Every Other Weekend isn’t just another name on the endless scroll of new artists. This is the sound of a phoenix rising from the ashes. The brainchild of Chris Bull, the former frontman of Manchester’s indie-rock outfit City Reign, this project marks his first release in nearly a decade, and the lead single, “Come Back (When You Feel Like)”, is a jangling witness to why we need him back.
This is a song forged in loss, depression, and the hard-won battle to find your voice again. After the critically acclaimed second album from City Reign, Bull’s world was shattered by his father’s cancer diagnosis and subsequent death in 2015. The man retreated into what he calls a “quiet and private depression,” and music went silent for him. For years. That silence ends now, with a clatter of drums and a surge of guitar.
“Come Back (When You Feel Like)” was recorded where the best, most honest rock often is: in his mother’s garage, using his late father’s old recording equipment. That detail alone should tell you everything. With a little help from a former Abbey Road engineer mate, Mick Morrison, Bull self-produced this gem, and it’s dripping with the kind of genuineness you can’t fake.
The song is, in Bull’s own words, “a kind of a hymn to self-forgiveness.” It’s a reminder that it’s okay to put your passion down to deal with life’s shit, and that the urge to create – that joy – never truly leaves you. It just waits for you to feel like coming back.
This is the first chapter of a new saga from the upcoming album All Present and Inept, seven years in the making. It’s a middle finger to despair, a welcome back letter to a rock voice we’ve missed, and a powerful track straight from the garage and the gut. Welcome back, Chris. We felt like you’d come back.
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