From Nothing To A Little Bit More

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AM: “This was a sweet little number me and Scott started when we were whippersnappers. We neglected it for a while, and it got pushed to the side. Then it presented itself again. There was a lot going on at the time that fitted a lot of the words—and the idea of being in a headspace all the way at the top and then all the way at the bottom and the different parts of a journey. It felt right, and obviously we were older and a bit more experienced, so it was easier to revisit the song and let it be itself.” As Moore, Scott Concepcion (guitars/piano), and Ryan Durrans (drums) stride into their emboldened early twenties together, artistic support and kinship has come from some unlikely, ‘pinch me’ quarters, including The Killers, with whom Moore sang onstage at shows in Vienna and Amsterdam, plus Tim Burgess, Paul Weller, Arctic Monkeys, and Louis Tomlinson. Krol, Charlotte (27 October 2022). "The Lathums announce new album 'From Nothing To A Little Bit More', share single 'Say My Name' ". NME . Retrieved 11 March 2023.

Undeserving’ isaraw and honest navigation throughthebattles that go on inside ones head, ‘its frighting whatthemind can start to think of at half past nine’. The Lathums: Wigan indie band score debut number one album". BBC News. October 2021 . Retrieved 1 October 2021. In September 2021, the band released their debut album, How Beautiful Life Can Be, which featured remastered versions of previously released singles, alongside new songs. Alex: “I think that’s more of a constant thing, really. We’re together all of the time: 80% of that time we’re in very intense situations that we have to either get sorted there and then, or talk through it and get it sorted before it runs away from us. Alex: “But put us on any stage anywhere, and we will fulfil. That’s all we do: we’re not even people any more, we’re just musical notes. We’re just part of the music.” The Killers covered ‘How Beautiful Life Can Be’ with Alex during shows in Vienna and Amsterdam last summer. That’s quite the endorsement…

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Discography [ edit ] Studio albums [ edit ] List of studio albums, with selected details and chart positions Not that the pandemic hampered The Lathums’ lofty ambitions too much, mind. After signing to Island Records in early 2020, the band’s debut LP shot straight to the top of the UK Albums Chart in October 2021, toppling Drake of all people from the Number One slot. “We will take on anybody in any big area!” Moore adds now about that memorable chart victory. “You can’t keep this music down.” Alex Moore, frontman of the band, first met Scott Concepcion before the band formed. The band began as a music project at college in Pemberton, Greater Manchester. The members consisted of drummer Ryan Durrans, bassist Lewis Halliwell, guitarist Scott Concepcion and singer Alex Moore. The band are named after a venue that they performed at. It's commonly pronounced as "La-thums", rather than "Lay-thums". When asked how it's pronounced, Moore stated, "It's just how we pronounce it. It's just how it was christened." [5] Halliwell later left the band, so another stage school student Johnny Cunliffe was chosen to replace him. Scott Concepcion: “I did. There’s plenty of little guitar parts and overlapping intricacies that form melodies when listened to together. Jim Abbiss [producer] brought out his Höfner electric thumb piano too, it was incredible.” AM: “A lot of the album is music for an individual—personal music—and we wanted something for everybody in the crowd to get behind, where everybody takes the song for themselves and the energy from everybody is just so good. We’re conscious about stuff like that now. We’re never selfish with it, we never wanted to keep it to ourselves. We always wanted to express it to people but now we understand that, at a show, it’s their time to have a laugh and have a jump around. You have to write a song that’s sat in that category.”

Aroesti, Rachel (24 September 2021). "The Lathums: How Beautiful Life Can Be – hearty 00s indie revivalism". The Guardian . Retrieved 1 October 2021. For Scott and Ryan, it is a way to develop their musicianship, a way to live a life free from responsibilities, and a way to support their friend through his grief. Happily, for the rest of us, the joining of these three young men has resulted in some wonderful songs, the best of which can soon be found on From Nothing To A Little Bit More. Sometimes their excitement and focus present as confidence, something they could not be blamed for feeling. Alex disagrees. “Do you think we’re confident?” he says, shaking his head absentmindedly. “Just proud.” Lyrically emotive, running river deep for frontman, Alex Moore, yet audaciously stitched with stadium-sized guitars and brooding rhythms, the statement single found its voice with Jim Abbiss (Adele, Arctic Monkeys, Bombay Bicycle Club) in the album producer’s chair. AM: “This is a gorgeous piece of music, especially if you take the vocals away! It was fun recording this because it was out of our comfort zone. I was very proud of us after we’d finished it because we’d never done a song like this before. We didn’t really know what we were doing with it at the beginning, but we kept at it and it’s become quite special. It’s of its own kin, there’s not many songs like it about at the moment. It gives us more confidence to express things in different ways.”

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Maplethorpe, Dale (2 March 2023). "Album Review: The Lathums - From Nothing To A Little Bit More". Gigwise . Retrieved 10 March 2023. In November 2022, the band announced their second album, From Nothing to a Little Bit More. Following the announcement, "Say My Name" and "Turmoil" were released. Copsey, Rob (1 October 2021). "The Lathums score Number 1 debut album with How Beautiful Life Can Be". Official Charts Company . Retrieved 1 October 2021. Alex: “It was more inspiring, the fact that [Flowers] took the time to come and speak to us. He said, ‘You write great choruses’ and stuff like that. He was a proper gentleman. That’s how I want people who represent our industry to be: they don’t think they’re above anything. He was really encouraging to us, and said lots of nice things. You only get to live that kind of thing — going on stage with The Killers — once, so I’m sorted now, me.” Might Brandon Flowers join The Lathums on stage at the Castlefield Bowl?

A charming, humorous bravado obscures a sadder core to Alex. “I get sad all the time. There is many different ways of it hurting, isn’t there?” he says. “I’ve seen some pretty dark things, me. I’m not gonna lie to you, I’ve seen some pretty bad things in my lifetime.” The record features the likes of “Sad Face Baby,” which captures a yearning to connect with others who feel lost, and “Turmoil,” the recent single that saw the band swap punky squall for tender balladry. In April 2022, the band released Sad Face Baby, the last single to feature Johnny Cunliffe on bass before his departure in 2022. The band brought on Matty Murphy as a replacement, but was not officially dubbed as a member until January 2023. During the time of Cunliffe's absence, the band were a support act for The Killers. Moore got the chance to do a cover of How Beautiful Life Can Be with them on stage, with Alex on acoustic guitar and Brandon Flowers on co-lead vocals. [8] In January 2023 they released the single "Struggle." On February 16th, they performed in Warrington ahead of the opening round of the Betfred Super League, Warrington Wolves vs Leeds Rhinos. [10]This is my happy place,” Alex says. Scott and Ryan have not only been there through Alex’s lowest moments, but the trio have been through things together too. “There were some times during recording sessions where I was not in a good way. These men had to live with me in a small house.” “We had fun,” Scott insists. It’s preceded by their latest single ‘Struggle’, luring the listener in with a simple-but-effective piano motif and a soft vocal from Alex Moore, before building to become a heart-on-sleeve anthem likely to be belted out by all and sundry from the remainder of 2023. Turmoil may do what it says on the tin, but in a deeply touching way: “that was written whilst I was in love, but I’m not now” Alex comments in the jocular tone he uses to hide all of his pain. He shows a similar English tendency towards levity when discussing Crying Out, a song that was written a long while ago but that fits seamlessly into the record. “I’ve only had like one girlfriend, and ‘Crying Out’ was before that. It’s like three different steps all in one album. Pre, during, and post-relationship. All of them are horrible,” Alex grins. Wolves, Warrington (6 February 2023). "Warrington Wolves - The Lathums to headline Super League season opener". Warrington Wolves . Retrieved 17 April 2023.

Ryan: “It’s not up to us though, really. It’s up to the festivals and the fans: if we don’t have enough fans, no-one will book us.”Alex: “At some point, if fate decides it — I’m not opposed to playing it live at all. Though I do think it’d be quite a lot for a person to stand there for eight minutes straight and take in all of that music. I think it’s more something that you should sit down and listen to it yourself.” You previously predicted to NME that you’d clinch the Number One spot with your debut album. What are your ambitions with album two? The Lathums announce new album, single and UK Tour dates for 2023". Radio X. 28 October 2022 . Retrieved 11 March 2023. Continuing on tothepenultimate song ofTheLathumssecond album ‘From Nothing ToALittle Bit More’, they present usasong shrouded by yearning. ‘Crying Out’ has lead singer Alex Moore literally crying out for somebody,asense of desperation in his voice makes it allthemore emotional.