00:00 ♪ Yeah, yeah, yeah ♪
00:03 - Hi everyone, my name's Dylan Squire.
00:05 I'm 25 years old and I'm beginning my music career
00:08 as a solo artist based in Glasgow.
00:10 My new EP's called Yellow Carnal Hit Back,
00:11 simply a self-healing journey and a cathartic process
00:16 that ended up turning into six of the best songs
00:20 I've ever written.
00:21 I started singing from the bottom of my heart
00:23 and made sure that every word I wrote down
00:25 and passed my lips was meaningful.
00:28 It all started years ago when I was in an outfit
00:30 called Heavy Rapids.
00:32 You know, we're just four guys, started a band,
00:36 started making some noise and we got a bit of attention
00:39 from a New York-based manager called Pulsia.
00:43 It was hilarious how that came about.
00:44 We were about to support The Blinders at Broadcast
00:47 and we accidentally got spun on John Kennedy's show
00:52 in the wrong order.
00:53 So she was tuning in to listen to a band called Spectre,
00:57 but the presenter played our song before their show.
01:00 So she accidentally heard it and then we're all sat
01:02 in a car out in the parking lot just behind Broadcast
01:06 and she phoned and she's like, "I love your track.
01:09 "I wanna come."
01:10 She flew out to meet us and stuff and from there
01:12 it just went to agents and talking to labels
01:15 and all this exciting stuff.
01:17 But I think where we were at as a band at that point
01:20 just wasn't, we just weren't ready to take it
01:23 to that next level.
01:23 We were a bit on different pages and around that time
01:28 I was getting a call from Lucia, from Lucia and the Best Boys
01:32 and she was wanting me to do guitar for the band
01:34 as they needed a guitarist at that time.
01:37 It seemed like a good jump to make
01:39 to a more professional project.
01:42 That was short-lived.
01:43 They were a great bunch of people, great musicians,
01:45 but I just admitted to myself that that wasn't
01:48 what I wanted to do and I felt a bit out of place.
01:51 And I'm a big believer in everything happens for a reason
01:55 and I think all that was just meant to come to an end.
01:58 And then obviously lockdown happened.
02:01 I started working on my own material
02:03 and just unlocked a bunch of emotions
02:06 and topics that I hadn't really explored, self-related.
02:11 And just started this cathartic healing process
02:14 and luckily I landed on my feet with a bunch of material
02:18 that I'm super proud of and can't wait to show you all.
02:21 It's all self-portrait imagery from my youth,
02:26 my adolescence to me right now,
02:29 colours and visuals that I like.
02:32 But I think they can all be morphed
02:33 and shaped a little bit better.
02:35 But when you start something out,
02:37 it just takes a bit of time to find that image
02:39 and that look and I'm sure sometime in the next few months
02:44 before the end of the year, that'll all snap into place.
02:46 The line-up we've got just now just feels so much like a band
02:49 and it's amazing to have them respect my vision so much
02:52 but still make it feel like a group project.
02:55 So the line-up just now is myself, Bo, Rab and Josh.
02:59 Me and Bo have been friends for like the past three years.
03:02 We've worked together and we just became best friends
03:06 and had each other's backs
03:08 in kind of everything we've been doing.
03:09 If I was to describe him in three words,
03:11 it would be best guitarist ever.
03:13 Josh, much the same.
03:16 He's always been about, I've always known who he was.
03:19 And when the bass vacancy became available,
03:21 he reached out and was like, I'd love to do it.
03:24 You know, I'll do bass, synth, vocals
03:25 and so glad I got him on board.
03:27 He's just one of a kind, such a lovely guy,
03:29 such a great player.
03:30 Three words for him would be magic fingers Johnson.
03:34 That's a bit of an in joke, but it had to be said.
03:37 Rab, the drummer is just one of the tightest
03:39 and most motivated players I've ever worked with.
03:43 He really keeps me going,
03:45 gives me a drive that I've lusted for for a long time.
03:48 Yeah, just an exceptional bunch of guys,
03:52 great therapists, amazing chef,
03:54 everything you need in a touring party, to be honest.
03:56 ♪ 'Cause I've been thinking about you ♪
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