Federal Charm - Passenger (2018)

Four-piece rock band Federal Charm are set to release their highly anticipated third studio album Passenger on Friday, 14th September. Passenger was recorded, produced and mixed at Willow Terrace Studios in Manchester. Federal Charm co-produced the album with John Simm (Hidden Colour Audio) who also sound engineers for fellow Stockport band, Blossoms. 'John was really good to work with', says Paul Bowe, one of the founder members and guitarist of Federal Charm. 'He's highly technical, has a great set of ears and commands an invaluable ability to locate and add that missing ingredient to make a song stand out from the crowd'. For Passenger the new line-up wanted to retain Federal Charm's previous natural sound, but also wanted to create an exciting new sonic platform for the band s new vocalist, Tom Guyer, to really let loose and show the world what he can do. With Passenger , Federal Charm spent more time than any other of their previous albums by developing this material and taking the songs into new territory, tone-wise. Previously, the recording process for the first two studio albums was very much like, 'Strat in? Go! Les Paul? Go!'. For Passenger , a great deal of care and attention was taken into the pre-production which ultimately benefited the all-round sound. Says Bowe, 'It's a heavier album. There was no way to tame beast'. Additional info - Wyatt has been playing the lead-off single, Choke , on Planet Rock s New Rock Show for the last 4 weeks running / The official music video for Choke has generated over 90,000 views soon YouTube / Choke voted Track Of The Week on Classic Rock's Louder Sound website / Planet Rock website premiered the music video for 'Choke' on Friday 29 June / Federal Charm are co-headlining the Planet Rock presents UK tour with The Bad Flowers, and special guests Those Damn Crows in September / Planet Rock Magazine will publish a review of the new album, Passenger , in the next issue on Friday, 3 August / Band interviews and album / tour advertising will be published in Powerplay Magazine on Friday 31 August & Fireworks Magazine on Thursday 13 September. The album will also be reviewed in Classic Rock, Guitarist, etc / Advance online reviews are already raving: Rhythm & Booze : 'Heavy rock for a heavy toll. Much of the album is formed around human emotions, alongside a poke at bureaucracy, cutting vocals, and swinging axes, making the statement' - Down The Front : 'Passenger pulls together all the fantastic aspects of the old Federal Charm, puts them in a blender on supersonic speed and melds them with this new, heavier version. It's still recognisably Federal Charm, but supercharged, like a Duracell bunny plugged into the mains. This album has been played so much this week and with each subsequent track, a new favourite. We absolutely love it! 10/10" - Raw Ramp : 'This album is stuffed with unforgettable riffs, heavy-footed rhythms, colourful 'n' groovy blues journeying and suggestions of the darkest, bleakest folk...Extraordinary 5 stars' - Blues Doodles : 'It is full of power, depth and emotion combined with imagination and variety and lifts them above the rest of their 'generation'. If you want your rock heavy, blues-infused and immaculately played...look no further than Passenger.... 10/10' - Powerplay : 'Federal Charm have always been a band about to make it bigger. A bit special. This is a section of super songs which have a lot more bluesy brouhaha than before. The future looks rosy... 8/10'