Ferris & Sylvester release soulful new single 'Flying Visit'

Ferris & Sylvester have released their brand new single ‘Flying Visit’. The soulful love song finds the pair baring their hearts and pleading for the other to stay through their raw vocal delivery. The song begins and ends with the simple statement ‘I love you’, and travels through a child-like yet sombre confession accompanied by guitar, strings and a hammond organ.

Regarding the single Ferris & Sylvester say, “Quite simply, it’s a love song. It’s all the things that we often want to say - ‘I love you, please don’t leave me’ - but we stop ourselves because we’re grown up and grown ups don’t do that. Children are much better at speaking their minds and that’s what inspired this song – unaffected and unashamed love.”

Additionally, Ferris & Sylvester launch an exclusive flame red 12” vinyl for Record Store Day tomorrow (April 13th), which features a wonderfully stark stripped down demo version of ‘Flying Visit’.

The Record Store Day vinyl also features the highly acclaimed singles ‘Sickness’ and ‘Burning River’. The songs are some of their most raw and powerful and have clocked up millions of plays on Spotify, while receiving radio support across the board of Radio 1, BBC 6Music, Radio 2, Radio X and BBC Introducing – who also invited them to record a live session at Maida Vale Studios.

Regarding the release Ferris & Sylvester say, “We’re so proud to be getting involved with Record Store Day this year. We’re keen record collectors and we’ve always dreamed about bringing out our own vinyl. It is a real a milestone. It feels amazing to actually hold it in our hands and spin it on our turntable! These songs show where we are as songwriters at this moment in time. There's something about printing them onto vinyl that celebrates that for us and everyone who has supported the music.”

Ferris & Sylvester have been quick to make 2019 their most important and exciting year yet. The band completed their first ever UK headline tour, which saw them sell out the entire nine-date run across the country – a testament to their rapidly growing and expectant fanbase.

They played their first ever shows in the US and headed out to Texas to play a number of dates throughout SXSW festival. They proved themselves one of the hottest tipped artists of the week, featuring in NPR’s ‘Austin 100’ list, while also spotlighted by Mandatory, Austin City Limits and many more. Ferris & Sylvester are one of the UK’s hardest working live bands and continue to play more shows across the world over the coming months.

They have just finished a European tour with Billy Lockett and kick off the UK leg tonight (April 12th) at the Birmingham O2 Institute 2. Following this Ferris & Sylvester will play as part of the Under The Apple Tree UK tour this month with Wildwood Kin. The band are also playing a number of high profile festivals throughout the summer including Live At Leeds, Liverpool Sound City, The Great Escape, Black Deer Festival, Belladrum Festival, Boardmasters and many more.

Ferris & Sylvester are on an unstoppable upward trajectory and winning hearts across the world with their distinctive blend of blues, folk and Americana. Their tour dates can be found below and they have even more exciting announcements to follow shortly.

FERRIS & SYLVESTER TOUR DATES

APRIL

• 12th – Birmingham, O2 Institute 2 (w) Billy Lockett
• 13th – Manchester, Deaf Institute (w) Billy Lockett
• 18th – Glasgow, King Tuts (w) Billy Lockett
• 25th – Oxford, O2 Academy – Under The Apple Tree Tour (w) Wildwood Kin
• 26th – Liverpool, Arts Club – Under The Apple Tree Tour (w) Wildwood Kin
• 27th – Birmingham, O2 Institute 2 – Under The Apple Tree Tour (w) Wildwood Kin
• 29th – Bristol, Fleece – Under The Apple Tree Tour (w) Wildwood Kin
• 30th – London, O2 Academy Islington – Under The Apple Tree Tour (w) Wildwood Kin

MAY

• 2nd – Glasgow, King Tuts – Under The Apple Tree Tour (w) Wildwood Kin
• 3rd – Newcastle, O2 Academy 2 – Under The Apple Tree Tour (w) Wildwood Kin
• 4th – Nottingham, Bodega – Under The Apple Tree Tour (w) Wildwood Kin
• 4th – Live At Leeds Festival, Leeds
• 5th – Liverpool Sound City Festival, Liverpool
• 6th – Manchester, Academy 3 – Under The Apple Tree Tour (w) Wildwood Kin
• 7th – Norwich, Waterfront Studio – Under The Apple Tree Tour (w) Wildwood Kin
• 10th – The Great Escape Festival, Brighton
• 24th – Elderflower Fields Festival, Uckfield
• 26th – How The Light Gets In Festival, Hay-On-Wye

JUNE

• 15th – Bushstock Festival, London
• 21st – Black Deer Festival, Tunbridge Wells

JULY

• 6th – Eskfest, Lake District
• 12th – G! Festival, Faroe Isalnds
• 17th – Veszprem Street Music Festival, Hungary
• 19th – HebCelt, Scotland
• 23rd – Kobuci Festival, Budapest

AUGUST

• 2nd – Neverworld Festival, Hever
• 3rd – Belladrum Festival, Inverness
• 10th – Boardmasters Festival, Newquay