Hotly-tipped UK rocker Dan Byrne has unveiled his anticipated debut album This Is Where the Show Begins, released today 22nd May via Frontiers. To celebrate the release, Dan has also unveiled the focus track ‘Pulling Me Under’.
Stream ‘Pulling Me Under’ and get the album here: https://ffm.bio/thisiswheretheshowbegins
Watch the visualiser here: https://youtu.be/7rindoKdZpI
Dan comments: “‘Pulling Me Under’ dives into the darker depths of the album. This is a dark, atmospheric alternative rock track built on tension, emotion, and contrast. It’s haunting and anthemic, with verses that feel suffocatingly close before breaking into a huge chorus that hits like a breath of air after the plunge.
“The song explores the internal chaos of reaching out for help from the very person who’s dragging you down and the feeling of emotionally drowning when the one you trust most becomes the source of your pain. It’s a confrontation of that paradox: needing saving from the person who’s breaking you.
“It’s about that mental struggle, when you’re asking someone to pull you up, but they’re the reason you’re sinking in the first place. I wanted the music to reflect that push and pull; the verses are tight and claustrophobic, and then the chorus opens up like coming up for air. It’s dark, emotional, and one of the most cinematic moments on the record.”
“With its weighty production, layered guitars, and emotional scope, it embodies that recurring theme throughout the record: the beauty and release that come from surviving your own storms.”
The single follows Dan‘s triumphant headline tour, with nearly every date sold out. He follows this with an acoustic record store tour. Dates:
May 22 Glasgow Assai Records (Matinee)
May 22 Edinburgh Assai Records (Evening)
May 23 Newcastle Beyond Vinyl (Matinee)
May 23 Bury Wax & Beans (Evening)
May 24 Sheffield Arundel Emporium (Matinee)
May 24 Oxford Truck (Evening)
May 25 Portsmouth Pie & Vinyl (Matinee)
May 25 Swansea Derricks (Evening)
May 26 London Fighting Cocks (Evening)
May 27 Nantwich Applestump Records (Matinee)
May 27 Leeds Crash Records (Evening)
May 28 Liverpool Jacaranda (full electric show, playing album in full)
Dan will also be performing at Steelhouse Festival on 25th July.
