Fusing the leather-clad swagger of Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, the bluesy 4/4 stomp of the Black Keys and the simmering electronic rumblings of early Kasabian, ’75 Trips’ finds Reflekter in brooding, empowering form.

The band’s James Gooch takes us inside the new track’s inspiration and creation: “‘75 trips around the sun’ is a phrase I’d heard used to describe our average lifespan and is about making the most of the time you’ve got and generally living everyday like it’s your last. It’s about wanting to make an impact and leaving something behind.  It was a song that really came to life in the studio and quickly evolved into the sound we were looking for. After that the rest seemed to fall into place.”

To mark the release of the new single on 7” vinyl, Reflekter will be launching the single with an exclusive in-store show at Rough Trade Nottingham where they will be performing a 45-minute set and signing copies of the record.

One of Nottingham’s hottest new prospects right now, Reflekter formed in May 2018 and have already been compared to rock’n’roll greats like Echo & the Bunnymen and Kasabian. A singer and songwriter on the circuit already, frontman James Gooch may already be familiar to some for his work with BBC Introducing praised act: Same Streets. Parking the project after meeting his brothers in arms at a Fontaines DC gig in Nottingham, Reflekter were born that day. Wasting little time, the band quickly began laying down tracks together at a local recording studio. These early demos soon found themselves in the lap of Jake Bugg manager Jason Hart who instantly recognised their potential. Within a year of their formation the band released their first single ‘Caught in a Storm', a track which organically clocked up over 20,000 streams in a week and had BBC Introducing’s Dean Jackson placing on the coveted “ones to watch list 2019”.

2019 DATES

SEPTEMBER

29 - Dundee - Beat Generator

30 - Edinburgh - Sneaky Pete's

OCTOBER

4 - Rough Trade Nottingham In-Store

4 - Nottingham Bodega - SOLD OUT!

5 - Newcastle - Surf Cafe

13 - Leeds - Oporto

Pet Shop Boys have unveiled their brand new single ‘Dreamland’, featuring Years & Years. The single was written by Chris Lowe and Neil Tennant with Olly Alexander who also duets with Neil Tennant on the track.

The song was written in London and produced by Stuart Price at Hansa Studios in Berlin and The Record Plant in Los Angeles. The single is the first new music by Pet Shop Boys since their acclaimed Agenda EP, released in February, and the first piece of music to be released from their forthcoming new studio album.

The duo has also announced seven UK shows to open their first-ever greatest hits tour – Dreamworld: The Greatest Hits Live – in May/June 2020. Beginning on Thursday May 28 at London’s O2, the tour will see PSB perform at arenas across the country, ending at Glasgow’s SSE Hydro on Saturday June 6.

Full tour schedule below:

Thursday May 28th – The O2, London

Friday May 29th  – Manchester Arena, Manchester

Saturday May 30th – Resorts World Arena, Birmingham

Tuesday June 2nd – BIC Arena, Bournemouth

Wednesday June  3rd  – Motorpoint Arena, Cardiff

Friday June 5th – Utilita Arena, Newcastle

Saturday June 6 – SSE Hydro, Glasgow