{"product_id":"there-will-be-fireworks-summer-moon","title":"There Will Be Fireworks - Summer Moon","description":"\u003cp data-pm-slice=\"1 1 []\"\u003eGood things come to those who wait and if you wait long enough then maybe there will be fireworks…or however the saying goes.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThere Will Be Fireworks\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ehave been making music together in the central belt of Scotland since 2007. Or they did, at least, for six years or so, right up until their last full length\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Dark, Dark Bright\u003c\/strong\u003e’s release in late 2013. I once saw a comment on the internet somewhere that said There Will Be Fireworks\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003edon’t\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ehave casual fans; they capture feelings that are often too hard to put into words and\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eput them into words for you\u003c\/em\u003e. There Will Be Fireworks make music to be lived with, music that adapts and grows alongside you. Truthfully, the band felt like my own little secret whilst navigating high school and I’d made peace with the fact that they probably wouldn’t resurface again. The Dark, Dark Bright felt like a milestone; felt like a band saying goodbye whilst going out with an almighty bang. But, there\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003ewill\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ebe fireworks, of course, so the silence didn’t last forever and, almost 10 years (to the day) later, the sky is finally once again flooded with colour.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAmidst the silence came a few musical projects (\u003cstrong\u003eDead Modern, Tiny Skulls and New Year Memorial\u003c\/strong\u003e) but mostly, life just happened — happened in London and in Edinburgh, Amsterdam and Oban — but one thing remained constant: Glasgow was home. Glasgow\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eis\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ehome and writing about the city and what life feels like here is maybe what There Will Be Fireworks do best. In a lot of ways,\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eSummer Moon\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003efeels like a return to not only playing as a unit but to the city and how it shaped them all entirely; collectively and individually – from long nights in Sleazy’s basement to long days in the West End. There’s something special that the group have managed to capture so vividly throughout their discography and Summer Moon hones in on that completely: the subtleties and mundane of city life and everything that comes with navigating adulthood and relationships here…or anywhere, really. Because, at its core, this record is about what it means to be human and what it means to be alive. Glasgow is front and centre and background all the same: the immediate call out to\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSparky’s Dream\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003eon blistering opener Smoke Machines, the ode to the Cathkin Braes and how the city looks so beautiful from up there if you catch it on the right evening.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSummer Moon came together in fragments. The band had been invited to perform in Munich in 2016 and shortly afterwards, after making noise in the same room again, everyone holed up together in a studio near Loch Fyne for a few weekends. From there, ideas became verses and verses became songs and songs became an album and There Will Be Fireworks were back. The record, a sprawling 13 track return, is difficult to pin down exactly. Summer Moon is a familiar conversation with an old friend but with something new to talk about, too. It’s blistering guitars and violin quartets all the same, ballads and symphonies and sweltering drums. It’s There Will Be Fireworks in the same room again, on the same page, making me feel the same things I did when I first heard River at sixteen.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSecond City, Setting Sun\u003c\/strong\u003e, the penultimate track on Summer Moon, feels like a career best. It feels like There Will Be Fireworks doing everything they do so familiarly culminated into five minutes. It’s a track about ageing, “\u003cem\u003eNow the summers come, and the summers go, we’re not growing up; we’re just getting old\u003c\/em\u003e”, a track that begins so sparsely until the fabric is sewn together by the introduction of something new as it gently progresses: the delicate crescendo of violins, the constant pulsating beat of an ever-so-slightly open hi-hat.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“\u003cem\u003eWe’ve changed, in one hundred different ways, but my heart still beats the same\u003c\/em\u003e,” Nicholas repeats on\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSomething Borrowed\u003c\/strong\u003e, and it’s true. We grow and change and get older because that’s\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ejust what happens\u003c\/em\u003e, but our hearts still save a little space for the places we grew up in and the people that made them home, even for a small while.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAt least that’s how There Will Be Fireworks feel\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eand they want you to feel it all with them, too. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLauren t \/ monorail music\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Imaginary Kind","offers":[{"title":"Vinyl LP","offer_id":55097098928470,"sku":"MRM-07862","price":28.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1000\/6088\/9430\/files\/a1617854142_10.png?v=1787672559","url":"https:\/\/monorailmusic.com\/products\/there-will-be-fireworks-summer-moon","provider":"Monorail Music","version":"1.0","type":"link"}