NOT RICHARD & HER MAJESTY

DEBUT EP 'NOT HOT' OUT NOW

WATCH VIDEO FOR LEAD TRACK 'EVERYTHING EXPLODES'

LIVE AT BRIGHTON'S HOPE & RUIN ON 15TH AUGUST

Brighton-based band Not Richard & Her Majesty have today released their debut EP 'Not Hot'.

Richard explains:

"Not Richard is Not Hot.   

10 bands, 5 breakups & 2 breakdowns later, he is barely even Richard. 

This project is a diary of personal, professional, sexual, financial & gender ruin.   

So if you enjoy violent oversharing set to a disparate overture of 60s sunshine pop…THIS the band you’ve been waiting for... If not, you have great mental health. Well done!"

HEAR NOT HOT EP HERE

Today they also shared the video for the lead track 'Everything Explodes'.

Talking about the video, which features actual footage of his parents' wedding, Richard says: "As soon as we chose that song for a single, I knew it was going to be a wedding video. Watching the footage from my parents made me so uncomfortable. I've only known them to be so angry and disappointed by their relationship and each other, so watching them in tears of joy was deeply strange - as sad as it felt pathetic. The irony of that event feels so on point with the lyrics that I find it hard to divorce them from each other now. So to speak.".

WATCH 'EVERYTHING EXPLODES' VIDEO HERE

LISTEN TO LEAD TRACK 'EVERYTHING EXPLODES' HERE

The EP, recorded in Brighton and produced by Jamie Hall from Tigercub, features what Jamie describes as "emotionally raw classics. They're nostalgic, cathartic, and dark, like The Shangri-Las covering songs by The Birthday Party".

Photo Credit: Three Brothers Media / edited by Toby Haye

The band have confirmed a Brighton show in August to celebrate the release, with more dates to be announced soon.

Friday 15 August - The Hope & Ruin - Brighton - TICKETS

Before embarking on this new project, Richard has been part of bands such as The Eighties Matchbox B-Line Disaster, UNKLE, Nine Inch Nails (if you want to be pretty damn technical), The Duke Spirit, and Bad For Lazarus.

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