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There Will Be Fireworks

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“And we’ve changed in one hundred different ways, but my heart still beats the same,” sings There Will Be Fireworks’ Nicholas McManus on ‘Something Borrowed’, a billowing mid-point to their stormy and storming new record, Summer Moon. The Glasgow five-piece return this autumn with their first album in a decade: the melodic and musically rich Summer Moon, recorded at Gargleblast Studios in Hamilton, Scotland alongside engineer/producer Andy Miller (Mogwai, De Rosa, Life Without Buildings).

Where 2013’s The Dark, Dark Bright found the band on the cusp of adulthood, Summer Moon finds them in suitably reflective mood, ten years older and in the throes of marriage, fatherhood, love and death. Amid the darkness, the record still carves out moments of light; finding magic in Glasgow's tenements and lanes and basement venues, and finding hope in love – in all its terrifying power.

With more than 15 years under their belts, and an increased confidence in their abilities, the performances are assured and exploratory. The shimmering squall of guitars is still there, of course, but Summer Moon is propelled by a rhythm section that feels more powerful and expressive than ever before.

Nostalgic at its weary core, but so often bracingly vibrant, it may have taken There Will Be Fireworks ten years to get here, but Summer Moon reminds us that, even as the years roll by, as the seasons come and go, some things are worth hanging on for.

— Tom Johnson, GoldFlakePaint

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