#whiteroyal

Hello. Been a while since i posted anything about anything. I mean we only have 5 followers but i do value you all. And if you are reading this and have tumblr why don't you follow me/us. We don't post enough for it to be annoying. Or good.  So 2014 you have been very strange to me. We only gave you 4 songs and 8 gigs yet you have given us a record deal. Great reviews. Great amount of plays.  A year highlight was most def live at leeds, it was one of the best days of this year for many reasons. The gig was greatly received and there was loads of people there. I dont really remember it because a week previous i had broken my knee cap and was up to my eyeballs on Fosters and tramadol. I had to turn down an operation to play the gig, stupid musicians.  The day then persisted into madness. Seeing forward russia again was a personal treat.  I really hope you all had a good 2014.  We have experienced so much so far within the industry and we have so much gratitude to Troy and Jafar (our label). Color Station is bubbling at the moment. When you hear about whats going on you just know things are getting somewhere. and you have to have absolute balls to set up a label in this current musical climate.  So its nice to go from having people in the music industry who are very big and very influential telling you your songs arn't good enough, or that you need to do x and y to please x and y. To then get a team behind you who are so supportive of everything that we are doing, it means a lot. So much love to CS.  To the industry people who interfered, don't tell me how to fucking write songs, you mr office desk man or woman how many songs have you written in your insipid life, just because you have the power to make or break me. You who decide what the public will like obviously. And don't you take apart my personal lyrics because you dont understand it. If you dont understand them thats a good thing to me i don't want you to understand them.  Britain and British music is in a lost and confused state. We are fluctuating in a large state of 'mid level bands'. Bands who can't hit the peaks, who float around that kind of set to be big in the next year, but can never reach the heights to then be replaced with the same write up of the next big thing. And having to stop after 3 years and 1 album as people are not buying their albums anymore. And people don't want to go to there gigs because the current mid level band has replaced them.  Labels are to blame but also people are to blame. More live venues are closing down. Famous venues. Where are we going in Britain with our music? I see lots of worrying signs. And yes i get the argument that if you are reading this you might be thinking well Josh we have our local post punk bands doing the business, soundcloud has opened me to loads of interesting music. Blah blah. Ok i get it. But we NEED bands to get big, we need it because without interesting bands being in the public aesthetic how can we inspire the next generations in Britain. Generally one generation inspires the next in pop culture and we are stating to lose it.  And i know you probably read pitchfork and diy, but joe public does not. And if Joe Public does not wan't to see your band, to support the venue you want to play at. You will find theres less precedent for an industry to support bands and interesting artists.