Stereophonics front man Kelly Jones has exclusively told Virgin Radio that the band’s tenth album will come out next year – their 20th anniversary year.

Jones told Virgin Radio presenter Jon Jackson: “We’ve pretty much finished the tenth album. We’ll start mixing it on the 6 September, when the tour’s finished. I’d like to bring it out next summer or spring time if possible. If it all works out well we’re going to release the tenth studio album on the twentieth year.


“I wouldn’t want to do that with a bunch of memorabilia and B-sides and I don’t want to celebrate one album. I want to keep the band moving forward. It’s sounding good at the minute so I’m looking forward to getting it out there, coming back around and playing the shows again.”


The interview with Kelly Jones will be played out on Virgin Radio this afternoon (Monday 18 July) between 1-4pm, when Jon Jackson will be filling in for regular afternoon presenter Kate Lawler.
 
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Indie alternative rock duo This Wild Life announce 'Low Tides' their eagerly anticipated new album set to be released on September 9th.
 
The music video for 'Pull Me Out' the first track revealed from 'Low Tides' is available now on YouTube. Fans can pre-order 'Low Tides' now at iTunes and receive 'Pull Me Out' as an instant download. Album bundles are also available for pre-order on the band’s official site at thiswildlifeband.com.
 
Anthony Del Grosso and Kevin Jordan recorded 'Low Tides' with producer / engineer Aaron Marsh of Copeland. “We went into this album much more open-minded than we did on the last one because we've listened to so much new music over the past three years,” says Jordan. The album was mixed and mastered with additional production and engineering by Jason Suwito of Sir Sly. 'Low Tides' follows the release of This Wild Life’s Epitaph debut, 'Clouded', which charted as the #1 Top New Artist, #1 Top Alternative New Artist, #49 Digital Album, and the #17 Independent Album at Billboard.

At first glance the striking artwork for Bastille’s hugely anticipated second album, ‘Wild World’, may prompt a number of questions. Who are the two individuals balanced precariously above a cityscape? Why are they there? What will happen next? But Dan Smith’s own interpretation of the image is one that runs through many of the songs on Wild World, “To me, the image isn’t about what’s just happened or what happens next,” he begins. “It’s not about how they got there or how they get down. It’s about sharing a moment — two friends existing in that split second in that exact space, two people framed in the vast context of this huge mad metropolis that we’ve all built. They’re there out of choice.”
 
The London four-piece release their hugely anticipated second album, ‘Wild World’ on 9th September. The album follows the band’s global four million selling, multi-platinum debut, Bad Blood.
 
The announcement follows a fever pitch build spearheaded by infectious new single ‘Good Grief’, which received an incredible reaction across media and charted as last week’s highest new entry as well as achieving the most week-one streams ever for an alternative single. The surreal video for the track clocked up over half a million views in just 48 hours and the band’s recent triumphant Glastonbury set drew one of the largest crowds of the weekend and was hailed by the NME as “A master-class in how to win Glastonbury.”
 
Wild World retains the vivid, rich, filmic song-writing of its predecessor but pushes the band’s distinctive sound in exciting new directions. Lyrically, too, it’s a leap forward, “If our first album was about growing up and the anxieties surrounding it” Dan explains, “Our second is about trying to make sense of the world around you, both as you see it and as it’s presented to you through the media. It’s also about asking questions of the world and of the people in it. We wanted the album to be a bit disorientating - at times extroverted and introverted, light and dark.”
 
Written by Dan Smith and co-produced with Bastille fifth member Mark Crew, Wild World was recorded in the same tiny, South London windowless basement studio where the band recorded its predecessor. It's a collection of fourteen songs (nineteen on the deluxe edition) that sees Bastille at their boldest and most daring. Anthemic yet thought-provoking tracks include the fiery, string-laden, ‘The Currents’, a poignant and timely song that was written about, “Specific public figures on both sides of the Atlantic, and how it can be hard to believe they can think certain thoughts, let alone say them out loud or get on a podium and broadcast them.” As well as the bombastic ‘Send Them Off!’ which boasts the attitude of a classic hip hop song set against the lyrical narrative and insecurities that are part of Bastille’s own DNA, whilst referencing both The Exorcist and Othello. The track exemplifies Dan’s belief in shuffle culture and the end of rigid genre boundaries. There’s also the pensive, stripped back Depeche Mode-esque sound bed for the band’s beautiful album trailer, ‘Two Evils’ which was recorded in one take;  As well as the irresistible and rousing ‘Snakes’ and the guitar heavy ‘Blame’, which Dan describes as, “Our first foray into big guitar riffs, in a fictional standoff between two gangsters. ”
 
But at the heart of it all, there’s a sense of escapism that runs through Wild World and a fascination with the human condition and the relationships we all forge, fight over and sometimes forget. “The world can seem a fucked up place,” Dan concludes. “But people — well, people can be amazing. The relationships you choose to have in your life are the main solace. They’re the things that make life awesome.”
 
To support the release Bastille announce the, ‘Wild, Wild World Tour’ taking in fourteen Arenas around the UK throughout October and November including a show at London’s O2 Arena. Tickets will be available at the links below. Presale starts Wednesday 6th July @ 9am with General on sale on Friday 8th July @ 9am.
 
The band continue their run of summer festivals including appearances at T in the Park, V festival, Festival No.6 and Bestival. Dates as below.
 
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Los Angeles artful indie post hardcore band Touché Amoré have announced a new album, "Stage Four", to be released September 16 on Epitaph. A new song “Palm Dreams” is premiering today via NPR.

Listen to “Palm Dreams” at NPR

“I don’t open up to people too much in regular life, but when I’m writing songs, I want to be as open and as honest as possible,” Bolm confesses. Touché albums have always served as an emotional outlet for Bolm. So when the time came to write "Stage Four" there was no question that it would be about passing of Bolm’s mother in late 2014. "Stage Four" was recorded in early 2016 in Studio City, CA with producer Brad Wood. Cathartic in delivery, highly sentimental, and sonically triumphant, "Stage Four" is an emblem of a band both living its dream and marred by loss. And with "Stage Four", Touché Amoré has unmistakably made the biggest, boldest, and most artistic statement of their career.

Info coming soon on tour dates for Touché Amoré.

"Stage Four" Track List


1. Flowers and You
2. New Halloween
3. Rapture
4. Displacement
5. Benediction
6. Eight Seconds
7. Palm Dreams
8. Softer Spoken
9. Posing Holy
10. Water Damage
11. Skyscraper (featuring Julien Baker)


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As announced previously and after some audio excerpts, French indie-rock / progressive outfit Perpetual Escape just released it new full-length record called 'Into My Dreams', and available right now for CD and digital on Bandcamp or through the main legal platforms (iTunes...).
 
In addition to the official release, the album is also available for entire streaming at the same location.
 
Get your physical / digital copy and / or stream the full album on Bandcamp.  
 
 
For the record...
 
Somewhere between indie-rock and progressive music, Perpetual Escape is a five-piece collective from Strasbourg area (France) born in 2010 with he aim to combine its major influences to create its own musical path. A months after its birth, the band release its debut self-produced EP called 'Heavy face' before to take the road for some live shows and then to write and record a second EP released in 2012 ('In search of light')
 
On Spring 2016, after months of work and getting a bunch studio and live experiences, Perpetual Escape released its long-awaited debut full-length album called 'Into my dreams'. 
 
   
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