Mad About Rock

  Manchester-based Art-Rock/Post Hardcore outfit Pleiades have been making waves since their critically acclaimed second EP ‘All At Your Mercy’ and now they are gearing up to release their highly anticipated debut album and are ones to watch in the rock/metal scene with their diverse sound and interesting topics they address on their debut which is titled 'Affinity With' which is released 29th September 2023. 'Affinity With’ is inspired by stories of empathy and human nature. We discuss the band's upcoming debut with vocalist Andrew Calderbank and bassist Josh Edmondson. I have to ask the obvious question before going into the album. How did you come up with your band name PLEIADES? Josh: So it was actually our old drummer who came up with it because we did initially set out to be a 3-piece with no vocalist as at the beginning we wanted to be a post-rock band so we were toying with that idea for the better part of six months and jamming and trying to make the whole thi...

  As we draw ever closer to their debut album, Manchester based Art-Rock / Post Hardcore outfit Pleiades have today released the lead single, ‘Amos Clift’. Acting as a centerpiece for the album, ‘Amos Clift’ replicates Pleiades' live energy with frenetic urgency and confidence bleeding through every pacing moment. Talking through the concept of Amos Clift, vocalist Andrew Calderbank shares - “Amos Clift is really a track that sits at the core of the storytelling in ‘Affinity With’. The story is told from the perspective of lighthouse keeper Amos Clift, observing the Egg War of 1863 in San Francisco where food shortages caused by the population boom from California’s Gold Rush lead to an all out war between rival gangs over seabird eggs on the nearby Farallon Islands. Andrew continues to mention - ”Clift’s character is used as a guide to recount how desperation and hunger led to mass greed and violence, holding a magnifying glass to the inherent and destructive flaws of human nature...

  Manchester based Art-Rock / Post Hardcore outfit Pleiades have today announced that they are set to release their highly anticipated debut album titled ‘Affinity With’. The album will be released on Friday 29th September 2023 and pre-orders are now available right HERE . ‘Affinity With’ is inspired by stories of empathy and human nature as Pleiades set out to be the sculptors of a bold new sonic landscape. On top of the news of their upcoming debut album, Pleiades have treated fans to a new single taken from the album titled ‘Treppenwitz’. Produced by Joe Clayton (Pijn, Leeched) the Single focuses on irony and absurdity, paraphrasing the book “On Vigilance & Self-Examination” on expecting the best course of action from everyone else but never taking it upon oneself to adhere to the same standards. “I’ve written a lot of conceptual story driven songs and this felt more immediate and personal so I wanted it to concentrate on my own self reflection.I’d read a book that my friend...