The Targets specialise in high energy live performances of Original material. They have been described as “keeping the flame alive” as they re create the energy of Garage Rock from the 60s 70s but add a new modern exciting flare to it. Influenced by artists such as Wilko Johnson, the Jam, Chuck Berry and Muddy Waters.

Review from recent 100 club London gig “Kaedan Swin & Targets Note that name because it is pretty certain that you will be hearing a lot more of this young man in the future, be it as a solo artist or with his Portsmouth-based band, The Targets. From the off, he owned that stage, and grabbed people's attention immediately with a no-holds-barred full-throttle set. Short it may have been, but memorable it certainly was. With the swagger and verve only youth can deliver, any trace of nerves channelled into pure energy, Kaedan gave us his all, leaving nothing on that stage and no doubt that is is a young man to be reckoned with. Definitely an artist to follow”

The voice is new, yet it’s familiar – like the voice of someone you were close to long ago but exposing a new urgency and shades of longing.

This is Tom Sail, Manchester-bred, London-transplanted singer/songwriter and multi-instrumentalist who releases his second single, “Wounded”, on 31st May 2019. A howling chorus and driving beat propel “Wounded” through a tight three minutes of what Sail calls his “retro-indie pop” with heavy rock and a touch of pop at the core.

Listen close for echoes of The Beatles, The War on Drugs, Oasis and Motown in Sail’s music, of which a 12-song album will be released later in 2019. The product of two years’ work by “scraping together” one or two days in RAK Studios, the as-yet untitled album will showcase his talents by playing every instrument .

“I come from a very musical family, and taught myself to play since I was 10 years old,” Sail explains. What’s the root of his musical passion?.

Some of the ideas he explores musically were generated during a six-month sojourn through South-East Asia, Australia and America and written “in the back of a camper van on a tiny guitar I bought in Vietnam”.

When he’s writing a song, he says that the process starts with “a mix” of any or four ingredients: melody, the story, lyrics and a riff. “Sometimes I will start playing the guitar and the song will just start with a melody, or other times I will pick up a phrase from a book or (something) written on the back of a bus seat which will inspire me to create a lyric idea around,” he says.

Perhaps with a nod to his Beatles and Motown influences, Sail turns to the melancholy of their early works. “I like how all the Motown and early Beatles are always about heartbreak,” he says. “I like to feel melancholic hopefulness in my songs – they are usually sad to a point but not depressing.” “Wounded” and its haunting predecessor single, “Two Weeks”, both deliver riveting musical introductions to this new talent. And what five words would Tom Sail use to describe his upcoming album? “Retro. Melancholic. Hopeful. Dreamy. Pensive.”

Listen to Wounded: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-1vmc1CJe7s

Stream Two Weeks: http://ampl.ink/glo4W

Sam Deed is a 24-year-old acoustic singer/songwriter currently based in Hertfordshire, UK. Influenced by prolific artists such as John Mayer, Omar Apollo and Daniel Caesar, Sam’s Pop-Soul infused sound is distinguished by its conversational and observative lyricism. He thoroughly enjoys all aspects of music creation, from performing live to the meticulous process of songwriting. Sam is set to release his next single 'Melissa' very soon.