“Young Believers” passes 100,000 on Spotify
YOUNG BELIEVERS has passed 100,000 streams on Spotify some time today, becoming our fourth song to pass that mark after “George Best City”, “Four Winds” and “Diamond and the Missing Son”. We’re really happy that “Young Believers” has been taken to heart by a lot of you. It wasn’t on an album when we stuck it out on April 8th, 2018, but would later be on the First Ten (2012-2022) Compilation.
Festival Season for T-Shirts Incoming?
If like Azra below, you have the desire for an Unquiet Nights T-Shirt of the female variety, you’ll find it at this link. There’s a bit on the checkout page where you can write a note, and people have been known to ask specific requests in there. We see what we can do. Spring weather coming for T-Shirts and festival season, right?
“Diamond…” passes 100,000 on Spotify
Thanks to everyone who has helped “Diamond & The Missing Son” become our fastest ever song to pass 100,000 Spotify streams. After more than 15 years of working on UN, it’s nice to see that people are liking our newer stuff too.
Spotify Wrapped 2024 – 101,337 Listeners
Celebrate the milestones, right? We wanted our third album “Seasons In Exile” to be heard by a lot of people. Our Spotify For Artists stats are showing 101,337 Listeners for the year 2024. Unfortunately the way that Wrapped works it captured a different period, showing 92k on their graphic, but nonetheless we’re really happy as it was a strong year for us. Thanks to you all for listening, telling people about the release and adding us to your playlists!…
Spotify 20,200 monthly listeners
Just wanna thank everyone who have been adding us to their Spotify playlists recently. Our third album “Seasons In Exile” has been doing great on there so far. Thanks so much!
NI Music Prize – Eligible List
Our third album “Seasons In Exile” is on the Eligible list for the NI Music Awards. We would love for it to go further, but even if it doesn’t we’re pretty confident over the long term that “Seasons In Exile will do well as an album for us.
Total Rock – Skid’s House of Loud (“This Is My Oxygen”)
Today on Total Rock, we were excited to hear “This Is My Oxygen” on Skid’s House of Loud. Thank you to Mr. Skid. You’ll find “This Is My Oxygen” on our third album “Seasons In Exile” here. We thank him also for playing “Diamond and the Missing Son” back in May.
Rockbox w/ Chris Black
Thanks to Chris Black for spinning “This Is My Oxygen” on his ROCKBOX show on Voodoo Radio Online. He’s been saying some really nice things about our stuff, and we appreciate it.
Total Rock – The New Rock Show w/ Alex Alicia
Thanks very much to Alex Alicia for spinning our new one tonight on The New Rock Show on Total Rock. The show starts @ 10pm!
Kerrang! Johnny Doom Show
Major thrill to hear Johnny Doom playing our new one “This Is My Oxygen” on his Unleashed show on Kerrang! Radio just now.
We will take all the Blue Öyster Cult and Feeder references going. Gotta check out Ghost too.
Rockbox w/ Chris Black (Voodoo Radio)
ROCKBOX w/ Chris Black. 21st April 2024. We reckon this is the first play for “Snake Handler” from our third album “Seasons In Exile”, so thanks Chris for that. Link to the full show below.
SSE Arena: Belfast Giants – Sheffield Steelers
A very intense thank you to Matt McIvor, the resident DJ at the Belfast Giants in the SSE Arena, Belfast. He was awesome enough to play ourselves during the Giants’ match against Sheffield Steelers.
That PA system is spectacular in the there.
Rock on Tuesday – Mid Sussex Radio 103.8fm
Rock on Tuesday with Julie Holden on Mid Sussex Radio 103.8fm. Some chat about “Diamond and the Missing Son” from the other night. Thanks to Julie Holden & Emma Scott.
Sweet Sunday Sounds (Valley 89.5 FM) Isaac Banks
Canberra Australia, last night. Or….morning for them. Anyway, thanks to Issac Banks & @sweet_sunday_sounds on Valley FM 89.5!
Maximum Volume – Band of the Day
Today is a great day!..
Unquiet Nights are “Band of the Day” at Maximum Volume. Thanks intensely to @maximumvolumemusic
Cashbox Canada
“…A track like “Diamond and the Missing Son” forges an instant impression with indelible hooks, muscular drumming and full-bodied guitar…..”
Fresh NI – Oh Yeah Music Centre (“Break Through The Waves”)
Fresh NI – Oh Yeah Music Centre (“Break Through The Waves”) Thanks to the Oh Yeah Music Centre for including “Break Through The Waves” from our third album “Seasons in Exile” on their Fresh NI playlist on Spotify.
Great Music Stories – “The song that won’t go away“
Thanks to Guy B, and the listeners of Great Music Stories. (We always set out to record songs that wouldn’t go away)
Radio Stradbroke New Music Friday w/ Richard Pierce
Thanks to Richard Pierce for featuring “Break Through The Waves” on New Music Friday on his Radio Stradbroke show. It’s the second track from our new album “Seasons In Exile”. You’ll also find it here on Apple Music.
Belfast Telegraph – Northern Exposure (“Seasons in Exile”)
Comeback kids Unquiet Nights are promising plenty of noise this year.
Loved by Sky Sports and BBC Radio One and lauded by the likes of Hot Press magazine, these Belfast and Italy-based rockers have just released their first new material in nearly two years in the form of single “Diamond And The Missing Son” and the hook-laden gem was worth the wait.
On January 19th, they unveil their third album “Seasons In Exile” and we’ve had an advance listen and can confirm it’s brimming with belters that fans of Genesis and Tom Petty will love. Listen to: “Diamond And The Missing Son”.
Gerry Kelly Show
Major agreement with legendary talk show hosts going on over at @unquietnights Twitter about how musicians are supposed to get exposure at the minute. I wonder if Mr. Kelly preferred interviewing us, or Roger Moore though? (Rhetorical…) #newmusic #interview #single #northernireland
Sunday Life – Northern Stars (“Diamond…”)
“…Returning rockers Unquiet Nights have just released a brand new single that will get your New Year’s Eve party started with a bang…”
In The Air Tonight (Sarah Champion)
My Genesis & Phil Collins obsession needs little encouragement. Sarah Champion provoked it this time though.
Studio Update – “Diamond and the Missing Son”
This was the night we finished “Diamond and the Missing Son” (1st Dec, 2022). Seems worth reposting because it’s been out for nearly a year now and has 84,380 Spotify streams as of 12.12.2024. If I had known I would’ve smiled in the photo. Promise.
Eclectic Music Lover (Review) – “In Spite Of It All”
“…Now Unquiet Nights are back with a new single “In Spite of It All“, which they’ve released in conjunction with their third album First Ten (2012-2022). A sort of ‘greatest hits so far’, the album commemorates the ten year anniversary of their debut album 21st Century Redemption Songs, in recognition of their impressive body of work over the past decade….”
Phil Collins, Bret “Hitman Hart”. Studio Mascots.
Credential Sound isn’t complete without our spiritual guides overseeing recording. My Phil Collins autograph, and my Bret “Hitman” Hart autograph. If you think they aren’t related check out Bret’s last line in the Summerslam 1990 promo.
Hot Press – “Four Winds” (Single)
“…The NI/Italy based band’s first new material of 2019 is a soaring statement of intent. Their darkest offering to date, it tips it’s hat to Dave Gilmour’s famous guitar-work, while telling a tale of a twisted love affair. Bolstered by a stadium-bothering chorus, this number really impresses with repeat plays. Here’s hoping there’s more new material on the way…”
Hot Press “Four Winds” (Online)
Acclaimed rock band Unquiet Nights unveil their first new material of 2019 today via all digital platforms. A seductive, stadium-ready number that stakes a claim as the soundtrack to the summer, ‘Four Winds’ sees the band’s mainman Luke Mathers’ tell a deliciously dark tale of intense attraction and wrap it around a surging chorus to die for.
Single – “Four Winds”
FOUR WINDS will be on iTunes, Amazon, Spotify, 7digital, Bandcamp & Google Play from 14th June 2019
Eclectic Music Lover (Review) – “Four Winds”
“…Now they return with “Four Winds“, a superb single that keeps their perfect score of releasing excellent guitar-driven songs fully intact…”
Lennox Lewis
Good to know I share the same movie taste as Lennox Lewis. Always liked him. I remember listening to the Lewis – Tyson fight on the radio at about 4 AM from Memphis with my grandad when I was 16.
BBC Northern Ireland – “Young Believers”
YOUNG BELIEVERS got an airing on BBC Across The Line tonight. The episode is here on the BBC website, and below you can hear journalist Stuart Bailie (NME, etc) making comparison to Pearl Jam which we appreciate. Wasn’t born sounding like Roy Orbison as he notes, as much as I wish I was. Thanks to the BBC & Stuart.
Single – “Young Believers”
YOUNG BELIEVERS is our new single. This was another one we recorded in the same sessions as PROMISE OF YOU, and we hope it finds you well. We recorded it mostly at our own Credential Sound, and then finished it off at Manor Park Studio as we usually do. You will find it on iTunes, Amazon, Spotify, 7digital & Google Play, as well as on Bandcamp.
KCLR 96fm – Ceol Anocht
Super thanks to Martin Bridgeman for having PROMISE OF YOU on his Ceol Anocht show on KCLR 96fm. It’s just after the 15 minute mark on the Soundcloud widget if you want to hear that. Remember that we’re live on KCLR on Sunday April 8th between 8pm-9pm with Roddie Cleere for the release of “Young Believers”.
Chordblossom Playlist (“Promise of You”)
CHORDBLOSSOM PLAYLIST: Feb 2018 The Chordblossom Playlist on Spotify has been “revitalised with 25 brand, new tracks for your listening pleasure”. Thanks to them for including “Promise of You”.
Single – “Promise of You”
PROMISE OF YOU is on iTunes, Amazon, Spotify & Google Play from 16th February 2018. Thanks to Roddie Cleere’s Irish Music Show on KCLR 96fm for making it “Song of the Week”, to Hot Press for the review, and to Eclectic Music Lover for the review.
Eclectic Music Lover (Review) – “Promise of You”
“…PROMISE OF YOU is the first single, and it’s a hard-rockin’ beauty! It starts off with a drawn-out electric guitar note, then an explosion of gritty guitars and fuzzy bass rain down, propelled by a crushing drumbeat that really gets the blood pumping. The track grows more intense as dramatic synths and layers of jangly and shredded guitars are added, building to a pulse-pounding crescendo. The instrumentals are phenomenal…”
RIP Tom Petty (1950-2017)
Tom Petty is one of my biggest influences. I started searching out his cassettes when I was about 6. I remember finding “Into The Great Wide Open” not long after it had come out in the Caroline Music in Portadown, and ended up getting all of his and The Heartbreaker’s albums. Eventually I got to see them front row in Italy in 2012, and met some of his people that day. Mike Campbell gave us his wristband, and burnt his mouth on our liquorice chewing gum during “Don’t Come Around Here No More”. I ended up getting guitar picks from Tom and Scott Thurston, which I used to record in particular the second Unquiet Nights album “Postcards In Real Time”. Even more Heartbreaker-ish about that album is that Tom’s drummer Steve Ferrone is on two tracks on it. I didn’t know that would happen at the time of the Lucca gig, although I was telling Steve’s drum tech Gary from Arizona that day that Steve was also in the band of a friend of mine, which is how he ended up playing on two of our tracks. Also at that gig Mike Campbell was super nice when I chucked him an Unquiet Nights badge which rolled away towards his amp. He tracked it down and thanked me for it anyway, who else would have done that? So yeah, massive Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers fan, and Tom’s departure is a tough one for me. I’ve made my personal top ten of his songs underneath.
England – June 2017 Dates
A couple of solo gigs coming up in England in June. First The Acoustic Couch, Bracknell on Friday June 16th, and then three sets at the Daventry Weekender on Saturday June 17th.
VIDEO – “Don’t Wanna Kill For Religion”
Our video for “Don’t Wanna Kill For Religion” is out today. We recorded it on the roof of The Europa Hotel in Belfast in August 2014. Thanks to Maverick Renegade, Help Musicians UK, Michael Hanvey and The Europa for helping us get it done. The second album “Postcards In Real Time” is here.
Roadie TV – Live Session
The live series for Roadie TV is finished now, so you can see the three songs from their channel below. It was a pleasure to record these with them.
Beyond the Realms of Death (Les Binks)
The second album “Postcards in Real Time”, which is coming out tomorrow, includes the track “George Best City”. Watching its video here is the legendary Judas Priest “Stained Class” era drummer Les Binks. For years metal forums have been pondering where he can be found.
KCLR 96fm – Roddie Cleere’s Irish Music Show (Featured Album)
Tonight’s episode of Roddie Cleere’s Irish Music Show has “Postcards In Real Time” as the Featured Album for Sunday, 29th December 2015. We love Roddie, and thank him very much.
Hot Press – “Love Leave Your Mark on Me”
“…Born in Belfast but bred in Italy, Unquiet Nights take a huge step forward with their new single. Sounding assured and stately, the song is swathed in atmospheric synths as singer/guitarist Luke Mathers delivers one of his most impassioned performances to date. Conjuring up a sound that’s like the Gin Blossoms jamming with the Jesus and Mary Chain, it’s an anthemic offering from the three-piece…”
Calciomercato – Sky Sport 1 HD (21.07.2015)
Tomorrow night on SKY SPORT 1 HD (ITALIA) @ 23:00 we’re going to be on Calciomercato w/ Alessandro Bonan e Gianluca Di Marzio. The Federico Buffa Racconta: George Best documentary has been broadcast about 145 times on different SKY channels since February 7th, featuring the Unquiet Nights song “George Best City” in the last scene & credits. The response has been amazing towards us since the episode began airing, and we’re very grateful to SKY for giving us the opportunity to go on and explain ourselves now.
Roxy Bar, Bologna. (3rd May, 2015)
Roxy Bar w/ Red Ronnie
Centro Gross, Bologna, Italy
Sunday 3rd May, 2015
George Best: Der ungezähmte Fußballer
There is a book that’s just been published called “George Best: Der ungezähmte Fußballer”, or “The Untamed Footballer”. It’s by the German Sportsbook of the Year winning author Dietrich Schulze-Marmeling, published by Verlag Die Werkstatt.
Because of events that happened around the release of our “George Best City” song, Dietrich interviewed me while researching the book.
Mike Rutherford (Sarah Champion)
Loved the interview Mike Rutherford did with Sarah Champion on Absolute about his new autobiography The Living Years. Mike is hugely underrated for his contribution to music, and Sarah did a great job on this interview.
SKY ITALIA – Buffa Racconta: George Best
SKY ITALIA – Buffa Racconta: George Best
The documentary on the life of George Best by Sky Italia called “Federico Buffa Racconta Storie di Campioni” includes our song “GEORGE BEST CITY” over the final scene. Forza Andiamo!
It’s repeated about 40 times during February on various SKY channels. Full listing below…
SKY SPORTS 1 Italia – Storie di Campioni: George Best.
Last night there was a documentary on SKY SPORTS 1 Italia about George Best by the journalist Federico Buffa called Storie di Campioni George Best. You’ll find the Unquiet Nights song “George Best City” (released last week) as the music over the last scene.
I…. didn’t expect this to happen, but no doubt I have the official George Best page to thank for sharing the song last week. I’m guessing a lot of people probably saw this…?
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