The Best Indie Songs of 2015 - Regions

Regions are an unsigned indie rock four piece from London. They are way hard to google and not to be confused for The North Carolina heavy metal band of the same name, so you might need to re-think that one men. But pressing ahead, Divided (Oct’15) is awesome so lets soldier on. The song is the band’s second release since forming in 2014 and is featured by the priestess of great indie taste, Fancy Melodic, in another of her fantastic indie rock compilations, October 2015. It also got cherry-picked by YouTube channel Bandit Tunes. The song was recorded at Westpoint Studios in Shepherds Bush, West London, where legends like The Killers, The Kooks, Primal Scream and Kanye West have all put their nose to the grind. In fact Regions took a photo, as you do, with Kanye West while he was there.

 

 

The song Divided starts out with a big indie tribal drum beat and dark atmospheric lyrics about a failed relationship, “I’m still divided by the time we spent” and “cut me up again we’re in pieces”, but is juxtoposed with some slinky ska on the synths that sent me searching for the English ska band The Specials and their 1979 UK chart-topper A Message To You, Rudy. Good times that tune. Divided ends with a satisfyingly noisy all in with more scintillating noodling guitar that illuminates the whole song. The chorus is so contagious it should come with free condoms but it's the diverse musical textures that makes Divided stand out. Divided comes surging out of the traps to announce itself as one of the best indie songs of 2015.

“If this is love then I don’t know what it is”

 

Shit you need to know:

Divided is the title track off their single release. The B-side is called Do You Need Me?

The new tunes took ten months in the studio to record.

The band's debut release was a five track self-titled short player Regions (Aug'14).

The drummer Alejo Sonnenberg directed their debut music video Go Down (Mar’15), the first track on their debut E.P.

The band have played in support of great Newcastle indie-rock band Street Party In Soho.

Regions have also been on fluffer duties for London indie-rock band House of Lions.

 

The band has a really good acoustic version of their song Go Down (Nov’14).

If you want to hear more from Regions check out the B-side to the single, Do You Need Me?


 

 

 

Slippery seconds is from American indie folk-rocker Katie Herzig and her 2011 spectacular Free My Mind.

 “My mind is like a havy hand

Always making more of what really happened"