These Reigning Days - Living It Up

For their second single, promising Devon newcomers These Reigning Days go for classic British guitar sounds, but revitalised with a proficiency and sense of scope that feels grander and more ambitious than a good deal of their contemporaries. A big hearty chorus and slabs of steely guitar that march stoically along, Living It Up is the kind of track The Enemy would have done well to have had on their new album. With a support slot alongside Metronomy under their belts already, one imagines that with songs as strong as this, These Reigning Days are chomping at the bit to head out on the road again.

These Reigning Days - Changes

Devon three-piece These Reigning Days already have some very attractive lines to their musical CV - they're fresh from supporting Mercury nominated darlings Metronomy and 2012 sees them lined-up to headline Exmouth Festival.

Their debut single Changes feels like a thing of contrasts - ranging from flanged XX-style ambiance in the verses to a more robust White Lies/Courteeners-esque steady wall of sound in the chorus. It's impassioned, sonically involving music that understands that you can still be adventurous without pushing musical boundaries to their limits.

It's a great first taste of what looks set to be a highly promising album from the band, pencilled in for a summer release.

Changes is released on the 20th February.

The band play the following dates later this month:

Wednesday 18th Jan @ Bull and Gate, Islington, London
Thursday 26th Jan @ The Spinning Wheel, Paignton
Wednesday 1st Feb @ The Fleece Bristol, 12 St Thomas St, Bristol

Changes *CLIP* by TheseReigningDays