Liverpool Blues Rock Band, The Heavy North, Return With Brand New Single And Announce Huge Hometown Show
The Heavy North’s latest release has plenty of oomph, instantly hitting hard from the get go with Cream/Eric Clapton style intensity. Where Are You Now? marks the first glimpse of new music from Liverpool six-piece The Heavy North since the release of their critically-acclaimed debut album Electric Soul Machine on Record Store Day in April 2022.
They’ve had plenty to shout about recently, following a successful year which saw the band embark on their first 10-date UK headline tour performing alongside fellow Merseyside artists The Zutons, Cast, The Boo Radleys and Red Rum Club, The Heavy North ended a landmark year with a with a sold out show at the Arts Club Theatre in Liverpool.
If you haven’t already heard of them, then you have to check out their debut album. Electric Soul Machine was heavily featured in some of 2022’s end-of-year round-ups (“the perfect encapsulation of this band’s musical talents” – Northern Chorus’s Top 10 Albums of 2022) as well as being the subject of a Tim’s Twitter Listening Party with Tim Burgess (The Charlatans) last year and is a fantastic mix of songs that makes a real full-album listening experience.
Discussing the meaning behind their newest single, The Heavy North frontman Kenny Stuart said “Where Are You Now? is about remembering people who come and go in your life, and wondering whether they’re still the same person they once were and thinking about what they’re up to”.
“The lyrics explore whether those people we used to know are still the same as how we remembered them, or have their circumstances or situations changed for better or worse“.
To coincide with the release of new music and the much-anticipated second album later this year, The Heavy North have announced a handful of headline shows in May which will see the blues-rock six-piece return to Scotland to headline Glasgow’s Audio (19th) followed by new Sheffield venue Network (20th), The Live Rooms in Chester (25th) and the legendary Water Rats in Kings Cross, London (26th).
The Heavy North have also announced their biggest hometown headline show to date at Liverpool’s Camp and Furnace on Friday 1 December 2023.
Speaking about the band’s end-of-year show, Kenny said “We’re made up to reveal our next big Liverpool show at the Camp and Furnace courtesy of our friends at EVOL, and we’re looking forward to performing a set of brand new tracks taken from our upcoming second album.
“After the success of our Arts Club show last year, we’ll also be inviting some guest musicians to perform with us again, so we look forward to seeing everyone in December for a special night in an incredible venue”
Tickets for this unmissable hometown headline show are available from 10am on Friday 24th February 2023.
The Heavy North’s brand new single Where Are You Now? is available on all download and streaming platforms from Friday 24 March 2023 and is available to pre-save now courtesy of Ditto Music.
For more information and tickets for The Heavy North’s upcoming live shows, visit www.theheavynorth.com but otherwise, make sure to get yourself to that live show on 1st December at Camp & Furnace!
Michael Fell
