Marking their debut release in a flurry of euphoric pop, Newcastle four-piece Club Paradise bring us ‘Do You Feel The Same?’.
Emerging with retro guitar licks and oscillating synths, the track muses on the self-doubt the group have battled with throughout the pandemic.
Crashing drums and reverberating vocal callbacks evoke a sense of longing, while remaining sonically in line with the band’s growing discography: a mix of pop hooks and triumphant, anthemic indie-rock.
“I spoke to the devil and he didn’t want none of my money, he just thinks it’s funny that I feel like living hell”
Key lyric from ‘Do You Feel The Same?’
Speaking on the release, frontman Ryan Young says it’s, “the first time I’ve opened up about how I can often feel this nauseating self-doubt and weight. I get these days where, for whichever reason, I feel excluded or like I’m not doing enough and my mind spirals.”
He adds: “Almost everything I do is coupled with a brainwave of some kind of TV show or music video” – a reflection that perhaps explains the ‘80s soundtrack’ flavour of this latest offering.
“This feeling of being high, as a protagonist in my own life, leads to the low of wondering if anyone even notices.”
‘Do You Feel The Same?’ follows up on Club Paradise’s 2020 EP Growing Up where they were again recording in isolation but that hasn’t stopped them producing thunderous pop anthems with emphatic vocals and shimmering drum cymbals.
Club Paradise are on an exciting trajectory for the year to come, having received all-important support from BBC Introducing and Radio X. From selling out their own show at Cobalt Studios, and tackling coveted slots supporting Kashmere, Vistas, Saint Raymond, Larkins and Apre, the group are already well on the way to carving a space for themselves and building a committed fanbase.
