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Signed Limited Edition 10" Vinyl 'Different State Of Mind' EP
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Pre-Order by 31st October to get your name incorporated into the EP artwork! You are a founding part of The Manatees, you've been with us from the start and that means everything to us!
Limited edition signed copy of The Manatees 'Different State Of Mind' EP pressed on 10" silver colour vinyl. Numbered & Signed. Signed copies limited to 100 and overall pressing limited to 300 copies.
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about
Modern indie dancefloor dreamers The Manatees release a brand new single called 'Call You A Criminal' on September 27th. This is the first track to come from the trio's second EP 'Different State Of Mind' which will be released on 23rd Feb 2024 and is produced by Tarek Musa (Spring King / Dead Nature). It follows a bouncy summer of shows at Y Not Festival, Isle Of Wight and BBC Introducing x The Hundred at the Ageas Bowl in Southampton and ties in with an 11 date UK headline tour - see dates below.
It all fits, too: hailing from a sleepy town on the south coast of Englandshire and now residing in London, The Manatees consist of hyperactive schoolfriends Jay, Tyler and Miller and a litany of unfeasibly large trousers. Their shiny-but-questioning alt.melodic quests touch on hip hip samples, funk-driven basslines and sparkling guitars and have drawn knowing comparisons with everyone from MGMT to Klaxons via Jungle, Wolf Alice and The Strokes.
"‘Call You A Criminal’ is the most pop-like track we’ve ever put-out," muses singer Tyler. "It harbours the frustration and complexities of timing and distance in a relationship, becoming locked off from someone physically and beginning to resent the place you find yourself. In my case it’s a city, London, a concrete barrier I have a strong love / hate relationship with. I’ve been here a little while, and it’s safe to say I’m on better terms with the city now, but I wrote this song early on whilst I was feeling a little enclosed. Ultimately it’s inescapable, a release, and learning how to navigate relationships from the inside out."
So rest assured there is depth to The Manatees' pop delight - the debut 'Dream In Colour' EP came out in April and openly tackled the anxieties of finding your feet in an ever-changing world, emphasising the desperateness and loneliness of growing up. Yet even this couldn't quell The Manatees' hyper-popping genre-hopping essence rare, inspiring sold out shows at The Victoria and Sebright Arms and warranting a Jack Saunders Next Wave interview on Radio One as well as much love from Steve Lamacq at BBC 6music.
Call you a criminal,
Cause you took my heart.
My patience is thin you know,
But we’ve come this far,
We’ve come this far.
Say it’s unjustified,
The way you spent my time.
Manipulate, is it too late again?
Divert my eye,
Divert my eye.
Honey is it too late I’ve been,
Telling you it’s all the timing of it,
The timing of it
The timing of it
City lights take me,
Spend all the loose change I’ve been,
Saving up lately,
Is it too much to ask for,
You to come through I’m,
Missing those eyes.
Turns out,
I’m in awe of you, you know that by now.
Infatuated, lost in haze, disorientated, I now,
Wonder if you’ll ever know.
Honey is it too late I’ve been,
Telling you it’s all the timing of it,
The timing of it.
City lights take me,
Spend all the loose change I’ve been,
Saving up lately,
Is it too much to ask for,
You to come through I’m,
Missing those eyes.
You to come through I’m,
Missing those eyes.
I get lost in all the (I get lost in all),
I get lost in all the,
I get lost in all the (I get lost in all).
City lights take me,
Spend all the loose change I’ve been,
Saving up lately,
Is it too much to ask for,
You to come through I’m,
Missing those eyes.
You to come through I’m,
Missing those eyes.
credits
from Different State Of Mind EP,
released February 23, 2024
Written by Jay Harris, Tyler Bloor and James Miller.
Label: Fierce Panda Records
Publishing: Sentric Music
Performers:
Jay Harris - lead vocals, backing vocals, guitar and synthesiser
Tyler Bloor - backing vocals, guitar and programming
James Miller - bass guitar and synthesiser
Joe Frost - drums
Anna Ryan - backing vocals
Tarek Musa - programming/additional programming
Producers: Tarek Musa, Jay Harris, Tyler Bloor and James Miller.
Mix Engineer: Tarek Musa
Mastering Engineer: Graeme Lynch
2023 Fierce Panda Records under exclusive license from The Manatees
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