Debut Album Taster From City Reign

Oh, for those halcyon days of the Old Grey Whistle Test where record flogging bands took a backseat, as did the banality of presenters such as Jools Holland. Instead the show's focus was about the music itself, and quite often that which was non-mainstream. Engagingly the oft used inclusion of vintage film and animation sequences to accompany a song was one of its highlights.

So it is that if OGWT were still going they would no doubt love this video to accompany 'Retaliate', one of the tracks taken from the forthcoming album 'Another Step' by Manchester's warmly rich indie pop trio City Reign.

Who couldn't fall in love with this piece of gossamer fine footage of bouncing balloons and Fred Astaire with his own version of Strictly Come Dancing. That's not to forget the song itself either, which is also a rather fine affair.

'Another Step', produced by Sam Jones and recorded in Salford's Sacred Trinity Church, is out on February 25 2013 through City Reign's own Car Boot Records label. The first single from the work, 'Ahead of Ideas' was released last month.


City Reign - Ahead of Ideas (taster from debut album) by Ask Me PR