2017 Ones To Watch #4 – High Tyde

With 2016 over, we look ahead to what musical talent 2017 can offer, and with the masses of acts out there in the industry there is plenty for us to get excited about. Throughout January, ICM will be highlighting one new band each day and showing just why they should be on your music radar. Our 4th band is High Tyde.

High Tyde kicked off the year by claiming ICM Song Of The Week with ‘Dark Love’.

‘Dark Love’ was completely different from the likes of ‘Do What You Want’ and ‘Feeling The Vibes’, the track has a heavier guitar sound and ferocious drum beats. Deliciously dirty, it flirts with glam indie pop. Lined with a subtle groove of rhythmic guitars and a dark sultry undertone, it’s ruthless in its riling and could hospitalise with killer hooks.

Within 2016 they also released their latest EP,’Real’. ‘Real’ stays true to the band’s roots, soaked in indie-rock goodness with a consistent thumping beat coupled with screeching guitar riffs and powerful vocals. The track, ‘Speak’, is an intriguing amalgamation of High Tyde’s previous styles and past work, yet it demonstrates how far the band has come and how much more they have to offer in 2017.

With multiple EP’s under their belt, could 2017 be the year when we see a High Tyde debut LP?

High Tyde have been around the nation in the past 12 months touring and gigging gaining a well-deserved fan base.

We managed to see High Tyde on their first ever gig in Stoke at the iconic venue, The Sugarmill. With the lights down and their illuminated blue and red logo in the Background, High Tyde had a varied mix of sounds. Their pop vibe shone in their earlier tracks such as ‘Feel It’ and ‘Mustang Japan’ then to more indie rock with their last song of the night ‘Dark Love’. Then to unheard songs that sound like a rap just with an upbeat and funky indie background.

The undeniably talented High Tyde also performed at London’s Camden Assembly. Their mesmerising musical magic which never fails to impress treated us to a range of their beloved tracks including ‘One Bullet’, ‘Gold’ and ‘Speak’ – to which the crowd screamed along to every lyric. They concluded their set with the hearty anthemic single that is ‘Dark Love’; the crowd went insane, the entire 200 capacity venue became one monstrous mosh pit bursting with a primitively spirited atmosphere. In its entirety, their set blasted unfathomably infinite energy from the offset and passionately exhibited the true core of High Tyde that many people crave.

2017 is sure to see the true core of High Tyde and their infinite energy surge onto more stages across the country, including festival appearences.

Ahead of their set at Sheffield’s inner-city music festival, Tramlines, we asked High Tyde frontman Cody, in an exclusive ICM interview what they had in store for the 12 months following July. He stated that “some more music [was] coming very soon”, and, “some overseas stuff” was in the mix too. “It’s going to be a great 12 months.” he concluded.

We know that High Tyde are going to have a great 2017 as they almost made 2016 an award winning triumph. They were nominees for ICMAward Track Of The Year with ‘Dark Love’, however were nipped to the post by Indie peers, Sundara Karma.

That being said, 2016 was nowhere near a disappointment. So, let’s see what 2017 has in store for our favourite Brighton 4-piece, High Tyde!

We will be announcing a new band every day throughout the entirety of January and the ICM long list will be announced on February 1st.

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