{"id":35012,"date":"2021-04-22T13:31:31","date_gmt":"2021-04-22T12:31:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shefnews.co.uk\/?p=35012"},"modified":"2021-04-22T13:31:31","modified_gmt":"2021-04-22T12:31:31","slug":"sheffield-band-set-to-release-delayed-album-as-lockdown-easing-permits-live-shows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shefnews.co.uk\/index.php\/2021\/04\/22\/sheffield-band-set-to-release-delayed-album-as-lockdown-easing-permits-live-shows\/","title":{"rendered":"Sheffield band set to release delayed album as lockdown easing permits live shows"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>With live shows set to return on 17 May, bands and artists are gearing up for performing in front of people once again.<\/p>\n<p>Sheffield born-and-bred musician Paul Fletcher, frontman of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/paulfletcherandthedukes\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Paul Fletcher and The Dukes<\/span><\/a>, is one of the many music-lovers focusing on nothing else but this exciting return to live shows.<\/p>\n<p>Their new single, <em>Fool In Love With You<\/em>, is the third track in their upcoming album and will be released on Monday, acting as a departure from what they have previously recorded.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The third single from the new album &#39;In The Blink Of An Eye&#39; will be out April 26th. It&#39;s called &#39;Fool In Love With You.&#39; <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/sheffield?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#sheffield<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/thedukes?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#thedukes<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/gibson?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#gibson<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/fender?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#fender<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/love?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#love<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/paul?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#paul<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/fletcher?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#fletcher<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/indie?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#indie<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/rockandroll?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#rockandroll<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/leadmill?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#leadmill<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/live?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#live<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/yorkshire?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#yorkshire<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/in?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#in<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/the?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#the<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/blink?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#blink<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/of?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#of<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/an?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#an<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/eye?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#eye<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/o2?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#o2<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/gig?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#gig<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/newmusic?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#newmusic<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/70ah1QysaY\">pic.twitter.com\/70ah1QysaY<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Paul Fletcher (@pfmusic_) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/pfmusic_\/status\/1381846771333222400?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 13, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This song has been kicking around for a long time,&#8221; explained Mr Fletcher.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;In parts, it sounds a bit like The Beatles and in parts it sounds like a Bond theme tune, being a bit different to the first two singles that we&#8217;ve released off the upcoming album.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The Sheffield musician is an experienced professional in the music industry, having worked with X Factor contestant Holly Tandy via his Music Panel Record Label.<\/p>\n<p>Alongside writing music, he performs live with his band, consisting of Mike Beatham on guitar, Kirsty Mullen on bass and Stephen Broughton on drums.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We were gigging a lot until Covid came up and we&#8217;ve got a lot of festivals planned from mid-July onwards, which we&#8217;re looking forward to,&#8221; added Mr Fletcher.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This album is coming out for us at the right time. We recorded it in two parts &#8211; the part before Covid and the part recorded during Covid.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We&#8217;ve got shows in Manchester, London and Sheffield planned, along with 6 or 7 festivals, but we&#8217;re just sat there waiting and thinking about what would happen if it all got locked down again.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Everything does feel provisional as you just don&#8217;t know what&#8217;s going to happen. Another lockdown would be very frustrating.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Paul Fletcher and The Dukes&#8217; new album <em>In The Blink of An Eye<\/em> is set to be released on 31 May.<\/p>\n<p>You can listen to the released singles so far off the album <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UC2gLcre_L46oSIZ-Be5M1_g\/videos\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">here.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With live shows set to return on 17 May, bands and artists are gearing up for performing in front of people once again.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":191,"featured_media":35373,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[421,10,422,119,187,38],"class_list":["post-35012","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorised","tag-band","tag-covid-19","tag-lockdown-easing","tag-music","tag-pandemic","tag-sheffield"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.1.1 - 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