Erasure frontman Andy Bell particulars new solo album, Ten Crowns, set for launch in Might.
The brand new album will coincide with a UK tour starting on 1 Might in York, persevering with by way of to Cambridge on 19 Might with a London present at Shepherd’s Bush Empire on 16 Might adopted by a run of European dates.
To have a good time, the singer has launched the one Don’t Cha Know, one of many first tracks to be written for the album. Watch the video by Stephano Barberis beneath:
Majestic Second
In keeping with Andy, Don’t Cha Know marks “the start of the expedition” that might develop into Ten Crowns. Hinting on the emotional journey Andy has been on: “It’s so very arduous to say hi there / When your complete world comes crashing down.”
The brand new album is the results of Andy embracing a milestone in his life: Ten Crowns – ten tracks of dazzling, joyous pop, produced and polished in Nashville, impressed by the dancefloor and gospel – was accomplished within the yr he turned 60 and marks an impressive second in his profession.
No stranger to collaboration – his 4 a long time of writing and recording with Vince Clarke as Erasure are nonetheless going robust and the duo not too long ago started work on a brand new album collectively – Bell threw himself into writing with shut pal Dave Audé, the Grammy award-winning producer, remixer and DJ. Their work collectively is euphoric, and to high the celebrations, they invited Andy’s final pop heroine, Debbie Harry, to affix Andy on vocals for Hearts A Liar.
Embracing Life
The brand new single follows the cosmic flash of Breaking Through The Interstellar, the place Andy dances us “in direction of one other paradise… prepared for a brand new dimension / On our galactic journey”. Impressed by his love of studying BBC science magazines and the attainable existence of wormholes that permit journey by way of house, he explains, “It’s on first as a result of I wished to let folks know we’re going to go for a experience now!”
Andy and Dave had beforehand collaborated on two US dance chart quantity ones collectively: 2014’s Aftermath (Right here We Go) and 2016’s True Authentic, and after these dance tracks, the pair “simply sort of carried on writing as an train”, Andy explains, “and after that, Dave moved his household to Nashville as a result of LA was so costly, and so our writing took this sort of gospel-tinged Nashville twist.”
He describes how in Nashville there’s a church on each nook – “it jogged my memory of singing in choirs and cathedral college as a toddler, the place the spirit of the church is imbued within the music”. Not that Ten Crowns is a sombre, non secular set. It’s propulsive, digital, passionate, pushed by the necessity to encounter new feelings and experiences as life races on.
“I imply, I’ve obtained all the pieces I may probably want for, , I actually have, however that’s to not say I’m at all times fulfilled,” Andy provides. “This album’s about choosing your self up, dusting your self off, embracing life – and about taking that feeling on even if you’re combating demons on the planet, like homophobia, and combating demons in your self. It’s about being celebratory and uplifting.”
Ten Crowns Tracklisting
Breaking Through The Interstellar
Lies So Deep (feat. Sarah Potenza)
Coronary heart’s A Liar (feat. Debbie Harry)
For As we speak
Dance For Mercy
Don’t Cha Know
Daybreak Of Heavens Gate
Godspell
Put Your Empathy On Ice
Thank You
Andy Bell Reside UK Tour
01 Might – York Barbican
02 Might – Birmingham Symphony Corridor
03 Might – Manchester Bridgewater Corridor
06 Might – Glasgow Royal Live performance Corridor
07 Might – Aberdeen Music Corridor
08 Might – Gateshead Glasshouse
11 Might – Bournemouth Pavilion
12 Might – Guildford G-Reside
13 Might – Tub Discussion board
16 Might – London Shepherd’s Bush Empire
18 Might – Liverpool Philharmonic
19 Might – Cambridge Corn Alternate
To e-book tickets, that are on sale now, click on right here
To pre-order Ten Crowns, set for launch on 2 Might 2025 on vinyl (white, oxblood and film disc obtainable), CD (commonplace and 2CD variations), gold cassette and digitally by way of Crown Recordings, click on right here
Learn Extra: Andy Bell Talks Erasure: ABBA-esque
