{"id":83090,"date":"2023-07-26T12:00:20","date_gmt":"2023-07-26T10:00:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/?p=83090"},"modified":"2023-07-26T12:00:21","modified_gmt":"2023-07-26T10:00:21","slug":"sam-fender-support-act-hector-gannet-drops-new-folk-rock-single-the-title-track-of-new-ep-emmanuel-head","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2023\/07\/sam-fender-support-act-hector-gannet-drops-new-folk-rock-single-the-title-track-of-new-ep-emmanuel-head\/","title":{"rendered":"Sam Fender Support Act Hector Gannet Drops New Folk Rock Single, The Title Track Of New EP, ‘Emmanuel Head’"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The North-East’s finest folk-rock band, Hector Gannet, fresh from supporting Sam Fender’s triumph homecoming at St James Park, and from their own latest album ‘The Land Belongs To Us,’ follow up with new three-track EP ‘Emmanuel Head’.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hector Gannet took their name from an ill-fated trawler which sank in the North Sea under heroic circumstances in 1967. Hector Gannet\u2019s musical incarnation began to draw attention when they wrote and performed music to accompany vintage footage of the North East heritage of shipbuilding and fishing as part of a project for the BFI in 2017.<\/strong>  The band have toured widely, including a UK tour with Sam Fender and dates in England and Scotland with indie legends Sea Power, two North American adventures and, more recently, supporting Sam Fender (again) at St James\u2019 Park football stadium.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The new offering arrives with two live renditions of the singles \u2018Last Of The Buffalo\u2019 and \u2018Waiting For The Whistle’.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

‘Emmanuel Head’ (taken from the current album), is a song inspired by escaping to a place of personal significance, in this case, for Hector Gannet, a white pyramid day marker on the Holy Island of Lindisfarne on the north east coast of England, but as Aaron Duff (aka Hector Gannet) explains,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cThe song is as much about our connection with each other as it is about any personal fondness for a particular place. It\u2019s about getting away from it all, to where we are without distraction and where, for a while, the land belongs to us.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Duff has been inspired by landscape and nature for much of the first two albums, and there is a gorgeous, gentle, lilting within Emmanuel Head which somewhat evokes The Proclaimers \u2018Sunshine on Leith\u2019. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2018Emmanuel Head\u2019 EP was released on the 19th July 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Live Dates:<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sun, July 30 – Lindisfarne + Hector Gannet, Newcastle-upon-tyne<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fri, August 18 – Generator Live Fringe – Curated by The Futureheads ,Sunderland<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Aug. 25 – 27, 2023 – Krankenhaus 2023, Ravenglass<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thu, November 23 – Playhouse, Whitley Bay<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Watch the official video for ‘Emmanuel Head’ below, and out more about Hector Gannet and their music on his official Facebook<\/a>, Twitter<\/a>, and Instagram<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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