4 December 2020

Matt Owens has released another new single from his recent album ‘Scorched Earth’ in the shape of I Will Be There. You can watch the video below. [wpdevart_youtube]dX70GLbP3Bk[/wpdevart_youtube] Owens released the album earlier this year to much acclaim and I Will Be There is the latest instalment from it, following in the footsteps of Cargo for the Road and MacCurtain Street. Speaking about the single, Owens explained that the song very much captures the essence of 2020, while explaining how strange it was to record the video – which also features flashbacks to better times – in lockdown. “I Will Be There encapsulates the solitude of 2020, touching upon the brutal reality of the times we’re living through,” Owens described. “Recorded in lockdown at The Forum in Bath, the depiction is all too real. The stage is desolate with no band conspicuously behind their instruments, the seats bereft of audience members; but still the song and the singer endure. “The flashbacks are taken from prior Bath shows and live collaborations with a slew of local artists (Jonny Morgan, Alex Lipinski, Levi Davis) reminding us of more care-free times. Although we can’t exist at the moment how we’d like, the hope is that happier memories can hold us together as we ride out these days.” Matt Owens was formerly in the high profile group Noah and the Whale, before embarking on a solo Americana adventure upon the group’s end.

Tim Prottey-Jones has released a music video for his debut single as a solo artist in Bite The Bullet, which will feature on his upcoming EP. You can watch the video below. [wpdevart_youtube]15-WjAYCcA0[/wpdevart_youtube] Prottey-Jones will be well known to UK country music fans, as he was the fourth member of The Wandering Hearts prior to his departure in 2019, which has led him to this next project. The EP will be coming out in the early stages of 2021 and while details are scant right now, there will be a ‘feel good’ track on the EP that is titled Good Life. The project will also be released via Autonomy/Believe. Tim Prottey-Jones has also spent a lot of time as a songwriter since his departure from The Wandering Hearts, working with the likes of The Shires, Remember Monday, Twinnie, Jake Morrell and Fiona Bevan, while also working alongside some of Nashville’s best during his career in the shape of Jeff Cohen, Jamie Floyd and Steve McMorran. His time with The Wandering Hearts also saw him grace stages such as the Grand Ole Opry and the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville, while he also performed at BST Hyde Park on the same days as Robert Plant, Tom Petty, Mumford & Sons and Stevie Nicks.