by Grant Brookes | Jun 8, 2018 | Album, Audio, Disco, New Music, News, Pop, Single, The Urban State
On May 4th we performed a one off gig in the Sound House in Leicester. A full live band with 60 plus key guests. This was for 2 reasons really – to celebrate the completion of the new album and to film the gig with key tracks from Introducing Angela and 4 new...
by Grant Brookes | Jun 7, 2018 | Album, Disco, New Music, News, Pop, Single, The Urban State
Ever wondered who is behind The Urban State? Founder and writer – Roderick Williams-Young – The Urban State...
by Grant Brookes | Jun 6, 2018 | New Music, News, Pop, Single, The Urban State
Sometimes you have a favourite song that you just feel “that must be a single!” but it may be that it does not reflect the feel of the album as good as it may be so you have to think quite hard about what grabs the listener first off and showcases all the hard work...
by Grant Brookes | Jun 5, 2018 | Album, New Music, Pop, Single, The Urban State
Knowing the feel of the songs that I was re-visiting I set about writing complimentary songs but the process just does not work like that! Now that the sessions are complete and I can take an over view I’d say this album is very balanced with some real up-tempo...
by Grant Brookes | Jun 4, 2018 | Album, New Music, Pop, The Urban State
Saskia Allen is currently studying photography and art at Loughborough college and was given the opportunity to attend The Urban State gig to take photos. Saskia’s focus was to capture natural shots of people enjoying themselves… she was not disappointed....
by Grant Brookes | Jun 1, 2018 | Album, New Music, News, Pop, The Urban State
When we finished recording Introducing Angela last year we had 2 songs that we didn’t include because they didn’t fit with the overall sound and feel of the album. So I thought let’s do an EP in the new year with one new song. So I got writing. At the same time I...
