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New album and single news

Posted on March 17, 2023March 16, 2023 by James Cassidy

Our new album "Sundowners" and new single "Oh Cherry!" is released today!

Sundowners is a joyful explosion of restless grooves. The title track delivers hypnotic, shamanic, fire-lit beats that speak of hazy, altered-reality weekends. It’s perfectly pitched for festival crowds. This album is the sound of a band with nothing to prove to themselves or anyone else. They slot so neatly alongside the blues-rock giants that came before them.” 8/10

The sun may be going down but it’s not setting any time soon. An 11-track journey of discovery, with just a hint of nostalgia” - 9/10

Our new album “Sundowners” and new single “Oh Cherry!” is released today!

“Sundowners is a joyful explosion of restless grooves. The title track delivers hypnotic, shamanic, fire-lit beats that speak of hazy, altered-reality weekends. It’s perfectly pitched for festival crowds. This album is the sound of a band with nothing to prove to themselves or anyone else. They slot so neatly alongside the blues-rock giants that came before them.” 8/10 (Classic Rock Magazine)

“The sun may be going down but it’s not setting any time soon. An 11-track journey of discovery, with just a hint of nostalgia” – 9/10 (ERB Magazine)

Northern Irish rockers The Answer finally release their seventh and long-awaited new studio album on St. Patricks day, March 17^th, 2023. Titled ‘Sundowners’, the record was produced and mixed by rising British rock producer Dan Weller (Enter Shikari, Bury Tomorrow) and will be supported by a run of album showcase performances on a 16-date UK and European date tour.

Supported by new single ‘Oh Cherry’ and a fantastic Tarantino-esque 60’s ‘mash-dancing’ lyric video, also released on March 17^th, Classic Rock said of the track, “Rhythm and dust meets attitude and lust on the unashamedly libidinous Oh Cherry”.

Says lead singer Cormac Neeson, “We’ve been through a lot as a band, toured the world, made six great records we’re all proud of, and always done our best to make honest and timeless music that connects with rock and music fans in general. After six albums and a lot of road miles we felt we needed to step back from it all and reset. Whilst that wasn’t an easy decision, with retrospect it’s possibly the best decision we’ve ever made because after seven years away we all came back fired up and end result is an album we’ve been waiting to make our whole lives…full of good time rock n roll and positive energy created by four brothers who quite frankly just really missed each other. We’re back and we’re ready to bring our best album ever to you!”

The album will be released by 7Hz Productions (ADA) in UK & Europe under license from Golden Robot Records Pty. The record will be presented in several formats including a Cd Gatefold Digi sleeve, Gatefold 12” 180g black vinyl, 2 x 12” colour vinyl exclusives, a 12” fan collectible Picture Disk, Digital and various limited retail exclusive versions with HMV, Rough Trade, Crash and Assai Records.

New single release

Posted on January 2, 2023March 15, 2023 by answer_admin

Coming hot on the heels of their latest digital track, The Answer continue their full-frontal comeback assault with the release of a second full media single Livin’ On The Line, available January 27th 2023. The new single will pre-empt their highly anticipated new album, Sundowners, the first in seven years, due to be released on St. Patrick’s Day March 17th, 2023.

Livin’ On The line, produced and mixed by rising British rock producer Dan Weller (Enter Shikari, Bury Tomorrow) is a thumping foot stomper of a track and will be accompanied by a video, shot in Paris, directed by Jonny Finnis from JF Films.

The band also recently announced a very special run of limited capacity UK and European album shows in March 2023 with both Belfast and London already sold out.

Says Neeson, “We had a blast recording and making the video for this Livin’ On The Line. The song harks back to our days on the road when everything we was an incessant dash from show to show, market to market all living on the edge, fuelled by alcohol and rock ‘n’ roll! The song is about getting through one of those days when you know that just making it out the other side in once piece is achievement enough. It’s been great to make a fresh return after seven years and we’ve got that hunger and desire back to get out in front of our fans with what we think is some of our best music ever!”

The album will be released by Golden Robot Records Pty and by licensee 7Hz Productions (ADA) in the UK & Europe. It will come in several formats including a Cd Gatefold Digi sleeve, Gatefold 12” 180g black vinyl, 2 x 12” colour vinyl exclusives, a 12” fan collectible Picture Disk, Digital and various limited retail exclusive versions with HMV, Rough Trade, Crash and Assai Records.

The band’s first media single of the album “Blood Brother” has received great radio airplay achieving playlists on Planet Rock Radio UK and several German radio stations including Rock Antenne, Radio BOB!, Star FM Hamburg and Berlin, amassing over 3,500 plays since release in October 2022. The recently peaked at #2 in the German rock airplay charts just before end of December.

The Answer Are Back!

Posted on November 7, 2022March 15, 2023 by answer_admin

After seven long years, The Answer are back and set to make their long awaited and highly anticipated return with a new album that captures the soul of a band intent on not just reigniting the spark but burning more brightly than ever before. These four Irish rockers have regrouped and thrown themselves into the creation of album that harnesses their unique energy and relentless passion for rock music.

A fortuitous ‘how do you feel about writing again’ call from management in early Covid-stricken 2020 planted a seed that slowly gathered real pace as the band started sharing new ideas that felt exiting, fresh and relevant. The now triumphantly completed collection of work displays all of the band’s trademark raw attitude and lack of compromise. In their own words “It felt like we were back at the beginning again, a total reset’.

Says singer, Cormac Neeson:

We’ve been through a lot as a band, we’ve toured the world, made six great records we’re all proud of, given our live shows everything always and done our best to make honest and timeless music that connects with rock fans and music fans in general. After six albums and a lot of road miles we felt we needed to step back from it all and reset. Whilst that wasn’t an easy decision, with retrospect it possibly he best decision we’ve ever made because the end result is the album we’ve been waiting to make our whole lives…full of good time rock n roll and positive energy created by four brothers who quite frankly just really missed each other.
We’re back and we’re ready to go!