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The Major Seconds Release Emotionally Charged Debut Single “Angelo”

<blockquote>&NewLine;<h3 style&equals;"text-align&colon;center&semi;"><span style&equals;"color&colon;&num;0000ff&semi;"> &&num;8220&semi;<&sol;span><span class&equals;"message"><span class&equals;"message-text"><span style&equals;"color&colon;&num;0000ff&semi;"><em>I was 18 when I began combat duty and woke up every day thinking that I was going to die for a political cause that I didn&&num;8217&semi;t fully understand and still don&&num;8217&semi;t&period;&&num;8221&semi;<br &sol;>&NewLine;<&sol;em>&&num;8211&semi; John Mitchell<&sol;span><&sol;span><&sol;span><&sol;h3>&NewLine;<&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<figure id&equals;"attachment&lowbar;5390" aria-describedby&equals;"caption-attachment-5390" style&equals;"width&colon; 2931px" class&equals;"wp-caption aligncenter"><img class&equals;"alignnone size-full wp-image-5390 aligncenter" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;rockthepigeon&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2018&sol;10&sol;the&lowbar;major&lowbar;seconds&lowbar;staende&lowbar;farg&period;jpg" alt&equals;"The&lowbar;Major&lowbar;Seconds&lowbar;Staende&lowbar;Farg" width&equals;"2931" height&equals;"4396" &sol;><figcaption id&equals;"caption-attachment-5390" class&equals;"wp-caption-text">Photo Credit&colon; Amanda Igelström&period;<&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon;justify&semi;">Hailing all the way from Scandinavia is The Major Seconds who are out with their emotional debut single &&num;8220&semi;Angelo&period;&&num;8221&semi; The song is named after the military base in Northern Ireland&comma; Saint Angelo&comma; that operated from 1970 to 1989&period; Lyrically the song is a combination of both history and personal experience&period; <span class&equals;"message"><span class&equals;"message-text"> John Mitchell of The Major Seconds says <em>&&num;8220&semi;<span style&equals;"color&colon;&num;0000ff&semi;">The song is my own personal account of &lbrack;being&rsqb; a young soldier caught up in a very confusing and dangerous place&period; I was 18 when I began combat duty and woke up every day thinking that I was going to die for a political cause that I didn&&num;8217&semi;t fully understand and still don&&num;8217&semi;t&period;<&sol;span>&&num;8220&semi;<&sol;em><&sol;span><&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon;justify&semi;">Drawing inspiration from the 1980&&num;8217&semi;s sounds of bands such as The Smiths and The Cure&comma; The Major Seconds are bringing back that retro feel to music that is quickly becoming trendy in the indie music world today&period; The song feels nostalgic while also feeling dreamy and powerful lyrically&period; The chorus section of &&num;8220&semi;Angelo&&num;8221&semi; is irresistible in both its melody and delivery&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon;justify&semi;">The music video for &&num;8220&semi;Angelo&&num;8221&semi; follows a young solider who is torn between being stuck in the service and wanting to pursue life as the artist he knows he is supposed to be&period; The music video is an extremely powerful artistic portrayal that many are going through all over the globe&period; Enjoy the music video on YouTube&colon;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span class&equals;"embed-youtube" style&equals;"text-align&colon;center&semi; display&colon; block&semi;"><amp-youtube data-videoid&equals;"bvM6mw4GQRc" data-param-rel&equals;"1" data-param-showsearch&equals;"0" data-param-showinfo&equals;"1" data-param-iv&lowbar;load&lowbar;policy&equals;"1" data-param-fs&equals;"1" data-param-hl&equals;"en-US" data-param-autohide&equals;"2" data-param-wmode&equals;"transparent" width&equals;"730" height&equals;"411" layout&equals;"responsive"><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;youtube&period;com&sol;watch&quest;v&equals;bvM6mw4GQRc" placeholder><amp-img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;i&period;ytimg&period;com&sol;vi&sol;bvM6mw4GQRc&sol;hqdefault&period;jpg" alt&equals;"YouTube Poster" layout&equals;"fill" object-fit&equals;"cover"><noscript><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;i&period;ytimg&period;com&sol;vi&sol;bvM6mw4GQRc&sol;hqdefault&period;jpg" loading&equals;"lazy" decoding&equals;"async" alt&equals;"YouTube Poster"><&sol;noscript><&sol;amp-img><&sol;a><&sol;amp-youtube><&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Enjoy the song on spotify as well&colon;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<div style&equals;"text-align&colon;center&semi;">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"embed-spotify"><iframe title&equals;"Spotify Embed&colon; Angelo" width&equals;"300" height&equals;"380" allowtransparency&equals;"true" frameborder&equals;"0" allow&equals;"encrypted-media" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;open&period;spotify&period;com&sol;embed&sol;track&sol;3HmNDwkxGI8pbsNyLZwcLB&quest;si&equals;I48rcl9ETDmQsFptB4Vqmg"><&sol;iframe><&sol;div>&NewLine;<p><strong>Note about the magical production of the song&colon;<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote>&NewLine;<h6 style&equals;"text-align&colon;center&semi;"><span style&equals;"color&colon;&num;0000ff&semi;">&&num;8220&semi;We recorded at Valley Sound in Borlänge&comma; Sweden a fabulous recording studio&period; Four musicians in a room seeing eye to eye as we recorded live trying to capture the feel of how bands sounded back in the 80&&num;8217&semi;s and before recording was done on the grid &lpar;cubase etc&rpar; I sang straight through the song without any auto tune or overdubs in keeping with the spirit of that&period;&&num;8221&semi;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&&num;8211&semi; <span class&equals;"message"><span class&equals;"message-text">John Mitchell<&sol;span><&sol;span><&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p>Learn more about the band&colon; <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;themajorseconds&period;com&sol;the&lowbar;band&sol;">themajorseconds&period;com<&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;<hr &sol;>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon;right&semi;">Written by <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;instagram&period;com&sol;ryancassata&sol;">Ryan Cassata<&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;

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