# Berlin-based genre-defying LOSERS release electrifying “Wake Up”, announce EP

- Link: https://www.nyrdcast.com/berlin-based-genre-defying-losers-release-electrifying-wake-up-announce-ep/
- Published: 2021-05-14T17:00:00-05:00
- Author: Eugene Tierney

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“[Losers] are going to be huge. It’s just a matter of how long it takes for people
to find them.” – **Gary Numan**

“A divine offering to the aural gods.” – **DJ Shadow**

“Big – Losers have taken it to the next level.”** – Zane Lowe**

“Powerful, intense Rock Music.” – **Clash Magazine**

“An awesome slice of musical creativity that deserves to be heard.”** – Thinking
Lyrically**

**Berlin-Based**

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**Release Electrifying “Wake Up” Single
Announce EP – _EP01_ – To Be Released on
June 28

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“**Wake Up”**

**May 14, 2021 (Berlin, Germany)** – Today, Berlin-based genre-defying band **LOSERS**
have unveiled their exhilarating single for “[**Wake Up**](https://reybee.us13.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f67b4587af2b2ef9aa80ed984&id=6825de9041&e=615f2b8493).”
The single is the newest track taken from the band’s upcoming EP**– **_**EP01 – **
_out on **June 28, 2021**. Multi-instrumentalist **Tom Bellamy** says “Wake Up” 
is about the realization that to make positive changes and feel true joy that you
have to experience pain and hardship and breakthrough the fear of the unknown adding,“’
Wake Up’ was one of the first tracks we wrote when we landed in Berlin in 2014. 
We travelled as light as possible but we brought with us a lot of emotional baggage.
Escaping always feels like a good idea, whether that’s geographically or in someone’s
company, through something you put into your body, or via your phone, the list goes
on, but the pleasure of escape is often fleeting and eventually you end up coming
back to yourself. If your unaltered state is not a good place to be, then you find
yourself in a vicious circle because naturally you try and escape once more.” It
was during that time that he had originally written the song. As time passed, lyrically
and emotionally it didn’t make sense to the band anymore, so it was time for a reset.“
After the dust had settled, we revisited ‘Wake Up’ and it literally became the wakeup
call. It was a crazy journey, but it was incredibly rewarding.”

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Tom Bellamy and Paul Mullen of **LOSERS**
Photo credit: **Ben Madle**

“Wake Up” comes on the heels of the first single release from _EP01_, “**Lost In
Translation**,” which Play Too Much lauds as “the dreamiest single in recent memory”
and Soundigest calls a “turning point” for the band. The lyrics for “Lost in Translation”
came pouring out from Bellamy a few years ago when he was feeling “really isolated,
confused and disconnected from the world” around him. The outro of the song was 
a revelation which happened many months after the initial outpouring. “It was the
light at the end of the tunnel. It’s not until we step back and see ourselves as
not separate to the world, but in union with it, in love with it, that we can really
see beauty. It’s so important to remember to pause and not to dwell on the negative
narratives we all tell ourselves.”
The light at the end of the tunnel that Bellamy
refers to was 2018’s Primavera Festival in Barcelona, it was the catalyst he needed
to venture into “new territory” with the band’s music. He says, “I saw some really
amazing electronic music like Fever Ray, John Hopkins and Floating Points amongst
others. Up until that point, personally and creatively, I felt that I was starting
to repeat myself. I was walking the same paths and it wasn’t exciting me.” At that
time Losers still had a bunch of material left over from their 2016 critically-acclaimed
fourth studio album _**How To Ruin Other People’s Futures**_ and they felt like 
it needed to be finished but continuing in the same frame of mind didn’t make sense
anymore. After enduring the “blow out”, Bellamy says, it was time for them to move
on. “The atmosphere was vibrant, and the sights and sounds were bright and fresh.
I really connected with it and from that moment on I had the vision I needed to 
start joining the dots.” As soon as he got back to the studio he started “ripping
things apart” and “putting them back together with new purpose”. “It was a frenzy
of creativity and it felt really positive.”

The outcome is the four tracks on _EP01_. Three of which are massive alt/electronica
tracks that feature a rejuvenating perspective (“Wake Up,” “**Fool Anyone**,” and“**
Follow You**”) and the slow burning dark-wave “Lost In Translation.”

LOSERS are planning a busy 2021 with a goal of wiping the slate clean, via new and
innovative platforms like Decentraland ([https://decentraland.org/](https://reybee.us13.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f67b4587af2b2ef9aa80ed984&id=72277c3be8&e=615f2b8493))
who they’ve been partnering with to release their new music. To sign up for free
to future webinars join Club Losers [HERE](https://reybee.us13.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f67b4587af2b2ef9aa80ed984&id=65d7dbd5e4&e=615f2b8493).

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_**EP01**_

**Tracklist**
[Wake Up](https://reybee.us13.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f67b4587af2b2ef9aa80ed984&id=d08c145344&e=615f2b8493)
Fool AnyoneFollow You[Lost in Translation](https://reybee.us13.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f67b4587af2b2ef9aa80ed984&id=874beebadf&e=615f2b8493)

Formed in 2007, Losers are comprised of DJ **Eddy Temple-Morris**, multi-instrumentalist/
vocalist **Tom Bellamy** (formerly of The Cooper Temple Clause), and guitarist/vocalist**
Paul Mullen** (formerly of Yourcodenameis:milo and The Automatic). Hailed by critics
and fellow artists alike who reveled in the band’s ability to seamlessly merge indie
electronic music with guitar rock, Losers have been so venerated that their dynamic
and epically sweeping music has been heard in dozens of TV, film, videogames and
sports placements including _**Game of Thrones, The Blacklist, Hercules, The Killing,**
_and as the official theme music for BMX Championships London _**2012 Olympic Games**_.
Earlier this year, they released a reworking of Tears for Fears’ 1985 smash “[**Shout**](https://reybee.us13.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f67b4587af2b2ef9aa80ed984&id=03b58a096b&e=615f2b8493)”–
which has been prominently featured in the hit show _**A Discovery of Witches**_(
S2: Ep 4) on **Amazon Prime**, **AMC+, Sundance Now**, and **Shudder** and is not
only rejuvenating their loyal fanbase but also winning over new fans who heard their
dark cover and fell in love. 
  _**EP01**_ will be released on **June 28, 2021. **
Their new single “[**Wake Up**](https://reybee.us13.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f67b4587af2b2ef9aa80ed984&id=6508c9dfd3&e=615f2b8493)”
is out now. 

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