red rum club

Liverpool’s triumphant and joyous indie rockers Red Rum Club return with new single ‘Eleanor’ accompanied with an awesome animated music video.

The sugar-tipped arrow is fired directly from Cupid’s bow. The happy gang of party-starters have played it from the heart, delivering a much-needed shot-in-the-arm right on the cusp of summer.

Working once again at their home city’s legendary Parr Street Studios in the company of producer Chris Taylor (Blossoms, The Coral, She Drew The Gun), ‘Eleanor’ is the first, brand new song from the band this year.

The ICM Awards 2019 Track of the Year nominees have followed the superb ‘Kids Addicted’ with a beautiful summer gloss of brass instruments and tropical-like guitars and meaningful vocals to support someone in need of a ‘pick me up’.

Lead singer, Fran Doran, says: “It’s a perfect love song, sung to and about guitarist Tom Williams’ partner, Eleanor.

“It was written as an aid to help her overcome an ongoing battle with mental health, she needed a ‘pick me up’ song. It’s a happy, summery ode to finding the right person who you just click with and can’t imagine being without.

“When we went back in the studio after the success of Matador, we didn’t know what to expect, but this came effortlessly as it was from the heart and, as it’s so close to Tom, none of us wanted to mess with his vision for what it should be.”

Prolific and ambitious, it was while hurtling from gig to gig that they began writing their more urgent, melodic, and focused follow-up.

From Bucharest to Seoul and Glastonbury to the Isle of Wight, Red Rum Club’s travels have condensed a decade of experience into two, wild years, yet Eleanor hints at the bliss to be found when they finally find their way home.

Formed of Fran Doran, Tom Williams (lead guitar), Michael McDermott (rhythm guitar), Simon Hepworth (bass), Neil Lawson (drums) and their famed trumped player, Joe Corby, Red Rum Club possess a magical ability to enchant their audiences through expertly-written pop gems and cinematic story-telling. Their melodies are utterly addictive, and Corby’s brass flourishes, inspired by obscure Cuban Pop and Mexican mariachi, bring an inimitable Tarantino-esque glamour to these north country boys.

As well as numerous headline tours of their own, culminating in a sold-out Liverpool O2 Academy, the band has enjoyed high-profile support slots with bands including The 1975. Red Rum Club’s upcoming September 2020 live dates, including a main stage headline slot to close this year’s Sound City, are as follows:

Tuesday 8th – Newcastle Under Lyme, Keele SU The Ballroom*
Friday 11th – London, O2 Academy Brixton*
Saturday 12th – Liverpool, University*
Sunday 13th – Glasgow, O2 Academy*
Tuesday 15th – Leicester, O2 Academy*
Wednesday 16th – Cardiff, Tramshed*
Thursday 17th – Norwich, The Waterfront*
Monday 21st – Southampton, The Joiners Arms
Sunday 27th – Liverpool, Sound City Festival

(*supporting Circa Waves) Tickets available here