I looked for a variety of ways as to how to sum up this release but found that the band had said it all for me in one word `YUMMY`
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One of the things that is the most difficult for a band who have been going for around 40 years is to make new music that your fans will appreciate. I think that this is one of the things that sets us apart from other bands, it is very easy to fall into the trap of playing our twenty massive songs that a lot of the world knows.
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JAMES have released the second single to be taken from their new album YUMMY. OUR WORLD is available now across all DSPs, with the album to follow on 12 April.
“Our World” holds onto the hope that the human family might eventually unite to “share not spoil” the planet, with Tim singing “Our world isn’t your world, you just stole the world,” and “fake democracies come cheap, profit today from our children’s tomorrow, get rich quick in Eldorado.” Having been singing about environmental issues for many years, it’s not only the Earth itself that Tim worries for.
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Confused by affairs of the heart? Angered by poisonous profiteering global corporations? Perhaps the relentless march of time and the ageing process have taken the wind out of your sails. Well, James feel your pain. And while the Manc indie rock legends might not have all the answers on their 18th studio album, they’re at least on hand to offer a consolatory arm around the shoulder.
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“There are people very close to me that have to use food banks and the numbers have increased. We can’t put our head in the sand. People will and that’s their choice but I’m choosing not to do that and say, at least try. We’re limited in what we can do and I’m not in denial that we’re a bunch of musicians who’s lives are very different day by day by day by day. But I do feel we should try and do something.”
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The artwork for the single and the album has been directed and designed by Studio Fury who have a rich history of creating iconic album covers, including art directing the campaign for the latest Rolling Stones album, Hackney Diamonds. Full details for the album, including track list, formats and artwork, will follow in the coming weeks.
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Formats include black vinyl, a special coloured vinyl pressing, CD and a 2CD deluxe edition. The latter is interesting because it includes a bonus CD called ‘Pudding’ which features 12 extra tracks; demos produced by the four songwriters in James. Most of them contain the original music and vocals created in the initial jams.
These are not demos of songs on the album but are “the tracks that didn’t make it to the next stage” where the individual songwriters would take them to the band members to contribute and Tim would work on the lyrics before recording the final versions with a producer.
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JAMES have announced full details of their new album to be released on 12 April via Virgin Music, available to pre-order here. YUMMY is the band’s 18th studio album and was produced by Leo Abrahams (Brian Eno, Jarvis Cocker, Jon Hopkins, Imogen Heap, Regina Spektor) and mixed by Cenzo Townsend (Courteeners, The Specials, Everything Everything).
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The Manchester rockers will perform a special outdoor show in the outer bailey of the picturesque venue in July.
The performance will form part of the return of Live at Ludlow Castle, which last year saw thousands of visitors descend on the market town for three days of live music.
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James have set their 18th studio album Yummy for release on April 12th.
After sessions with Jon Hopkins, Brian Eno and Jarvis Cocker cohort Leo Abrahams, Is This Love has been picked as the first single
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JAMES have announced details of their new album to be released on 12 April via Virgin Music and available to pre-order from 25 January. YUMMY is the band’s 18th studio album and was produced by Leo Abrahams (Brian Eno, Jarvis Cocker, Jon Hopkins, Imogen Heap, Regina Spektor) and mixed by Cenzo Townsend (Courteeners, The Specials, Everything Everything).
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