ELECTRONIC PRESS KIT
HIGHLIGHTS
Press: PopMatters, American Songwriter, AltPress, Substream, RIFF Magazine, POPMUZIK, Right Chord Music
Radio: BBC Radio 6 Music, idobi, Amazing Radio, KUTX
Awards:
* winner - Independent Music Awards 2020 (Song Used in Ad)
* 2nd place - International Songwriting Competition '20 (Rock)
* winner - Unsigned Only '17 with "Time to See" (Rock)
* Independent Music Awards nominee '19
* USA Songwriting Competition finalist '18
Playlists: Topsify (UPROXX), Japan Editorial, Indiemono, PopFiltr, AlexrainbirdMusic
Charts: Hot tracks Apple Music, Top 3 Hype Machine
NOTABLE GIGS
Special Guest at You Me At Six's concert
Foreign showcases MONDO NYC, NAMM Believe in Music (California), Indie Week (Canada), Sonicbids Festival
FIFA World Cup Fan Festival
Bosco Fresh Fest (John Newman, The Boxer Rebellion)
XIX World Festival of Youth in Olympic Park, Sochi, organized by radio MAXIMUM
FEATURES IN MOVIES AND ADS
LADA spot '21 | When You're Tough Like a Stone
Lay's spot '20 | Unbelievable
Lay's spot'19 | Anything You Want
Break '19 film distributed worldwide | Time to See
She Sees Red '19 interactive thriller | Pain
Renault Duster, spot '18 | Time to See
Renault Kaptur, spot '18 | Anything You Want
Univer '18 - national TV series | Something, Hey Girl
Quackerz '16 - film distributed worldwide | I Believe
QUOTES
American Songwriter: "NEEDSHES expands their sound rooted in Queen, David Bowie and James Brown in 2020 with "You Make Me Feel," an indie soul ballad of encouragement and comfort in a new environment."
PopMatters: "Opening with colorful, see-saw synths, "Love" quickly locks into a tight groove as a distorted, funky riff playfully dances around lyrics."
Rick Beato (Producer): "The first verse of "Time to See" is a killer and the song is great. I was listening to it during past week."
POPMUZIK (Sweden): “NEEDSHES manage to create a magically good single that oscillates between seriously stripped parties and the appeal to dance. A perfect banding of seriousness and joy.”
RIFF Magazine: "You Make Me Feel" — The opening line sounds like Sister Hazel's slightly raspy, nasally vocals, but then the chorus recalls Coldplay's light, soaring sonics."
idobi Radio: "Pain" takes you on a journey through emotional turmoil, using intense synths to make sure all you can think about is the beat and the story it creates."
Digital Journal: "NEEDSHES delivers on their latest piano-laden single "You Make Me Feel." It garners four out of five stars."
IGGY Magazine (France): "U Babe" lacks nothing, everything is in its place to plunge us into a pleasant and successful musical retreat."
Rolling Stone (Russia): "Bek's soft passionate voice... If you are a fan of melodramatic guitar music, resistance to him is useless."