Club Paradise create soaring and anthemic alt pop

Exciting Newcastle four-piece Club Paradise kicked off the year on a high with a string of releases which has accumulated to their new EP ‘Growing Up’.

Having to work in isolation for the first time with each bandmember recording remotely has not stopped them from creating an expansive and truly uplifting indie pop anthem.

Dynamic production with thunderous drums and Ryan Young’s vocals emphatically lighting up the track, the true spirit of Club Paradise lives with vivid storytelling once again creating a hugely relatable work of art.

In their own words, the band said: “It isn’t just about physically getting older, but about how times have changed. It’s about how disposable everything has become, whether that’s music or memories – it’s rare we hold and cherish these things physically anymore.

“We don’t hold memories on tapes, people stand and wait for limited retail releases worth thousands of pounds just to forget about the items within a month or two, it’s crazy – yet to some people it’s completely normal and to a degree, expected.”

Other tracks include the buoyant ‘Teenagers’, energising alt pop anthem ‘Closer’ and the mellow and melodic ‘Kirby Kegar’.

Made up of school friends Ryan Young (vocals/guitar), Jackson Vert (lead guitar), Harry Webb (bass) and Nathan Hogg (drums), Club Paradise cite the likes of Foals, The Midnight, Jungle and The Horrors as influences.

The band are on the cusp of something great. A powerful new name in their sphere, they are certainly one to keep tabs on in 2020.

Listen to the EP in full below and leave an ICM Star Rating out of 10!