro’ Unnasch would devour whilst tracking vocals on the band’s debut E.P (2015’s ‘Ready To Leave’), Earl Grey‘s latest work is their second E.P of the year, ‘Passing Time’, and it sees the band more on confident form: “The new release is definitely more powerful than the first one,” opines Lukas, “I feel like the songs have more passion and energy. Every step we took, every decision we made has been talked over a lot. Our policy in the band is not to do anything if not everyone’s completely satisfied with that decision.” Eager to keep up the momentum between releases, the band comments that “There was just 6 months in between recording the two releases so we obviously didn’t reinvent the wheel with this one, but we all think that this EP is a big step forward. The songs deliver more passion, honesty and energy, and that’s exactly what we were looking for; I think that we finally found our sound we want to represent the band.”
Passing Time Track Listing: 1. Passing Time | 2. Headstrong | 3. Backstabber | 4. Haven
Upcoming Tour Dates:
13/08/15 Bonn, Germany @ Bla
26/08/15 Saarbrücken, Germany @ Jugendclub Güdingen
27/08/15 Lucerne, Switzerland @ Treibhaus
28/08/15 Oettingen, Germany @ Juze Kraftwerk
29/08/15 Lüdenscheid, Germany @ AJZ
30/08/15 Mönchengladbach, Germany @ Blaues Haus
31/08/15 Nevers, France @ Le Courrier Bar
01/09/15 Brighton, UK @ The Hope & Ruin
03/09/15 Sheffield, UK @ The Riverside
04/09/15 Wrexham, UK @ Rewind
05/09/15 Liverpool, UK @ Maguire’s Pizza Bar
06/09/15 Glasgow, UK @ The Old Hairdressers
- Stream Lead Single ‘Passing Time’: https://soundcloud.com/inceptionpress/earl-grey-passing-time
- EP ‘Passing Time’ is released on October 9th via KROD Records/Acuity.Music
- Preorder at:
- Physical- www.krodrecords.com
- Digital- Coming Soon Via Actuity.Music
- More info: https://www.facebook.com/thisisearlgrey | https://twitter.com/earlgreyisaband
