A coiling spring that slowly unfolds into simple single-note piano lines, frenetic guitar loops and pulsing rhythms, The Boxer Rebellion's latest single, “A Man As Alive As The City,” is a cascading panoramic image of a restless restlessness. Harnessing the human condition note for note, line for line and song for song, the resurgent quartet deliver another deeply emotional cut as their new EP Open Arms comes into view.
Accompanying a series of celebratory sold-out dates in the UK and Europe through October, the band released the brilliant and epic 'Powdered Sugar' to confirm that not only were the band back, but a clear line had been drawn from its past to the present. in a burst of urgent and updated creativity. Following the November release of “Lightness Out Of Darkness”, another step towards the release of the band's new EP, released on Wednesday, February 14, 2023, “A Man As Alive As The City” is a song for both the listener as if for a catharsis. for the writer.
Singer and songwriter Nathan Nicholson explains: “'A Man As Alive As The City' is a feeling more than anything. It is about restlessness and change. Many times I find it difficult to relax, as if I have electricity in my veins, thinking too much and constantly moving like a city that never sleeps.”
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The union of the four members of the band Boxer Rebellion, Nicholson (vocals, guitar, keyboards), Adam Harrison (bass), Piers Hewitt (drums) and Andrew Smith (lead guitar), provided their fans with the entire decade of the nineties. and the 2010s, belief in the DIY dream. Releasing no less than six albums, five of them on his own label after turning his back on a mainstream music industry in crisis, and including classic singles like “Flashing Red Light Means Go”, “Evacuate”, “Keep Moving”, ” Diamonds” and “Both Sides Are Equal” the climb toward matching or improving such a rate of successful, investigative, life-affirming music might have seemed steep.
Revealing their first new recordings last fall, listeners were under no illusions that the band had met the challenge of returning and met and exceeded those expectations. Similarly, his fierce sense of independence was left intact, reactivating his own label Absentee Recordings to release his new music and releasing a run of his best-loved albums on vinyl for the first time. Departures, Union, The Cold Stilland Promises They are now widely available in record stores and directly from the band's official online store.
The Boxer Rebellion will update their story later in 2024, following the release of the February EP, with the promise of more music and more live appearances.
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