Hotly tipped newcomers The Feeling will release their first proper single on 27th February ’06- the release coincides with their performance at at Liverpool's Bar Academy. Entitled “Sewn," this blend of pop and prog will be included on The Feeling's 2006 debut album, a 12-track affair due later this year. The Feeling like great big no-nonsense, hook-filled, giant-chorused pop music. They cite Fleetwood Mac's Rumours as an example of where they're heading – music for the masses with tunes that everyone can hum, from plumbers to professors.  | | The Feeling. |
The Feeling have come to make easy-listening hip. "We're soft rock archaeologists," says their drummer, Paul Stewart. "10cc were a pop group," says Richard. "So were The Beatles. So were Queen. We're not a jazz band, or a heavy metal band." It will also, explains Richard, be "lush and epic," while at the same time being, in Dan's words, "stripped-down." The singer cites early Elton John records, The Beatles' swansong and The Carpenters as examples of the feel The Feeling are after. | "By this time next year we will be having hit records." | | Richard Jones, The Feeling. |
The Feeling, who are all between 25 and 27, are overnight sensations with a bit of a past, cutting their teeth as session musicians on a variety of mainstream and marginal recordings. Richard is certain about what lies ahead: "Unless there's something seriously wrong," he says, quite matter of fact, "by this time next year we will be having hit records." The Feeling play Bar Academy, Liverpool on Feb 27th. | 
