away fans are an indie-rock four piece from London that set out to make music that gets everyone dancing, screaming and misbehaving. With a comprehensive and electric live performance described as “infectious dirty dance” with “propulsive disco rhythms”, they never leave a crowd standing on their heels. Fresh from their first two UK tours and three dates in New York in the last 12 months, their live show is set to continue to breathe life into the dingy basements, dancefloors and fields of the UK.
‘Keeping On’, the new single by away fans, marks a departure from the band’s previous releases, with a heavier focus on electronic dance elements blended into live band performance. It is also the band’s first collaboration with singer SEY.MOUR., whose backing vocals add layers of interesting texture and warmth to the intoxicating mixture.
“The song is about that moment post-argument with your partner, when the initial anger has faded and you just wanna sort things out but don’t know how. That sort of malaise when you’re desperate to get back to how things were but aren’t quite sure how to get there”, says away fans lead vocalist Tom Fisher. “We took inspiration from bands like Primal Scream and The Prodigy, who managed to keep the live feel of a band, whilst still fitting in with the rave and party scene”, he further adds.
When recording ‘Keeping On’, away fans utilised pre-programmed drums, blended with live performance, to create a rich layered sound which references jungle and drum and bass breaks, whilst still feeling like a guitar band. They also generated unique samples to layer throughout the track providing interesting rhythms and textures. The result is a sound that is infected with murky post-punk attitude and ‘Madchester’ rave scene style grooves, but with the band’s own London scene grit and determination binding everything together into a tightly packed punch of vibrant engaging music.
away fans 2025 live dates:
Tuesday 28th October- Shacklewell Arms, London- supporting Mary Shelley.
Friday 31st October- ACU- Utrecht, Netherlands – with MOFGY and Splitting Edges.
Saturday November 22nd– LVLS in Hackney Wick, London- all dayer.
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