by Grant Brookes | Jun 19, 2018 | Disco, New Music, News, Pop, Single, The Urban State
This track dates back to 2002 and was written by myself, amongst input from others and Stuart Wood. It was Stuart who opened the musical doors for me way back then and I will be eternally grateful to him. It’s lovely to release a track with such history but more...
by Grant Brookes | Jun 14, 2018 | Album, Audio, Disco, New Music, News, Pop, Single
One of the most exciting things about this project is working The Urban State Borders to work with some really talented musicians that are new to us all. Bjorn Kleiman provides strings on one track last time but on this album he done the string arrangements on all and...
by Grant Brookes | Jun 13, 2018 | Album, Disco, New Music, News, Pop, Single, The Urban State
Back at the controls is Matt Walters (well he never left after the last album!) and back on vocal duty is the superb Angela. We all had such a good time creatively last time it seemed silly to change things up and from my perspective as long as we are not repeating...
by Grant Brookes | Jun 11, 2018 | Album, Disco, New Music, News, Pop, Single, The Urban State
The Urban State: New Music – New Songs – Latest Music Catch up with the latest tracks from The Urban State here. About The Urban State The Urban State is the brainchild of Roderick Williams-Young, a Leicester-based songwriter has brought together a...
by Grant Brookes | Jun 10, 2018 | Album, New Music, News, Pop, The Urban State
Album Design I thought long and hard about what direction to take and the album cover features me from a photo shoot I did a little while back now. As I don’t really feature that much in the promo work for the band as I prefer working behind the scenes I felt it was...
by Grant Brookes | Jun 9, 2018 | Album, Disco, New Music, News, Pop, Single, The Urban State
Being a textiles designer, I jumped at the chance to do something different and design the new album & single artwork for The Urban State. The Urban State had an open brief with just an initial black and white image for inspiration and I evolved that idea and...
