Afflecks Palace - The Only Light In This Tunnel Is The Oncoming Train

DIY is an oft-used phrase in music nowadays.

One of the many reasons that solo artists are rising in prominence is that, from an instrumental perspective, everything can be done in the bedroom.

Why bother going through the stress of finding a drummer when your laptop can performed the function competently? To say nothing of personality clashes or musical differences.

But in today’s discordant music industry, the Do It Yourself ethic has been taken to new extremes. Gone (perhaps for good) are the days when the coercion of a record label was required. Although it requires more organisation, the entire process from writing a song to releasing an album and coordinating a tour can be done by the band themselves.

Afflecks Palace have taken that to the extreme. The quartet do everything themselves, firstly setting up their own label (Spirit Of Spike Island), creating merchandise, arranging gigs and their own publicity.

And through hard work and sheer force of will, it’s working. The band have built up a devoted following and recently appeared on the bill for the opening night of the BBC 6 Music Festival. Best of all, by drawing a definitive line in the sand in being so proudly and openly Madchester influenced, they have made themselves immune to that criticism.

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