McFly New Single One For The Radio

18 June 2008

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McFly are back with a bigger sound, a brand new agenda and a stomping, summer anthem in One For The Radio, the debut release on their own label, Super Records. An ode to the fans who have made them one of the biggest British bands of the decade, One For The Radio wraps its energetic pop melody in crashing drums, cascading guitars and jubilant lyrics that come on like a call-to-arms.

Recorded in Australia in January, produced by Jason Perry , former frontman of rockband ‘A’ , the first single from the band’s forthcoming, fourth album, Radio:ACTIVE, marks a glorious start to the second stage of the quartet’s career.

“We can’t wait for our fans to hear it and we can’t wait to play it to them live,” says drummer Harry Judd. “Are we nervous? Not at all. These songs are by far the best we’ve ever done. We’ve never been happier.”

The joy and excitement you hear in One For The Radio sums up how McFly feel right now. “It was time to move on,” explains singer/guitarist Tom Fletcher. “There were no hard feelings. We’ve had a great career up to here, but we wanted complete control of the creative side of McFly.

We wanted our new songs to sound exactly as they did in our heads when we wrote them - no compromises at all.” Last year, McFly opted to leave the major label that launched them in 2004 and helped them achieve multi-platinum sales success.

Funded by the band themselves, Super Records is a wholly independent operation, staggering not just for an act of their size but because all four members are only aged between 20 and 22.