Port Isla, ‘In The Long Run’ new EP is out November 23rd frontman Will Bloomfield says about the song “Its the case with a lot of things, I tend to find that the best songs are those that drop into your head out of nowhere,”
“The melody for ‘In The Long Run’ came to me when I was mowing the lawn,” he continues. Having formed almost four years ago while studying at the University of East Anglia, their self-released debut EP ‘Steamroller’ earned the band a support slot with George Ezra on his sold-out UK tour, and a deal with legendary record label Parlophone. Next up for the foursome is the new EP, ‘In The Long Run’, released November 23rd.
“Having spent so long doing everything ourselves, we were a little worried that we’d lose some control with a major label on board,” says Bloomfield of his new colleagues. “But it’s been the exact opposite. They were super supportive and kind of just left us to it, and even let us continue to design the artwork. I saw a physical copy of the EP yesterday and had a little moment when I saw our name next to the Parlophone logo. It’s mental.”
The EP was recorded in a variety of settings, taking in sessions at the band’s rehearsal space beneath a tube line and by the sea in Bloomfield’s Suffolk hometown, featuring help from friends Chris Denman and producer Charlie Hugall. “When Charlie mentioned Dirty Projectors and Beyoncé in the same sentence, we knew he was our man.” Currently on tour as support for James Bay, no debut album plans have been confirmed, although the four has been working towards an LP release for the past three years.
“We constantly strive to write better songs, so we’ll just have to wait and see! All we know is that we want to get a lot more touring under our belts before we put it out. You can expect some big songs with plenty of colour and variety. We just want to put out the best collection of songs we can.”
While the album remains incomplete, the band is set to return to the studio, again with Hugall, before the year is out, to work upon a third EP.
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