Cold Years, Scotland On Sunday, 20 September 2020
Cold Years | Academy of Music & Sound Artist of the Week in Scotland On Sunday, 20 September 2020
Words by Derick Mackinnon and Olaf Furniss. Read on Scotsman.com
From Lewis Capaldi to Runrig, Germany has long played a role in breaking and sustaining Scottish artists, so it should come as no surprise that the country has been fertile territory for rock outfit Cold Years. The Aberdonian four-piece have played sell out shows on the other side of the North Sea and it was a festival performance there which led to them signing a deal with the label arm of entertainment giant eOne. This in turn resulted in their song Breathe being used in a TV sound-bed by North America’s NHL ice hockey league, reflecting their likely appeal to fans of Canadian stalwarts Bryan Adams and Nickelback.
In a curious twist further south, Cold Years also saw their streams soar in Mexico recently, after local superstar José Madero shared a link the band on his Instagram account. Closer to home, the band were nominated for a Heavy Music Award and recently released their second album, Paradise. Visit https://www.facebook.com/coldyearsband
Olaf Furniss and Derick Mackinnon run music industry seminar and social night Born To Be Wide visit www.borntobewide.co.uk
Academy of Music & Sound sponsors Artist of the Week in Scotland On Sunday
The Academy of Music & Sound was founded in 1994, and has welcomed over 5000 students into courses in popular music, production and music business over the years. The academy has launched a NEW Rap/Hip-Hop course and continues to provide full time courses, HND, BA(hons) and MMus in Music. Visit http://www.academyofmusic.ac.uk/ for our courses
* For consideration as our Artist of the Week please visit https://www.newfoundsound.co.uk/scotland-on-sunday and review the checklist of what we NEED in order to feature bands / artists in Scotland On Sunday. Then email Derick Mackinnon with all of the information required (derick@newfoundsound.co.uk ) Scotland On Sunday