INNOVATIVE GRIME/METAL RISING STAR, NATIVE JAMES RELEASES BRAND NEW SINGLE FIELD – LISTEN HERE
ANNOUNCES DEBUT EP REBIRTH – OUT 6TH SEPTEMBER
PRE-ORDER HERE
ALSO ANNOUNCES DEBUT HEADLINE SHOW –
23RD OCTOBER AT LONDON’S 93 FEET EAST
TICKETS ON SALE NOW HERE
Credit – William Jupp
Innovative grime/metal rising star, Native James today releases his brand new single, Field via Saviour Music. A commanding riff is present throughout the track, which culminates in a powerful rallying cry chorus. Listen here. Native performed
Native (real name Aaron James) has explained, “Field is about some of the trials and tribulations of playing the game… you either get stuck or get fucked. That’s the way I feel.”
The release of Field arrives alongside the news of Native James‘s debut EP release. Rebirth will be out on 6th September, and can be pre-saved here.
Also today, Native has announced his long-awaited debut headline show! This will take place at London’s 93 Feet East on 23rd October, and tickets are on sale now here. He will be joined by FMA, 12 Gage, Notrixx and Dreadnought as support.
Field follows the release of Native’s recent single, Power, which was featured in a Co Op advert and also received its first radio spin on Alyx Holcombe’s BBC Introducing Rock show. The track arrived alongside the music video, which sees the Ipswich-based artist perform in a bedroom alongside his band, before they are hit with the elements. Watch the video, which perfectly complements the lyrics, here.
Native unleashed his punch-to-the-gut single, Hammer back in May, alongside the video which can be seen,here. The track received its first radio plays on BBC Radio 1’s Rock Show with Daniel P Carter, and Future Alternative show with Nels Hylton on the night of release. Since then, it has received plays on BBC Introducing and BBC Radio 1’s Introducing Rock. Listen to Hammer, which has now racked up over 175k streams on Spotify, here.
Next month will see Native James play Sounds Good Festival in Chelmsford on 14th September, and also join DeadWax featuring Benji Wild (formerly Astroid Boys) in Leeds at Hyde Park Book Club, on 27th September. Shortly after this, he will play a set at Attitude Festival on 19th October. In May, Native played a packed out show at Brighton’s Great Escape Festival. He performed as part of Escape From The Escape at The Pipeline. This was a free showcase curated by his new label home, and also saw Laura’s Dream, Nuns Of The Tundra, Holocene and Carpark play. It’s hard to believe that Native only played his debut live show last Summer, on the BBC Introducing stage at Reading Festival. Later that year, he played a show at the Waiting Room in Stoke Newington in December.
Most of Native’s songs were born freestyle raps – an awe-inspiring craft Native has been honing since he was at school. He first discovered he could freestyle when he was put on the spot and asked to ‘spit some bars’, a phrase that was then alien to Native. Since this defining moment, Native has been cutting his teeth, performing live in a different iteration to what we see today. Fusing his love of rap, grime, rock and metal, Native is finally creating the music he has always wanted to make.
Native wants to create a tribe and sees his fans as one big united family. He wants his live show to be a space for his fans to feel empowered, and be a space for them to leave their worries at the door; to heal, to rage but most importantly, to engage. Native James welcomes you to the realm…
