Life in Film are London four-piece Samuel Fry,
Micky Osment, Edward Ibbotson and Dominic Sennétt. The band have released their debut EP
via Tell Your Friends/Sony Music, with lead track Needles
& Pins available as a free download.
The EP contains five tracks, ‘Needles & Pins,’ ’Suitcase,’ ‘Carla,’ ‘Until It’s
Over’ and ‘Lose Control.’ These were all recorded with legendary
UK producer Stephen Street (The Smiths, Blur, The Cranberries) after he heard
some of the band’s early demos. From there he committed to full album
production duties.
The band’s singer Samuel Fry on "Needles &
Pins": ‘‘It’s a song about lost love. I guess that’s pretty explicit in the lyrics. Musically
though I guess it worked its way into something quite expansive - once we had a nice
groove going on it was possible for us to keep it quite spacious, with guitar and
bass details coming in
and out. It all came together quite naturally from a basic
idea which we gradually developed. We treated each tune in isolation and tried to
find the musical context which fits it best. In the studio we tried to
capture a natural sound, and I think this comes across on the EP and gels it together
well.’’
The EP works to showcase the band’s musical range, from the
dynamic quality of ‘Until It’s Over’ to the delicate sound of
‘Carla.’
Life in Film’s last single "The Idiot" was
self-released towards the end of 2011 and gained them key fans at press. i-D magazine had
this to say about the band: ‘‘Their sound carries inflections of Johnny Marr’s
infectious guitar hooks with Nick Cave’s melancholy poetry.’’
The band also caught the attention of Burberry’s
creative director Christopher Bailey last year after seeing Samuel, Dominic,
Edward and Micky playing an unplugged session on youtube, he
immediately enlisted
the boys to record a spot for his Burberry Acoustic series.
Life In Film is touring the UK throughout Septemeber and
October.
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