Nothing But Thieves have shared a beautiful orchestral version of their song ‘Impossible‘, recorded live at the iconic Abbey Road Studio in London. The official single came out on 14 September as the latest release prior to their upcoming album Moral Panic due out on 23 October 2020 via Sony Music. Previously this year the Southend alternative rock quintet dropped three other tracks ‘Is Anybody Going Crazy‘, ‘Real Love Song‘ and ‘Unperson‘ to promote their highly anticipated third record.
The live orchestral re-work was accompanied by official music video that premiered on Friday. The project is exclusively supported by Amazon Music UK and released as a standalone single part of the Amazon Original series, available to purchase here.
‘Impossible‘ premiered two weeks ago on Annie Mac’s Hottest Record in The World on BBC Radio 1 and was described on the band’s official social media channels as the “antithesis of what’s on the album, of the anxiety and confusion that’s going on on this planet“. A gentle and intimate acoustic track, it immediately stood out from the rest of the more upbeat rock-infused 2020 singles with its slower pace and quiet interludes.
The brand new orchestral version adds depth and complexity to the single and takes it to a whole new level that perfectly complements the lyrics and melodies of the original. The track features orchestral pieces for string and brass, alongside Nothing But Theives’ live performance. Credits for the arrangement go to orchestrator and string arranger Rosie Danvers of Wired Strings, while production, mixing and sound engineering is masterfuly handled by Jonathan Gilmore and Mike Crossey.
Recently Nothing But Thieves also collaborated with the Bucharest Symphonic Orchestra for a grand live rendition of ‘Real Love Song‘, performed for the first time at the Summer Well Festival in Romania. The bautiful orchestral piece was then recorded and remastered for another official standalone single which now stands proudly alongside the new ‘Impossible‘ re-work as a whole new series of projects that add a beautiful new side to the band’s music and scope, and and interesting partnership expected to blossom even more with future releases.
Abbey Road Studios was first established in 1931 by the Gramophone Company as a recording studio that famously hosted The Beatles among many others iconic artists from. It was renamed in 1970 in honour of the iconic album Abbey Road from 1970 whose emblematic artwork photograph was taken just outside the building. Nothing But Thieves shared thay had plans to do the orchestral version of ‘Impossible‘ from the moment they wrote the song, but doing it at Abbey Road of all places was “a dream realised“.
:: From the moment we wrote Impossible, we knew we wanted to do this. But to be able to do it at the legendary Abbey Road was a dream realised.
Watch the full orchestral version of “Impossible” live from @AbbeyRoad, thanks again to @AmazonMusicUK https://t.co/lYqW4nCLRo :: pic.twitter.com/t5t51eZv65
— Nothing But Thieves (@NBThieves) October 2, 2020
Nothing But Thieves’ upcoming third studio album is expected on 23 October 2020 via Sony Music with the official tracklist already revealed earlier in September.
