Flight Brigade Announce New Album And October 2019 UK Tour

Indie rock outfit Flight Brigade have a brand new album and will bring their fresh sound to a venue near You!

Indie rock band Flight Brigade will release their brand new studio album ‘Chased by Wolves’ on Friday 13th September 2019 on Rebel Cinema Records via Wixen Music Publishing . The new album follows their debut album Our Friends Our Enemies (2016) and a number of singles.

‘Chased by Wolves’ was recorded at Visconti Studios in Kingston by esteemed producer Chris Porter. (George Michael, Elton John, Bowie).

Flight Brigade Line Up:
Ollie Baines: Guitars, Vocals
Miriam Baines: Synths, Vocals
Dorry Macauley: Violin, Vocals
 Tom Clay: Bass
Thomas Pink: Guitar
Neil Blandford: Drums
Jonny Barker: Keys

Flight Brigade will embark on a UK tour in October 2019 to promote the album. 

A full list of dates, venues and ticket links can be found below. 

What doesn’t crush you makes you stronger, so if Chased By Wolves has a theme, it’s one of coming together in the face of adversity and drawing strength, joy and resilience from one’s community. The album contains rich storytelling, akin to Flight Brigade’s debut album Our Friends Our Enemies, and uses it to weave a very personal thread, coming out of a tumultuous period for the band.

The title track Chased By Wolves tells of the fear and chaos experienced as they navigated legal threats. An initiation which gave them their first taste of the infamous ‘wolves’ and ‘sharks’ lurking beneath the waters of the music industry.

Fury Road, Heartbreaker and Tinderbox explore the beauty and fragility of relationships. Brainwave pays homage to Seth Baines, brother of lead singer Ollie, and his courageous battle with epilepsy. Since the song was written Seth was diagnosed with brain cancer and tragically passed away in November 2018. The album is dedicated to Seth, the band’s brother, video maker and greatest supporter.

The lyrics of penultimate track, How Your River Runs Through Me, encapsulates the themes of the album as a whole. Ollie puts himself in the world of Cormac McCarthy’s novel The Road, imagining journeying with his young son through an apocalyptic wasteland in search of hope and community. The power of community is something this seven-piece have experienced in spades and something they have the passion and desire to share.

‘Chased By Wolves’ Album Tracklisting:

1. Monsoon
2. Heartbreaker
3. Chased By Wolves
4. Tinderbox
5. Fury Road
6. Sirens
7. Mutiny
8. Stranger Things
9. Silver
10. Where Eagles Dare
11. Brainwave
12. Alligators
13. How Your River Runs Through Me
14. Creature

To celebrate these announcements, Flight Brigade have released their new single ‘Tinderbox’ and its accompayning music video.

You can watch the official music video for ‘Tinderbox’ in this article.

Pete Sargeant