THE SHRIVES Release New Single ‘Madnight’

Let The Shrives take you into the twisted world of their local Grantham nightlife with their low-fi, sexually confused video for new single ‘Madnight’, just released. After being tipped off by his son Joey, Green Day frontman Billie-Joe Armstrong invited the band over to his Jingletown Studios in Oakland, California, to lay down their debut album ‘Back In The Morrow’. The resulting 11-track record features Joey on drums, was produced by Billie Joe and recorded by Grammy Award-winning engineer Chris Dugan (U2, Green Day, Iggy Pop). The Green Day frontman even played bass on part of the album.

On playing drums for the album, Joey Armstrong explained “Working on this project was super rad for me. I’m a musician who wants to be in the studio and I got lucky with Matt and Josh [both of The Shrives] who both write killer songs. I learned the songs in the studio right before we recorded and it felt natural. These songs have influences from older bands and I listened to a lot of Elvis Costello’s drummer Pete Thomas to get a vibe for what I wanted to do. I’m really excited with how they turned out and can’t wait for people to hear them.”

After streaming their first single ‘Turn Me On’ via SoundCloud, the band racked up thousands of plays and their presence grew with write-ups in Kerrang!, Rock Sound and NME. With the release of their debut music video ‘When Did You Get Home?’, the 4-piece were then featured as one of ‘The World’s Hottest New Bands’ by Kerrang! Magazine, with radio support coming from the likes of BBC Introducing and Steve Lamacq on BBC 6Music.

Tilly McCarthy

With the release of their new single ‘Madnight’ – through Gary Powell of The Libertines label, 25 Hour Convenience Store – the Grantham-based 4-piece are looking set to become one of 2017’s brightest UK rock bands.