The Goodstock Project will do whatever it takes to Be The One in their rocking new single and video — showcasing today on Tinnitist.
It can be both exciting and intimidating for a new band to enter a music scene, and the U.K. foursome address all the conflicting emotions of that very situation on their driving, stadium-rattling new single.
Be The One starts out pounding and soaring, as singer June Holland’s vibrato glides above and between the instrumentation like a colourful, gently fluttering bird. “Gotta get me/ Some of that wrinkle cream/ Help smooth out my smile lines,” she sings, referring to the forced smiles of an uncomfortable, or fake, situation.
“The lyrics and inspiration behind this tune are about assessing the way a music scene is developing, and having a true belief that you are worthy of being part of it,” the band divulge. “Or better still, standing apart from it and achieving success independently.”
Later, before launching into a repeated chorus of “I wanna be the one,” Holland sings, somewhat cryptically, of launching a golden globe with a slingshot. “It’s a metaphor for throwing out a stellar song,” the band say, “which, sadly, sometimes the world isn’t ready for.”
Be The One is the second single off of The Goodstock Project’s debut EP Remote, a compilation of six songs they worked on during the pandemic lockdown. The big coup is the vocal work of Holland, who had never met the rest of the group before she started recording. Fortunately, a musical voodoo-magic happened, and everything worked out splendidly. The corresponding video for Be The One shows each bandmember performing on their own in their own remote location, then splices each video together to show the unified performance as you hear and see it .
The Goodstock Project is the codename for an experimental collaboration started in the first lockdown of 2020. The idea: To see if it was possible — assuming everyone can agree on an arrangement of a song and have a solid click-track as a base — to record without even being in the same room, with each band member engineering their own track on their own time, with no overall strategy. The recording of each part was also filmed (using nothing more sophisticated than an iPhone) so each could see the others at work, just as it would be in the rehearsal room.
Possible? The answer is a resounding yes, and the first fruit of the collaboration was the audio and video track Hotel, which Jon (bass), Ol (guitar) and Ben (drums) recorded first, with June overlaying vocals and harmonies later. Five more tracks followed, resulting in Remote, released this past October.
Watch the video for Be The One above, hear more from Remote below, and learn more about The Goodstock Project at their website, Twitter and Instagram.
