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The latest signings to the Precious roster are Alta Zuma, a Manchester based four-piece featuring former members of The Bodines and The Waltones.

Featuring three tracks brimming with the group’s signature off-kilter indie pop, 'The Rosenbergs' EP is released on limited edition 7-inch to coincide with support slots with The Loft in Manchester and London.

'The Rosenbergs' is a heady cocktail of melodic sounds. The three songs were recorded and mixed at Eve Studios, Stockport, by Martin King – the acclaimed studios which have welcomed Bruce Springsteen, Albert Hammond Jr, Doves, Badly Drawn Boy, Jane Weaver and many more – and mastered by Jim Spencer (New Order, The Charlatans, Johnny Marr et al).

‘The Summer They Killed The Rosenbergs’ ruminates on those times when we wander away from what really matters, wrapped in a vibrant melodic earworm of a tune, while ‘The Way That You Held Me’ tells the tale of a love buried deep within a troubled soul. ‘Wild Poppy’ is all about escapism and the powerful desire to get away from the urban sprawl – all neatly captured in a gorgeous harmony-infused blast of melody with trumpets courtesy of Matteo Fernandes from the band Tigers And Flies.

Combining melodic guitar riffs and basslines with vocal harmonies, and a powerfully dynamic rhythm backbone, Alta Zuma create a sound that’s gloriously catchy, twisted with intensity and drenched in a dreamy energetic fuzz. 

STAFF COMMENTS

Andy says: Lovely, classic indie-pop from, would you believe it, original members of the Waltones (Mark from the Charlatans' first band) and the Bodines.

TRACK LISTING

1. The Summer They Killed The Rosenbergs
2. The Way That You Held Me
3. Wild Poppy