SHARE NEW SINGLE:Â âSTARGAZINGâ
âOUTSIDE OF THE BLUEâ – THE NEW ALBUM
OUT 4TH FEBRUARY VIA MODERN SKY UK
Liverpool-based indie-outfit SPINN today share âStargazingâ â the latest single to be taken from their forthcoming second album âOutside Of The Blueâ (out 4th February via Modern Sky UK).
Diving deeper than before, âOutside Of The Blueâ offers a nuanced commentary about SPINNâs own experiences with anxiety, depression, the power of love (and loving someone) as well as disillusionment with the government.
Across the albumâs 11 tracks SPINN double down and distill their sound, delivering festival-ready indie-pop packed with earworm hooks, feel-good guitars and a newfound determination to break out of the boxes in which theyâd previously been confined. The record splits the world into two distinct spaces; the blue, which represents periods of anxiety and depression, and the other side; a place filled with colour, endless opportunity and brimming with hope.
New single âStargazingâ is notably the albumâs most obscure love song. Drawing on the narrative of 2014 horror flick, âA Girl Walks Home Alone at Nightâ where a reclusive vampire falls for one of the villagers sheâs been terrorising.
âItâs brilliant and itâs about this woman who is a vampire in this really rough fictional town in Iran called âBad Townâ.â says frontman Johnny Quinn. âShe basically goes around and kills all the drug dealers and s**t, but then she falls in love with this guy who looks like James Dean. I donât really cover that aspect in the song, but I just liked the way the person doing all the gory killing in the film was actually a woman. Itâs so different to the sort of traditional horror films, where itâs always the woman getting chased by the big bad man. The majority of my favourite horror films are set in the early 80âs so thatâs why it has such an 80âs style sound.â
Produced by Tom Longworth (Oscar Lang, Spector, Vistas, BLOXX) at Parr Street Studios in Liverpool, Quinn is joined on the new record by Luke Brickett on guitar, Sean McLachlan on bass and Louis OâReilly on drums. âOutside Of The Blueâ is the follow-up to their 2019 self-titled debut, which received lavish praise from the likes of DORK and The Line Of Best Fit, âSPINNâ saw the band head out on a sold-out UK tour with slots at Reading & Leeds and Truck followed by their biggest headline show to date in Tokyo.
The mindset and the mantra of the album can be equated with Buddha’s main teachings âavoid evil, do good and purify the mind,â having himself found solace in meditation and mindfulness over the last 18 months. Born out of a period of change for the band, including the departure of their lead guitarist, Johnny and Sean handled most of the lyrics, bouncing ideas off each other via voice notes and phone calls when not physically together in Seanâs decked out DIY studio.
SPINN have already had the chance to test drive new material during their main stage appearance at Tramlines Festival this summer. Itching to get out on the road and bring even more life to âOutside Of The Blueâ, the band will play an extensive UK tour in November â including a hometown headline show at Liverpoolâs O2 Academy.
SPINNâs second album, âOutside Of The Blueâ is out Friday 4th February via Modern Sky UK.
Album Artwork (download hi-res):
Tracklisting:
1 – Hello
2 – Daydreaming
3 -I Believe In Love
4 – Stargazing
5 – Outside Of The Blue
6 – Getaway
7 – Sweet Like Honey
8 – People Should Know Better
9 – The Things She Said To Me
10 – Billie
11 – The Outside Looking In
Live Dates:
1 October – Liverpool Sound City (Main Stage w/ Beabadoobee)
31 October – Mama Roux, Birmingham
1 November – King Tuts Wah Wah Hut, Glasgow
2 November – The Cluny, Newcastle
3 November – The Adelphi, Hull
5 November – The Forum, Tunbridge Wells
6 November – Lafayette, London
7 November – The Hope & Ruin, Brighton
9 November – Bodega, Nottingham
10 November – The KeyClub, Leeds
11 November – Thekla, Bristol
12 November – O2 Academy, Liverpool
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For more information & any requests please contact:
Rebecca Mason – rebecca@sonicpr.co.uk