Merely Crimson will return with the brand new album ‘Time’ on Might 26.
The Mick Hucknall-fronted band have unveiled their follow-up to 2019’s ‘Blue Eyed Soul’ and made a triumphant comeback with the lead single ‘Higher With You’, which sees the singer reminisce about assembly his spouse Gabriella – who he tied the knot with in 2010 – after residing a lifetime of debauchery.
Mick, 62, stated of the observe: “On the tune itself, I am reminiscing on section one of many relationship with my spouse, after we first met in Milan. At the moment, I used to be single and simply partying my approach world wide. And I assumed to myself: nicely, I did not actually know what I used to be doing. I used to be simply going alongside, having a proper previous time. It simply stemmed from there.”
The 12-track LP spans “soul, funk, R+B and blues”.
The ‘Holding Again The Years’ hitmaker went on to clarify how the COVID-19 lockdown made him realise he wanted to get again to writing songs about himself.
He stated: “After we had been in lockdown, I went, nicely, jeez, who am I really?
“What makes me tick? And I realised: you’re a songwriter. So why do not you write some songs about who you might be? That is actually the essence of this album.”
Mick added: “Music is a kind of fantastic communicators. Every particular person can have an interpretation of a tune that may imply one thing to them. To have the ability to create one thing that’s then shared with tens of millions of individuals all around the world – what a pleasure. How can something be extra rewarding and fulfilling than that?”
The track-listing for ‘Time’ is:
1. ‘Higher With You’
2. ‘Simply Like You’
3. ‘Let Your Hair Down’
4. ‘Shades 22’
5. ‘It Would not Be Me’
6. ‘By no means Be Gone’
7. ‘Too Lengthy At The Truthful’
8. ‘Slapbang’
9. ‘Hey Mister’
10. ‘Simply Like You (Pt. 2)’
11. ‘Butterflies’
12. ‘Earth In A Lonely Area’
