Manchester-based indie electro/doom pop band
The Slow Readers Club have announced the release of their fourth studio album '
The Joy Of The Return'.
The follow-up to 2018's
Build A Tower, was recorded at Parr Street Studios in Liverpool and produced by long-standing collaborator Phil Bulleyment. It will be released on 20th March via Modern Sky UK. . Pre-order your copy
here.
The 11-track record, marks a significant change in the band's process, with their extensive touring allowing them time to write and develop tracks and arrangements through soundchecks and back-of-van jams.
"I think it's definitely our most interesting and accomplished record musically," says singer Aaron Starkie. "Lyrically the album covers love, alienation, the rise of right wing populism and comments on algorithm driven propaganda. And as always, I try to deliver those lyrics with uplifting melody."
The band have also shared their the single "
All I Hear", which according to singer Aaron Starkie "is about a lack of agency and an inability to affect change. That there's something happening, and you have no choice but to go along with it."
Check out the album's tracklist and listen to 'All I Hear' below.
The Joy Of The Return Tracklist:
01. All I Hear
02. Something Missing
03. Problem Child
04. Jericho
05. No Surprise
06. Paris
07. Killing Me
08. All The Idols
09. Every Word
10. The Zero Hour
11. The Wait
