I first heard of Lonely The Brave when I saw them open for Don Broco nearly a year ago now. They were pretty beautiful. Frontman David Jakes voice live translates into something quite haunting, I was taken aback and that's where my love for this band began. Alongside David are Andrew, Joel, Mark and Gavin and as a collective they create indie/rock with a doom and gloom vibe. Doom and gloom are not often words people warm to but in the case of Lonely The Brave you really connect and relate to the way they sound. Like indie ancestors Editors, they have that sad tone that makes you strangely happy. They strike the right balance between easy-listening and rocking out and that only makes them more endearing; you can turn them up to 100 and sing like it's the last song you will ever hear, or they can pop up on a shuffled playlist and be part of a chilled soundtrack. Although the five-piece are yet to release an album they have a small collection of songs including EP 'Backroads.' 'Backroads' as a single itself is probably their biggest song to date and it's a perfect example of the balance I was talking about earlier. Other songs to note are the beautiful 'Hope There's Someone', the more rock n roll 'Black Saucers' and latest single 'Victory Line'. With festival slots all over the place and a tour announced just this morning with Marmozets, Lonely The Brave stand a good chance of becoming major players in the doom and gloom arena.
Catch Lonely The Brave on The Big Cheese Tour this October with Marmozets.
Debut album 'A Day's War' is available to preorder now and is due for release on September 1st 2014.
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