DEBUT ALBUM,  âDREAMING THE IMPOSSIBLEâ OUT NOW
âThe Loft Club have a sense of classicism running through their music…that chiming guitar sound, so redolent of everyone from The ByrdsâŚ[to] Big Star.â â Clash Magazine
UK indie band The Loft Club make their full-length debut with Dreaming The Impossible, released worldwide today by Lightyear Entertainment, through Caroline/UMG, in association with UK label So Letâs Talk. Produced by James Bragg (Jack Steadman, The Skints), itâs an album made for headphones â equal parts indie rock / folk rock with flashes of sixties guitar psychedelia, nineties Brit-pop and alt-country. All woven together with three-part harmonies, wide open chords and sing-along choruses. Download / stream Dreaming The Impossible HERE.
The album includes âHeard Her Say,â praised by American Songwriter as the ânecessary jolt everyone needs right nowâŚwholly uplifting.â View the official video for âHeard Her Say,â which was shot at Britainâs historic Lawrence Castle, HERE. In this era of social distancing, not a soul was present to catch their rooftop performance â in stark contrast to their live performance at Powderham Castle last summer, where The Loft Club performed the track for the massive crowd in attendance at Noel Gallagherâs High Flying Birds Sunday Sessions Exeter.
Praising the track âFlickerâ ft. GRAMMYÂŽ-winner Lisa Loeb, Clash Magazine observed, âThe Loft Club have a sense of classicism running through their music…that chiming guitar sound, so redolent of everyone from The ByrdsâŚ[to] Big Star.â The song made Record of the Day on the prestigious ROTD (recordoftheday.com). BBC Introducing declared The Loft Club ânothing short of sensational.â
The Exeter-based quintet consists of Daniel Schamroth (guitar/vocals), Jamie Whyte (bass/vocals), Kieran Chalmers (drums), Josie Stoneman (vocals) and Sam Piper (lead guitar). Schamroth wrote the first 11 songs on Dreaming The Impossible and co-wrote the album closer, âFlicker,â with Lisa Loeb.
Other standout tracks on Dreaming The Impossible include âIâm Just A Man,â which offers three minutes of raw rock ânâ roll, with its whining guitars, screaming organ, pulsing bass lines and rumble of toms. âKeep Me Coming Homeâ comes down half a step with a melancholic verse before opening out into a big, guitar-filled chorus and the infectious âBaby Youâll Be Fineâ brings a much-needed message of hope. âTrue Loveâ is described by Schamroth as âa heart on sleeve love song with an almighty sing-along chorus, and a lead guitar part that hits you out of nowhereâ while âMade In Englandâ documents the insular, broken dreams of Englandâs eroded establishment.
“This is an album for the purists,” says Schamroth. “I’m one of those old school romantics who still practices the dying art of donning the headphones and consuming an album from start to finish via candlelight, with sleeve in hand. I don’t know if anyone listens to albums like that anymore, but I certainly do.”
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