The Briefing launches their new album “Favourite Place”

Latvian band “The Briefing”, the members of which have been living in London since 2010, released the first single of their album “Favorite Place” at the end of January this year. The new album is already available on all major music streaming and downloading platforms around the world. 

The album has been released by the company “Mikrofona ieraksti” and the publisher of the songs is “MicRec Publishing”.

Raimonds and Kristina, band members from Liepaja, who share their moments on and off stage give their thoughts on the new album:

Raimonds: “The new album is the result of a long creative process between the initial idea and the final mix – it is a path full of surprises, because even we could not predict the final outcome. It is really fascinating to see the final results initially born from our musical ideas.”

Kristina: “All created, recorded and produced in our London flat - home studio. I love the idea of sharing our music, and it is great to know that “Favourite Place” is now available to everyone. My lyrics of the songs included in this album reflect the feelings and sensations that I have experienced myself or observed in the lives of people around me. Our priority has always been music first and lyrics after, however, I believe that with this album we have managed to merge both elements together so that they intensify the overall vibe of the record.”

Raimonds: “Everybody in the band takes part in creating the songs - each of us usually comes up with musical ideas, and I then proceed to mixing. With this album great support in the mixing process was also provided by sound engineer Francis Gorini, who completed the final mastering in his London Mastering Studio.”

Kristina: “People who like our music are usually people who are searching for something new and fresh to listen to. I think that the overall sound of our album is modern and contemporary with a touch of 80’s, but you will also notice some strong emotions and sophisticated elements.”

LINKS:
Band's Homepage: http://thebriefingband.com/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thebriefingband/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/BriefingBand
Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/the-briefing
Spotify:  https://open.spotify.com/album/1ER0Q95SvRGaROWCoOZ7Aq
iTUNES: https://itunes.apple.com/lv/album/favourite-place-ep/id1078711268
Apple Music:  https://itun.es/lv/Kp9sab

The Briefing shares new song and announces upcoming album "Favourite Place"

The Briefing is an indie pop band formed in 2002 by four Latvian musicians, who since 2010 have been living in London. So far they have released two studio and one remix album. In 2008 album Funny Thoughts was nominated as the best alternative music album at the Annual Latvian Music Recording Award. The band members are: Kristina Dobele (vocal, keyboards and song writing), Raimonds Dobelis (bass and programming), Juris Peterlevics (guitar, cello and programming), and drummer and bands design artist Sandis Volkovs.

The new single Favourite Place is the band's second single and the title track from the forthcoming album due to be released in February under the Latvian label Microphone Records. The new single and album will be available on all digital world-wide platforms as well as on the band's Bandcamp site.

Similar to the previous record Somewhere Else released in 2013, also the new album was written and recorded by the band itself. Great support in the mixing process was provided by sound engineer Francis Gorini, who completed the final mastering of both, the single and the whole album, in his London Mastering Studio.

Kristina: "I must admit, that after five years living in London, we now feel like this is our home. The city is incredible and we always discover new things, places and people, which I find very inspiring. If before the audience associated us with jazz and Norah Jones, now it seems like we’ve gone a long way to become who we are today. We are proud of our single and our forthcoming album, and both of them represent what The Briefing is now."

Raimonds: "I believe that Favourite Place is the best album we’ve created so far. We wanted to do it ourselves, so recording and mixing process took a long time, which is great, because we had unlimited time to experiment and build our songs just the way we wanted. The new album is stylistically similar to the previous Somewhere Else record - more guitars and less funk. "

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Buy the new single Favourite Place here:
Spotify: https://goo.gl/TQ4v6J
Bandcamp: https://thebriefing.bandcamp.com/
Amazon: https://amzn.com/B01AZG83IY
Video of the previous single Runaway: https://youtu.be/ha7ueb233SY