Notts local: Distant Blue and the Mockingjays

With Distant Blue's release of Whirlpool on the 15th June, which is their first new song release since November, they've just been going up from there. Starting with a headlining show at Rough Trade that night, which was packed and easily their best show to date and then with the release of their music video which got better viewings than any of them expected.
Whirlpool shows a whole new side of Distant Blue, for anyone who knows their older stuff, you'll know their music used to be a lot more pop-punk, whereas whirpool is much heavier than anything else they've released, with an incredible breakdown which the crowd goes crazy during, as you can see in their video for whirlpool which shows clips from their Rough Trade gig.


https://www.qobuz.com/gb-en/album/whirlpool-distant-blue/ef82i3kildxra

Their close mates in the Mocking Jays released both their song Edge of your knife and a video for it the other day on the 13th, which got incredible feedback from fans. Edge your the knife is a lot catchier than either Sex on the beach and take you home, trust me, you won't get it out of your head for days.


https://us.7digital.com/artist/the-mocking-jays/release/edge-of-your-knife-8025322

Just last Saturday, the 14th July, both the Mocking Jays and Distant Blue played a gig at the Maze in Nottingham, where both bands got to perform their new songs and had the crowd moving. Distant Blue amazed me as always, they always seem to know how to get a crowd moving and keep everyone entertained and on their feet. Distant Blue I have seen over a dozen times, however this was only the third time seeing a full Mocking Jays set, and I must say, it was a personal favourite of mine. They definitely lived up to being "sexy, funk, dirty, pop. Everything you want to hear and more.

Click here to see Distant Blue's new video for Whirlpool.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WxD3ZqVx0r4

Click here to see The Mocking Jay's new video for Edge of your Knife.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T64IzX-BID4

Check out The Mocking Jay's instagram and watch their Insta TV to see a live video of Edge of your Knife from the Maze gig on Saturday.
https://www.instagram.com/mockingjaysband/