More Light out on the band’s own First International label through Ignition Records / Inertia on Friday 10 May.
The band’s first LP in five years – ‘More Light’ was written by Bobby Gillespie and Andrew Innes and produced by David Holmes. It features guest appearances from Robert Plant, Kevin Shields, The Pop Group’s Mark Stewart and Jason Faulkner.
Scottish front man Bobby Gillespie said: “I wanted to convey coming out of a dark time and into a good one… We always knew it wasn’t going to be a straight ahead, balls to the wall, high energy rock ‘n’ roll, two guitars, bass and drum record. It’s sophisticated, layered, cinematic and orchestral; obviously working with Holmes we were hoping to make a record more in keeping with that vision.”
‘Elimination Blues’ – with vocals from Robert Plant – ‘River of Pain’, the caustic call-to-arms of ‘Culturecide’ – where Mark Stewart guests on the chorus – as well as ‘Invisible City’ and the classic ‘It’s Alright, It’s OK’.
Full tracklisting for ‘More Light’:
1. ‘2013’
2. ‘River of Pain’
3. ‘Culturecide’
4. ‘Hit Void’
5. ‘Tenement Kid’
6. ‘Invisible City’
7. ‘Goodbye Johnny’
8. ‘Sideman’
9. ‘Elimination Blues’
10. ‘Turn Each Other Inside Out’
11. ‘Relativity’
12. ‘Walking With the Beast’
13. ‘It’s Alright, It’s OK’
