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My Luminaries ‘Order From The Chaos’ Out Soon » The Music Mag
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My Luminaries ‘Order From The Chaos’ Out Soon
Glastonbury Emerging Talent Competition winners My Luminaries release their debut album ‘Order From The Chaos’ on Monday 7th June, through their DIY label Cottage Industries.
The journey that has led East London alt-rock band My Luminaries to this release is one more complex than most. It’s been a journey of false starts, of adventure and misadventure and one that has delivered a humble but explosive band that are determined to be heard.
Reading born songwriter James Ewers met Manchester bred drummer Sam Stopford at Kingston University in 2004. Together with twins Saul and Dylan Perryman they formed their band. Ill-fated management and record deals followed, with the band tied to a development deal with V2 records that proved fruitless for label and band. The label wanted copycat indie hits and the band wanted to write a timeless album they could be truly proud of.
Surviving largely unscathed with the music they loved intact, and having gained priceless experience, a self released live album and two singles were quick to follow; Jumping the Great White and The Outsider Steps Inside on Grönland Records. The band spent 2008 writing what could very well have been their second or third album, along with new addition Simon Jones. In January 2009 the band went into Eastcote Studios to self-produce and record their debut long player. Bloody minded and heads ringing with tunes, nothing seemed too ambitious. String quartets were recorded. Horn sections were drafted in. The battleground was set.
The album was mixed by the revered and renowned Paul Stacey, who shared the band’s ethos that the record should be made for the record’s sake, and not for the sake of the radio or iPod. The result is Order From The Chaos. It would only be right that it should be mastered in New York by the legendary Greg Calbi (Springsteen, Dylan etc). New champions of the band were soon drawn by the scent of something special. Radio 1’s Edith Bowman voted for the band to play at T in the Park Festival in Scotland.
My Luminaries – Parasol:
Shortly after this, the reality of the five-year slog took its toll on the band and in the weeks that followed, the twins and Simon were replaced by London based lifelong musicians Mark Ferguson, Mike Murray and Leila MacFie. The restored and revived line up began writing and recording immediately. And as if this new sense of optimism and focus could be sensed elsewhere, Order From The Chaos soon spread across the Internet the world over, hailed in countless online blogs and proclaimed by many to be “the first great album of the decade”. Meanwhile the band were chosen from over 1600 entrants as the overall winners of the Q Magazine Glastonbury Emerging Talent Competition, winning at least one slot at this year’s festival. Judges included Emily Eavis, BBC’s Huw Stevens and Q Editor Paul Rees.
The first single taken from the album was the fan-favorite Parasol, released on the band’s own DIY label Cottage Industries on March 22nd 2010. At time of press the single had featured on both Tom Robinson’s BBC 6 music and Eddy Temple Morris’ XFM shows, with many more expected.
With a UK tour leading to the band’s performance at Glastonbury and a new EP release planned for the autumn, My Luminaries are ready for a truly great year.
Order From The Chaos is available on CD and download from all good record stores on Monday 7th June 2010. My Luminaries play the Queens Head Stage at Glastonbury Festival on 24th June 2010.
You can see more of My Luminaries here: www.myspace.com/myluminaries
