Frontman Tim Booth said: “Love as a bomb, a Tsunami that rolls over our life as we cling to the wreckage of our peace of mind”.
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Is This Love ponders the meaning of love – “is this love we just weaponised, can our love outrun these times, is this love you just sempahored, you advance now you withdraw, what is good for?” questioning why people chase something that often ends badly for the promise of something special at the end – “we will get past the hurt to the parade” – and the comfort blanket it provides – “sweet relief from the world in freefall.” Beautiful lush instrumentation with multiple layers and gorgeous vocal harmonies make it feel like an instant James anthemic classic.
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JAMES have announced details of their new album to be released on 12 April via Virgin Music. 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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Today, James reveal a new album – Yummy, released on 12th April via Virgin Music, available to pre-order from 25th January with a new single Is This Love leading the charge.
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Saul is known among James fans for his raucous stage persona and his skill at provoking audience members into exuberant singalongs. In this interview, Saul shares his latest project
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I don’t even play on every song, She’s A Star and Sit Down for example, I don’t play on those; I just get to sit and watch from the side of the stage and I have to admit there’s something quite magical about that because as band members we obviously don’t normally get that experience. Inherently the show is about the orchestra, choir and of course the songs and I think that is a different experience for all of us. It is really very special.
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“The buzz in the room is electric as the lights go up. It’s rare for James to play a show this small these days, their June 2024 show is at the mammoth O2, 10 times the size of this. They make those arenas feel intimate, but tonight you could see the whites in their eyes, smell the intensity of the performance and revel in the fact that it could all coming crashing down in an instant. The song choice might have been more straight-forward than usual, but this band is all about the delivery of them. And that was as unpredictably unpredictable as ever.”
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“Headlined by indie icons James with very special guests The Snuts, all 2,000 tickets to the event sold out within minutes of going on sale in early September.”
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Interview with Jim and Saul as part of the Classic Album Sundays series about Gold Mother filmed live at the Royal Albert Hall
Promotional video for Dundee Slessor Gardens gig on 28th July 2023
Interview with Jim and Tim by 6 Music’s Chris Hawkins at Piece Hall in Halifax.
James’ ability to evoke fragility and triumph remains a thing of wonder
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