MIXTAPE: Snowed In Sunlun

Words: Snowed In Sunlun team

We’re first year students of the NAME Modern Music Industries course at Sunderland University, and we’re programming Snowed In Sunlun, a multi-genre music showcase at Pop Recs Ltd. on Wednesday 11th December. We’re lucky enough to be working with Sunderland Music City on this event to help raise money for the incredible children’s poverty charity Love, Amelia.
On the line-up are metalheads Divine Image, rock ’n’ roll starlets Pretty Velvet, alternative pop rockers Celadore and indie rock power trio Camel Island. You can check out those with released music in our Mixtape, and then, when you inevitably fall in love with them, grab your Snowed In Sunlun tickets!

Divine Image – Lesser Morality
First up is a banger by our headliners, two of whom attend the NAME course. For lovers of all things metal, this one’s a Divine Image favourite – and if you like it, there’s a whole EP for you to feast your ears on, called Reckless Martyrdom.

Pretty Velvet – A Love Like You (Everybody Talks)
Another of the incredible bands on our show line-up. Dual-fronted rockers Pretty Velvet have had an astronomical rise in the local scene and this is a song that sounds huge, and classic. Plus vocalist Daniel Maple from the band attends NAME!

Celadore – Dawning
Celadore is dynamic pop rock artist Rachael Small, an incredible vocalist with intriguing compositions. Dawning is her debut single, but if you love it you’ll have to head over to our show to hear what else Celadore has to offer!

Camel Island – She’s The One
If you’re after high energy, dynamic indie rock tracks infused with punk and all things cool, Camel Island are your guys. On first at Snowed In, get down early to start your Wednesday night in style.

The Lake Poets – Shipyards
When you think of Sunderland and its incredible musical scene, it’s likely that this tune is one of the first in your head. Haunting, tender and thoughtful, Shipyards is a Sunderland classic. And of course The Lake Poets is Marty Longstaff, a Sunderland Music City officer alongside Frankie Francis.

The Futureheads – The Beginning of the Twist
Sunderland favourites The Futureheads have so many incredible, euphoric tunes that we were spoilt for choice, but we’ve gone for this classic. Being musicians from Sunderland it’s amazing to know of so many successful bands from our city, never mind to rock up to Uni and have them teaching your lecture!

Field Music – Six Weeks, Nine Wells
This one’s the first track on the new Field Music record, which is great. Peter from the band teaches us music production at NAME and if we can make something half as good as this I think we’ll have definitely got our money’s worth.

Ruby Kelly – St. Elmo
Welsh folk songwriting superstar – and third year NAME student – Ruby Kelly is releasing banger after banger at the moment, and St. Elmo is from her latest EP. Jaunty and fun, this tune tells the story of an old ghost town in Colorado.

Calvoas – Girl in Costume
The now disbanded Calvoas had an impressive run in the local music scene, conquering tons of local festivals, radios and magazines. Surfy garage rock track Girl in Costume was their final tune together but Scarlett and Will from the band now attend NAME, and are still cooking up bangers.

Daniel Maple – Waiting In The Catapult
Tender lyrics and raw sonics are on show in this incredibly crafted track by Daniel Maple, a classmate of ours who will be playing with Pretty Velvet (but is helping program Snowed In, too). If you like this tune, stream his latest EP Four Walls for more.

Levellers – The Devil Went Down To Georgia
Riotously fun and with a delightful storytelling aspect, this is an awesome tune from Levellers. Course leader Dan Donnelly became involved with this band in recent years, and they’re incredible at crafting punk folk rock bangers like this one.