Great to be back at O’Rileys this week, recording drum tracks for the album. Sounding goooood! Songs and arrangements are spot on. Really pleased!
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Our newest single Beyond the Blues is released on Scratch Plate Records via Label Worx. Thanks to Beat Filter PR. Hope you enjoy it, and if you listen and download it, thank you.
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Undead Guitars Turn Red Guitars Blue With New Single – ‘Beyond The Blues’
Ta daaa! We are delighted to announce that our (ace!) new single, ‘Beyond the Blues’ is out today. You can get it now on all the usual digital channels and from Bandcamp here:
Released on Scratch Plate Records via Label Worx. Thanks to Beat Filter PR. Hope you enjoy it, and if you listen and download it, thank you.
The Lowdown
Red Guitars Hallam Lewis, John Rowley, Lou Duffy-Howard, and Matt Higgins release their third single as a four piece, under their current name, Undead Guitars.
Beyond the Blues is released on January 30th 2026 on all the usual digital platforms and Bandcamp, via Scratch Plate Records.
The band’s new single is a spacey reflection on how music has changed through the last 40 years.
Singer and songwriter Hallam Lewis explains: “It’s both a celebration and a lament, about age, death and the passing of cultural icons. Seeing how the passage of time makes the past recede, I was feeling conscious of the way that the cultural power of rock music was slipping into history, hence all the name drops referring to the heyday of rock, psychedelia and hippydom – when these things all felt so vital and relevant. (See if you can spot ’em all!). I also remembered Derek Jarman talking about the colour of death being blue and I dipped into that – Beyond the Blues. I love the atmospheric dubby echoes in the music, ‘disappearing into the ether’, and the almost inadvertent flavours of Ennio Morricone feed into the whole “riding off into the sunset” feel – our very own psychedelic spaghetti western.”
Watch the official video here:
Video was filmed at O’Riley’s Music Venue in Hull by Simon Baxter of Factor Fifty Films.
Undead Guitars last single ‘Blazing Zombies’ in October followed the band’s 2024 single ‘Ho Ho Hum’, released to raise funds for refugee charities Breaking Barriers and The Refugee Council.
This year the four founding Red Guitars members continue work on a new album with Hallam on lead vocals. The band are preparing for live shows next year, information to follow on the band’s website and social media pages: https://linktr.ee/Undead_Guitars
‘Beyond the Blues’ by Undead Guitars Scratch Plate Records Cat No SPR668 distributed by Label Worx is available from 30th January on Bandcamp and all the usual digital outlets.
Beyond the Blues by Undead Guitars, formerly Red Guitars members: Hallam Lewis lead vocals and guitars, John Rowley guitar, Lou Duffy-Howard bass and backing vocals, Matt Higgins drums and percussion. Written by Hallam Lewis. Recorded and produced by Undead Guitars. Drums recorded at O’Rileys Music Venue, Hull. Video produced by Simon Baxter of Factor Fifty Films, filmed at O’Rileys Hull,
Thanks to everyone who has watched, listened to, bought or shared our new single Blazing Zombies so far. It’s been great fun to record it and make the video.
But there is a serious side to the song too. This is Hal’s backstory:
“Blazing Zombies is part raucously cathartic rant, stirred by so much anger, disaffection, and hatred in the air, and part personal reflection on our complicity in the systems that drive that division and disconnectedness – and the dreadful effects that it can have. A response to the everyday dissonance of extreme mundanity (‘please prepare to push your trolley off the end of the conveyor’ playing on repeat in a shopping mall) and apocalypse (‘please prepare for climate catastrophe’ playing on repeat on the news). At the end of the song the zombies express retrospective sorrow and regret at the havoc caused – a smidge of ironic humour and optimism survives!”
Yep! Please help us get the word out and pass it on:
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We are very pleased to report that our new single Blazing Zombies by Undead Guitars is released today on all the usual digital platforms, Spotify, iTunes, etc. on Scratch Plate Records, distributed by LabelWorx. Don’t forget to search for us under ‘Undead Guitars’, and please give us a follow.
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So, here it is, the (epic!) video for our new single Blazing Zombies, released today.
You can get the single on Bandcamp now, and it will be on all the usual digital channels.
Hallam: “Blazing Zombies is part raucously cathartic rant, stirred by so much anger, disaffection, and hatred in the air, and part personal reflection on our complicity in the systems that drive that division and disconnectedness – and the dreadful effects that it can have. A response to the everyday dissonance of extreme mundanity (‘please prepare to push your trolley off the end of the conveyor’ playing on repeat in a shopping mall) and apocalypse (‘please prepare for climate catastrophe’ playing on repeat on the news). At the end of the song the zombies express retrospective sorrow and regret at the havoc caused – a smidge of ironic humour and optimism survives! Happy Halloween!”
The official Blazing Zombies video was filmed in the Meka Space gallery and Black Lion in Bridlington and O’Riley’s Music Venue in Hull.
We had loads of fun making the video. We played our first gig as a four piece at O’Riley’s and invited the audience to dress as zombies for the live shots. Our fans certainly came up with the goods. You were terrifying!
‘Blazing Zombies’ by Undead Guitars, Scratch Plate Records Cat No SPR666 distributed by Label Worx. Available now on all the usual digital outlets and Bandcamp at the link: https://undeadguitars.bandcamp.com/track/blazing-zombies
Blazing Zombies: Hallam Lewis lead vocals and guitars, John Rowley guitar, Lou Duffy-Howard bass and backing vocals, Matt Higgins drums and percussion, written by Hallam Lewis. Recorded and produced by John Rowley and Undead Guitars. Drums recorded at O’Rileys Music Venue, Hull. Video produced by John Rowley, filmed by John Rowley, Simon Baxter and Richard Duffy-Howard at O’Rileys Hull, Meka Space Gallery and The Black Lion, Bridlington, East Yorkshire.
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It’s always been great for us up in Scotland. Cheers to Mike at Manic Pop Thrills in Fife for his feature & background to our name change, click on the image below and head to the review:
Hallam: “Blazing Zombies is part raucously cathartic rant, stirred by so much anger, disaffection, and hatred in the air, and part personal reflection on our complicity in the systems that drive that division and disconnectedness – and the dreadful effects that it can have. A response to the everyday dissonance of extreme mundanity (‘please prepare to push your trolley off the end of the conveyor’ playing on repeat in a shopping mall) and apocalypse (‘please prepare for climate catastrophe’ playing on repeat on the news). At the end of the song the zombies express retrospective sorrow and regret at the havoc caused – a smidge of ironic humour and optimism survives! Happy Halloween!”
The official Blazing Zombies video was filmed in the Meka Space gallery and Black Lion in Bridlington and O’Riley’s Music Venue in Hull.
We had loads of fun making the video. We played our first gig as a four piece at O’Riley’s and invited the audience to dress as zombies for the live shots. Our fans certainly came up with the goods. You were terrifying!
‘Blazing Zombies’ by Undead Guitars, Scratch Plate Records Cat No SPR666 distributed by Label Worx. Available from 24th October on all the usual digital outlets and 10th October on Bandcamp at the link: https://undeadguitars.bandcamp.com/track/blazing-zombies
Blazing Zombies: Hallam Lewis lead vocals and guitars, John Rowley guitar, Lou Duffy-Howard bass and backing vocals, Matt Higgins drums and percussion, written by Hallam Lewis. Recorded and produced by John Rowley and Undead Guitars. Drums recorded at O’Rileys Music Venue, Hull. Video produced by John Rowley, filmed by John Rowley, Simon Baxter and Richard Duffy-Howard at O’Rileys Hull, Meka Space Gallery and The Black Lion, Bridlington, East Yorkshire.
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It’s always been great for us up in Scotland. Cheers to Mike at Manic Pop Thrills in Fife for his feature & background to our name change, click on the image below and head to the review:
Hi folks, it’s great to be back, and a big thanks to everyone for following us here, and for your excellent and supportive comments. Very much appreciated. This is our new Undead Guitars Bandcamp page where you will be able to download our new music, including our next single, coming next month (Yippee!) Click here: https://undeadguitars.bandcamp.com/
There are currently two free tracks for you to get if you’ve not already got them. You can download them and keep an eye out for our new releases by following us on Bandcamp.
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