Releases
At the beginning of 2018, Hudson Taylor embarked on a sold-out European tour playing to crowds in the UK, Germany, Denmark, Sweden and Netherlands. At the end of January, the band announced they would be opening for Gabrielle Aplin throughout her North American Tour. During their trip they made their US TV debut on Good Day New York on Fox and WGN-TV in Chicago. They also completed high-profile online sessions for Paste Magazine, Baeble Music and BalconyTV in LA.
In March 2018 the brothers released the Feel It Again EP and amassed over 1.2 million monthly listeners on Spotify. It was produced by Ryan Hadlock, best known for his work with The Lumineers and Vance Joy, and mixed by Ruadhri Cushnan (Mumford & Sons, Ed Sheeran) in Dublin. Their lead-off single 'Feel It Again' was one of the biggest Irish airplay hits of 2017. With streaming figures well in excess of 10 million listens for the Feel It Again EP and tracks ‘Run With Me’ and ‘Old Soul’ finding favour at radio and digital platforms, Hudson Taylor wrapped an action-packed Irish tour with a sold out, home town show at Olympia Theatre, Dublin, which was recorded for future release.
During summer 2018, the brothers completed a full festival circuit around Europe as well as high-profile supports with Bastille and George Ezra.
Debuted on 21st September 2018, Hudson Taylor revealed their latest offering, a mini-album entitled Bear Creek to Dame Street. The band described their mini-album as a collection of new songs recorded at Bear Creek Studio by Ryan Hadlock along with "some old favourites recorded from our Dublin Olympia Theatre show."
Following the release, Hudson Taylor supported Hozier during his North American tour, opening 19 sold out shows including 3 nights at both Beacon Theatre in New York City and Wiltern Theatre in Los Angeles. In between shows with Hozier, Hudson Taylor also played their own sold-out headline shows in New York, Washington DC and Boston at the end of September.
Five years since the release of their debut album, Irish brothers Harry and Alfie Hudson-Taylor released their long-awaited second album ‘Loving Everywhere I Go’ on February 28th 2020.
“This record has taken us three years to make, working on it has brought us all over the world and capturing it all has been so much fun. It’s the sounds of Seattle, Nashville, New York City and our home town Dublin all in one album.” - Harry and Alfie.
The brothers’ first album - “Singing For Strangers” - featured the hit singles ‘Battles’, ‘Chasing Rubies’ and ‘Weapons’, and they spent two years on the road in Ireland, the UK and Europe promoting the release. Hudson Taylor announced their return in spring 2018 with ‘Feel It Again’, which went on to be one of the biggest Irish airplay hits of that year, which was followed up by another airwaves anthem in the shape of ‘Run With Me’. Hudson Taylor toured extensively both at home and in Europe and the USA in support of the ‘Feel It Again’ EP and the ‘Bear Creek To Dame Street’ mini-album, a part-studio / part-live document which featured highlights from a triumphant sold-out show at Dublin’s Olympia Theatre.
Harry and Alfie - “some of the songs came easy and others took years to finish writing. There are stories about our travels and the last decade of making music together, and also about love, loss, family, friendship and everyday life.”
The title ‘Loving Everywhere I Go’ is a line from one of our songs, it’s about embracing the fresh possibilities that life offers you, and being open-minded to new sounds, people and places.”
The album was recorded in America and Dublin, with producer John Rausch at the controls for much of the creative process, “John is a super-genius and now a dear friend” add Harry and Alfie.
Their second album went straight in to Number 1 in the Irish Album Charts on 6th March.