By Tyler Ody
The Driver Era announce new album release and unveil music video for ‘Malibu’
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Alt-pop band THE DRIVER ERA announce the details of their upcoming ‘Summer Mixtape’, out everywhere on September 16th. Featuring 11 brand new tracks - including the Rolling Stone-approved dance track ‘Keep Moving Forward’ (feat. Nikka Costa) and the nostalgic summer single ‘Malibu’, ‘Summer Mixtape’ is currently available for pre-order on limited edition white vinyl, cassette, and CD formats. Pre-order Summer Mixtape Here |
To celebrate this milestone, The Driver Era are unveiling the official music video for their recently released single ‘Malibu’. Shot and edited by director Tate Warner, the sundrenched visuals follow Ross and Rocky Lynch on the California coast daydreaming about summer love. “‘Malibu’ is about reminiscing on experiences in the best locations,” the band says. “It’s about getting away. It’s the spontaneous trip you take with someone - maybe you knew them before, or maybe you’re meeting them for the first time”. Watch ‘Malibu’ Official Music VideoHere |
Anticipated by recent single ‘Malibu’ and the funky cut ‘Keep Moving Forward’, ‘Summer Mixtape’ is the follow up to the band’s second album ‘GIRLFRIEND’, which has seen support by the likes of Notion who praised the album as “their most inspired - and sonically diverse - body of work yet”, while Clash defined their sound as “vast alt-rock sound, with an endearing soulful groove”, with DORK praising “their ability to meld different genres while retaining that distinctive pop feel”, calling ‘GIRLFRIEND’ “a textured, smart modern pop rock record”. |
Known for what Clash called, “intimate, high energy live show”, the band will bring their GIRLFRIEND WORLD TOUR to the UK - headlining for the first time ever - two nights at London’s O2 Shepherd’s Bush Empire on October 4th and 5th, before heading to Birmingham’s O2 Institute on October 7th and Newcastle’s University on October 8th. The tour will take the band to Glasgow’s O2 Academy for the only Scottish date, before touching Ireland to headline Vicar Street in Dublin on October 11th, before closing the UK leg of their worldwide tour at the Academy in Manchester. For tickets and VIP packages, please visitwww.thedriverera.com. |
Since their inception four years ago with their debut album ‘Preacher Man’, The Driver Era have rocked up an impressive 300 million streams and 29 million combined social media followers, have released one studio album, three EPs and a series of critically acclaimed singles. With the heavily-anticipated ‘Summer Mixtape’, and an upcoming world tour - during which they will play shows in Japan, Australia, New Zealand, Europe and UK for the first time ever - The Driver Era are set to further their reach and become one of the defining bands of their generation. |
THE DRIVER ERA UK TOUR DATES |
OCT 8 - NEWCASTLE - University |
OCT 11 -
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