we had an insane night down at Aatma last Saturday for our co-headline show with The Distance + Gallaher’s Green
an incredible show, everyone smashed their sets and it was brilliant to host this one – big love to Turtle Park and King Liar for supporting, class to see! 
we’ve got more gigs on the horizon, head on over to www.breadrecords.co.uk/events to keep up to date! 
today’s the day! we’re over at Aatma tonight with our co-headline show with The Distance and Gallaher’s Green
we’ve been waiting for this for ages and it’s finally here – we’ve got a bunch of tickets sold already, and with support from King Liar and Turtle Park, it’s bound to be a belter! 
doors at 7pm, you can get your last-minute tickets at https://fatso.ma/XJsl or £8 OTD cash + card accepted! The Distance / Gallaher’s Green + Supports @ Aatma
we can’t wait for this coming Saturday where we’ll be over at Aatma for our co-headline gig with The Distance and Gallaher’s Green
it’s gonna be huge this one, been waiting for this for a while and we’re almost there! plus with support from King Liar and Plaster, a great night is in store for us 
there’s only three second-wave tickets left at £6 so cop them quick, you can find them at https://fatso.ma/XJsl – alternatively cash + card accepted OTD! find the full FB event at The Distance / Gallaher’s Green + Supports @ Aatma
unreal that the first wave of tickets for The Distance // Gallaher’s Green co-headline at Aatma sold out in less than 24 hours 
we’ve just put out the second wave, don’t miss out on what’s gonna be an amazing gig with King Liar and Plaster on support! get them over at https://fatso.ma/XJsl
we’re proper stoked to be able to announce this one!! on the Saturday 17th June we’ll be down at Aatma with a co-headline from The Distance and Gallaher’s Green!
they’ve both just put out incredible new music and are really establishing themselves as ones to watch on the indie rock scene, making waves over the past year or so – we’ve had them both perform for us in the past and they were sensational. 
plus, with support from King Liar and Plaster, we’ve got some of Manchester’s finest up-and-coming talent on the cards! 
you can get first wave advance tickets now over at https://fatso.ma/XJsl – only £4 +bf, limited amount available! get on it rapid
we’re super looking forward to Thursday over at Foundry Project Manchester where we’ve got our next Foundry Live!
since moving to a Thursday we’ve had so many fantastic ones, and we have the amazing talents of The Distance as our feature artist for this week it’s gonna be a belter, they’ve got their new single “Falling” coming out on the 9th September as well
get in touch with our michael webster for a slot, we’ll be starting up from 7pm through til 11! always a lovely one, great way to spend your Thursday evening
in case you missed it, we had a real lovely time chatting to The Distance for our Knead To Know feature last week!
the lads are a force to be reckoned with on the Manchester scene, having gone from strength to strength and really making a name for themselves – they’ve got some proper bangers under their belt.
check it out on our website at https://breadrecords.co.uk/…/knead-to-know-the-distance/ – let us know what you think!
we’re back with our next Knead To Know interview, this time with the fantastic Manchester-based band The Distance! 🤘
we’ve known these lads for a while now, they’ve been making waves on the music scene, performing and coming down to gigs each week – real lovely chaps with a proper determination to get involved and play their tunes. they’ve got some proper bangers under their belt as well, we can’t wait to see what they’ve got in store and this interview has been lovely way to find out more about their plans! 😊
you can find the full interview below! ⬇️
You’ve been all over the Manchester music scene for the past year or so – how have you found it? What have you been up to?
Everything started from playing Manchester open mics. We’ve seen so many great musicians and bands who’ve pushed and inspired us to write more music for our band. Many of these open mics have given us further gig opportunities, allowing us to play at venues such as Lions Den, Aatma, and The Empire in Rochdale, as well as multiple independent festivals.
We’ve seen you go from predominantly a two-piece to a full band, how different is it performing with a band and what’s the best thing about it?
The Distance originally existed as a three piece, before Sam joined as the lead guitarist. It was then when we started playing local open mics to help promote our band’s music. Having a lead guitarist in the band gave us more options to include guitar parts, melodies and guitar solos in our songs. We prefer playing as a full band whenever possible, because the energy a full band creates can never fully be replicated as an acoustic duo.
What are your main inspirations for your songs?
We’ve all got different personal influences as musicians, but when these influences are combined as a band, we feel it helps to create a unique sound for our songs. If we were to give one band that has influenced us the most it would be The Stereophonics – who have really helped to shape our sound as a band.
How do you write? Do you take a group approach to it, or is it mostly one person who writes the songs?
We have tried multiple different methods of song writing, which we feel helps to really keep us inspired creatively. Most recently, Jack and Sam have found a song idea, recorded a demo, and brought it into a band rehearsal for Rhys and Aaron to help complete the song.
Over the past few years, how have you been spending your time musically? (recording, writing etc)
The band originally started when Jack met Rhys at college. When they moved to University in Manchester, Jack asked Rhys to dep for a gig and Rhys joined The Distance full time shortly after. Jack and Sam then met at an open mic night in Manchester, and Sam completed the line-up in 2021. Regarding music outside of the band, Rhys releases his own music under the name ‘Serene’ and Sam released an album during Lockdown followed by a number of singles. As a full band we have been writing new songs together, as well as working on new covers to add to our setlist. We have recently recorded a new single which will be released in the near future.
We’ve seen you popping up on bills all across Manchester and beyond now – whereabouts have you been gigging?
We have played many venues in Manchester over the past 6 months, and have started to venture outside of the city to venues in places such as Leeds and North Wales. More recently, we have been talking to promoters in London and Liverpool in order to expand our fanbase around the UK.
When you’re performing live, what do you each find best about it?
Sam – The thing I like the most about performing live is the adrenaline rush you get from seeing the audience’s reaction.
Jack – The thing I like most about performing on stage is being able to bring to life songs that both I and the band have written. We thrive off the positive feedback but also the constructive criticism helps to push us further.
Aaron – I get to play my drums.
Rhys – The best thing about performing live is getting to play gigs at new venues and getting out with the rest of the band in new places. (Also having a drummer deafen me every weekend before we’ve even started playing).
Where do you record? Have you got a home studio?
We record demos at each others houses and sometimes send files or record our parts remotely. We just recorded our upcoming single at Through The Roof Recording Studio.
You guys have got some real bangers, we’ve heard your tunes so many times now and they never get old. What kinds of music inspire you?
The thing about writing your own music is that it’s difficult to imagine people actually wanting to hear your band’s songs again and again (no pun intended). It’s hard to believe that so many people like yourself back our music and what we do as a band – and we appreciate everyone who comes down to our gigs (we never forget a face or a name). We’ve worked so hard to constantly be present in the music scene so it’s no surprise why people have heard our songs so many times. As far as influences go, we all have our own different inspirations such as Punk, Indie and Rock, which as mentioned before, we aim to merge these to create our own unique sound as a band.
Have you got any plans for new music at any point soon?
We have just finished recording our new single ‘Falling’, which we are in the final process of announcing. Our plans after this are to release another single, which will hopefully be followed by an EP.
Have you got anything else planned for 2022?
We have several gigs already booked for the rest of 2022, including The Royal George in Todmorden (20th August), Gulliver’s (27th August), Off The Square (8th October) and of course at Lion’s Den with Bread Records on the 12th of November. Any new gig dates will be announced on our Facebook or Instagram, along with the release of our new single ‘Falling’.
it’s fantastic to be able to chat with these guys here, learn more about their influences and what they’ve got planned – we can’t wait to see what’s in store for them! it’s been fantastic to see them grow over the past year, performing at bigger and more places across the country. well worth catching them live! a big thank you to Jack, Sam, Rhys and Aaron for this interview – let us know what you think! 🍞
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