Belfast rock band Unquiet Nights has released a new single, “Last Days of Rome,” according to the announcement. The track, described as a meditation on time, art and permanence, took 15 years to complete.
Frontman Luke Mathers formed the group with drummer Rodger Firmin above Belfast’s Limelight club in 2010. The band has received airplay from BBC Radio 1 and BBC 6 Music, toured nine countries while based in Italy, and had its song “George Best City” used as the soundtrack for a recurring Sky Italia documentary series, the band says. Its 2024 album “Seasons in Exile” drew coverage from The Belfast Telegraph and Hot Press and airplay on Kerrang! Radio and TotalRock.
The single’s release coincides with a family history project by Mathers tracing his great-grandfather’s service with Canadian forces in both World Wars, which the announcement says has led Mathers to pursue Canadian citizenship.
Based on a press release provided to Music Industry Weekly by Eric Alper, thatericalper.com.