by Grant Brookes | Jun 11, 2018 | Album, Disco, New Music, News, Pop, Single, The Urban State
The Urban State: New Music – New Songs – Latest Music Catch up with the latest tracks from The Urban State here. About The Urban State The Urban State is the brainchild of Roderick Williams-Young, a Leicester-based songwriter has brought together a...
by Grant Brookes | Jun 10, 2018 | Album, New Music, News, Pop, The Urban State
Album Design I thought long and hard about what direction to take and the album cover features me from a photo shoot I did a little while back now. As I don’t really feature that much in the promo work for the band as I prefer working behind the scenes I felt it was...
by Grant Brookes | Jun 9, 2018 | Album, Disco, New Music, News, Pop, Single, The Urban State
Being a textiles designer, I jumped at the chance to do something different and design the new album & single artwork for The Urban State. The Urban State had an open brief with just an initial black and white image for inspiration and I evolved that idea and...
by Grant Brookes | Jun 8, 2018 | Album, Audio, Disco, New Music, News, Pop, Single, The Urban State
On May 4th we performed a one off gig in the Sound House in Leicester. A full live band with 60 plus key guests. This was for 2 reasons really – to celebrate the completion of the new album and to film the gig with key tracks from Introducing Angela and 4 new...
by Grant Brookes | Jun 7, 2018 | Album, Disco, New Music, News, Pop, Single, The Urban State
Ever wondered who is behind The Urban State? Founder and writer – Roderick Williams-Young – The Urban State...
by Grant Brookes | Jun 6, 2018 | New Music, News, Pop, Single, The Urban State
Sometimes you have a favourite song that you just feel “that must be a single!” but it may be that it does not reflect the feel of the album as good as it may be so you have to think quite hard about what grabs the listener first off and showcases all the hard work...
