James played the Coldplay cover as part of a Jo Whiley BBC Radio Sofa Session.
| Song: | Fix You (by Coldplay) |
| Released: | Unreleased |
| First Heard: | BBC Radio 2 Jo Whiley Session – 17th April 2024 |
“We don’t mind what the cost is. We just want to create a big piece of work that we can leave behind. It’s all about this nutty idea of legacy, that when you die you want to be very proud of what you’ve left.”
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Ahead of the release of their eighteenth studio album, James guitarist Saul Davies chatted to TotalNtertainment about how the band have not only actively swerved turning into a “Greatest Hits” band but still as excited and fired-up to write new music. In this interview, Saul also talks about how their relationships with each other have changed over the four decades they have been a band, the special connection they have with their fans and his thoughts on their new album ‘Yummy’.
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An early morning session to promote the release of Yummy
For a band who’ve been going for over 40 years, James have certainly aged gracefully, and there’s no enduring sign here that they’ll ever slow down. Sparse attempts at experimentation may be less innovative than they’d hoped, but it can’t be denied that the Manchester pioneers shine when sticking to what they know best. Within tracks on Yummy, James effectively develop their longevity, signature sound, and style. The results are quite delicious indeed.
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Mancunian rockers James lead the charge so far, with their 18th studio LP Yummy looking to become their second UK Number 1 album, and first since 1998’s greatest hits compilation The Best Of James
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There is no disguising the messages and warnings within this collection of songs, but it feels uplifting and brave, careful and deliberate and although the subject matter has touched all of us the foot tapping I still experienced when listening to these songs gave me hope and a wry smile I’m still wearing.
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Booth’s continued evolution as a vocalist is a key to James’ fiercely relevant songs, and their many lyrical takeaways. He is an honest songwriter – perhaps too much at times – but manages to express what a lot of his listeners feel whether they too are 63 or 36. By addressing personal struggles head on he can help raise the listener high with each affirmative chorus. With these many successes Yummy adds itself to the James canon as an album both for fans and newcomers, a triumph over prejudice and anxiety. Everyone is welcome here.
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Refusing to comply and always treading their own path, James has delivered an album to be proud of. Never standing still and always evolving, this is James at their very best.
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“This record is really uplifting and joyful, but a lot of that comes from the music,” says singer Tim Booth of a career-high album that confronts ageism, conspiracy theory, AI control, the mental health pandemic, ecological apocalypse, mortality and modern love in all its shades. “Some of the lyrics are pretty hard-nosed.”
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Promo video for the album launch
With love engendered at the album’s core, Yummy then sets out to help us endure, often appreciate, life’s many dilemmas. Life’s A Fucking Miracle, which Tim considers “one of the most joyful songs we’ve written in years, it could be a queer dance anthem” argues that the most mundane fishbowl existence should be seized and celebrated; and Better With You, a celestial disco tune and apocalypse romance, suggests that even global Armageddon and the subsequent post-human regeneration of the planet would be beautiful to behold with the right person and a good view.
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