With their new album ‘Songs From Echo Zoo’ released today on limited vinyl and digital formats, Night Flight have announced a headline gig at Oslo, Hackney on Wednesday 8 November 8th - the critically acclaimed London band’s first live show this year.
Tickets go on sale Thursday 7 September at 9AM
Available today on Roof Jump Records, ‘Songs From Echo is a compilation of Night Flight’s EP & single releases from 2021 & 2022 and is the first time these tracks have been available in a physical format. The album contains the singles “Something Going On”, “Dreaming”, “Crazy’ & “High Fidelity,” which earned the band comparisons to artists as diverse as The Smiths, The War On Drugs and The Blue Nile.
Recorded at Echo Zoo Studios in Eastbourne with producer James Mottershead, ‘Songs From Echo Zoo’ signifies the final record between the core four that made up the band between its inception in 2018 and 2022 - Sam Holmes (lead vocals, rhythm guitar), Harry Phillips (lead guitar, BVs) Oliver Halvorsen (bass, synths, BVs, and Dan Webb (drums). With a new album already in the works and an additional EP on its way in the new year, the LP is very much the start of a new beginning for Night Flight.
“The Songs From Echo Zoo LP marks the end of the first chapter for Night Flight,” says Sam of the album. “At the end of last year, our drummer Dan Webb left these shores to start a new life in Australia. It felt right to honour the amazing work Dan has put in over the years and finish this record before embarking on that next chapter. His contribution is, and always has been, one of the most important parts of our sound, going far deeper than just his drums. This album marks a time when the band were a truly cooking creative entity as brothers.”
“These were songs written to drive our everyday,” continues Sam. “In truth, we could have released five albums with the amount of music created during that time, but what remains so special to me is the collaboration; the endless nights recording backing vocals with Ollie until 2 in the morning, Brad’s dedication lugging his double bass back and forth from York to Eastbourne and watching Harry in the studio nail guitar take after guitar take with unparalleled musicianship. From building drum tracks over Zoom to first hearing Rob Moose's strings on 'Misery', these tracks represent so much more than just 10 of our best songs.”
Adds Harry, “We arrived at Echo Zoo off the back of near mind-warping isolation and the studio only plunged us deeper into madness; I think we all may have lost our minds down there at one point trying to nail the perfect studio version of what we had been cooking endlessly at home. But now, we had better ingredients and a better head chef in James Mottershead - who we should applaud for his willingness to indulge us in our 4am overdubs and bickering.
“We are proud of these songs, they took a lot out of us, and pushed us to places that we haven’t been,” he continues “They’re about places, people, the spring and autumn of relationships, and the passing of time.”
“This album was created in box rooms over bowls of cornflakes and will finish as 12-inch vinyl sitting proudly amongst my collection of heroes,” concludes Sam. “A moment in time encapsulated. Onwards now.”