The Luka State are Conrad Ellis (voice, guitar), Sam Bell (bass, voice), Jake Barnabas (drums) and Lewis Pusey (guitars) and they hail from Winsford, Cheshire. The band have now enjoyed 3.2 million Spotify streams, many of those in the past six months as the band gains momentum.
Already picking up considerable airplay at BBC 6Music, Radio X and Amazing Radio, new single Girl was mixed by Alan Moulder (U2, Arctic Monkey’s, Queens Of The Stone Age, Foals) and is a raucous angsty commentary on lads “punching well above their weight” by lead singer Conrad Ellis.
“Sam [bassist] and I had the bare bones of the chorus written when we were on tour in Germany years ago,” says Conrad “But it only came together after a night out in Liverpool with the lads. There was this guy eating this kebab in one hand and had this gorgeous girl in the other. I just couldn’t believe what I was seeing. No one gets that lucky in life. Well at least we don’t, that’s for sure.” He then wrote the whole song in his head on the train back home to Winsford.
Girl’s release coincides with The Luka State adding ten more shows to their extensive UK & Irish headline tour – the band are attempting to cram over 100 shows in to 2019. “It’s gonna be tight, like” says Conrad. “But, even if we manage just half of that, we’ll have had one hell of a year.”
For anybody who hasn’t had the pleasure of seeing this fantastic unsigned band live just yet, this live video of previous single Kick In The Teeth filmed at their electric show in Glasgow last month will give you an idea what to expect when The Luka State return to Broadcast on 11th July.
The Luka State will play the following UK & Irish live dates in spring/summer 2019 (further headline shows to be announced very soo