Readers are likely aware that RAW RAMP was the first publication to feature the multi-award winning blues-rock ‘n’ power-soul act, BRAVE RIVAL, naming them as a top breakthrough band after witnessing the act open for blues musician Stevie Nimmo, in October 2019.
Therefore, we are doubly chuffed to announce the release of their 2024 album!
As many blues-rock aficionados will attest, their double-act vocal gymnastics, adorned with amazing guitar and extremely skilled back-line rhythms, are super-spectacular.
Indeed, we described their first ever headline concert (also at the Echo Hotel, Hook) as the “elixir for sonorific dreams” and a “multidimensional experience”.
If you like your blues-rock to deliver pain & despair in the moonlight, but also bring you sexy wigglesome enchantment, you’re gonna love the Brave Rival experience!
Their sensational sound comes super-actuated by dual vocalists Chloe Josephine + Lindsey Bonnick, with Donna Peters (on drums, percussion and acoustic guitar), Ed ‘the Shred’ Clarke (on guitars), and Billy ‘Danger’ Dedman (on bass.)
Pre-orders for their second album, ‘Fight or Flight’ —crowdfunded by their army of fans via a Kickstarter campaign— will be ready in May.
Keep up with the news here: https://braverival.com/
Talking about ‘Fight or Flight’, vocalist Lindsey Bonnick says: “Lyrically, just about every song can be viewed in different ways. There’s a strong thread around mental health, whether we were writing about things we’d gone through ourselves or experiences picked up from meeting people on the road.”
Check out ‘Run and Hide‘ while you wait for the new stuff!
Photo Credit: Rob Blackham