Trick Of Light

Goldhawks release their next single, Keep The Fire, on Vertigo on August 16th, followed by their debut album Trick of Light on the 6th of September The single comes amid busy touring for the band and follows the first ever New To Q tour which the band did alongside Detroit Social Club and Tiffany Page. Goldhawks, heavily tipped as One To Watch in 2010, are a live band not to be missed – they wowed the masses last year with a brace of shows at CMJ in New York, a sold-out residency at Londons Ginglik and a support tour this year with The Courteeners. Goldhawks also have a bunch of festival dates confirmed, with more to be announced shortly This west London five-piece are not in the business of half measures, not interested in anxious, apologetic, half-baked landfill indie Goldhawks make their ambitions clear from the start: the giant opening guitar riff sets its cap at arenas, not the toilet circuit Two years ago, under his own name, Bobby Cook was releasing a single, Deja Vu, whose sweeping strings and acoustic shuffle saw him quickly bracketed alongside the likes of Laura Marling, Jamie T and Mumford and Sons on the dawning London skewed-folk scene. Already, people whose curiosity had been aroused by Deja Vus gentle acoustica found themselves faced with a very different prospect live. The songs were getting much heavier, Bobby remembers. On one hand, I was drawing on a passion for Ryan Adams. But then Id find myself being inspired by filmic and more textured music. And it was obvious to everyone that this big, majestic sound wasnt just down to me More like revivalist meetings than gigs, Goldhawks live performances have reminded older hands of the zealotry and ferment of Echo and The Bunnymen. To their own generation, Goldhawks represent something that can often seem like its in very short supply indeed: music that has nothing to do with striking attitudes or ticking commercial boxes, and everything to do with what Bobby calls his only reason for making music in the first place: because he has to, hes got no choice.