View basket “Cosa Nostra Beck-Ola” has been added to your basket. The Joy of The Return Slow Readers Club, The SKU: M215UKLP Barcode: 5060732660113 19.00 £19.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Modern Sky Entertainment Released Date: 20th March 2020 Buying Format: 1LP Coloured Vinyl Out of stock Back Order Add to your Wishlist Description Product Info Manchester’s The Slow Readers Club have announced their fourth album, The Joy Of The Return, out on March 20th via Modern Sky UK. The band have also shared their new single, ‘All I Hear’, the first track to be taken from the album, alongside details of an extensive UK & EU tour starting in March. Opening to an energetic blend of driving drums and infectious guitar lines, the track builds through evocative verses and anthemic choruses, imbued with their idiosyncratic brand of insightful and confronting lyricism and set against relentlessly danceable and energy-provoking instrumentation. “‘All I Hear’ 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,” explains singer Aaron Starkie. Throughout the album, the band explore a vast swathe of sonic territory, from the passionately delivered ‘All The Idols’, to the poppier tones of ‘Jericho’ that power through with bright indie guitar lines and ethereally melodic choruses. Recorded at Parr Street Studios in Liverpool and produced by long-standing collaborator Phil Bulleyment, The Joy Of The Return 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 dark power-pop that defined their previous releases holds a strong influence, with the brooding ‘No Surprise’ providing a powerful dose of evocative lyricism amid immersive soundscapes, while the unsettling ‘Paris’ is an undulating exploration of observational songwriting and eclectic musicality. The swelling, arena-sized ‘Zero Hour’ displays the enormity of The Slow Readers Club sound and sets the precedent for their incredibly exciting future, while ‘The Wait’ closes the album with a beautifully absorptive combination of atmospheric synths flipping the pace of the record on its head to intoxicating effect. The announcement of the album comes on the back of another huge year for the band, which saw them play a mammoth, 32-date European tour, and a number of sold out UK shows including London’s The Dome and two consecutive nights at Manchester’s The Ritz following the release of their critically acclaimed third album, Build A Tower. “The next northern pop powerhouse” NME “One of the most exciting current bands in Manchester” When The Horn Blows “A true talent with nothing to hide” Louder Than War Artist Slow Readers Club, The Genre Rock And Pop Label Modern Sky Entertainment Buying Options 1LP Coloured Vinyl Format 1LP , Coloured Vinyl Condition New Country UK Track Listings All I Hear Something Missing Problem Child Jericho No Surprise Paris Killing Me All The Idols Every Word Zero Hour The Wait Share this On Facebook On Twitter Via Email More from Slow Readers Club, The and more from Rock And Pop View Product Quick View Slow Readers Club, The Knowledge Freedom Power Rock And Pop | Velveteen Records | 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released 24th February 2023 £24.00 Select options Slow Readers Club, The Knowledge Freedom Power £24.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Velveteen Records Formats: 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released Date: 24th February 2023 Read More Select options View Product Quick View Slow Readers Club, The Knowledge Freedom Power Rock And Pop | Velveteen Records | 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released 24th February 2023 £24.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Slow Readers Club, The Knowledge Freedom Power £24.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Velveteen Records SKU: SRC034LP Formats: 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released Date: 24th February 2023 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Slow Readers Club, The Build A Tower Rock And Pop | Modern Sky Entertainment | 1LP Released 4th May 2018 £17.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Slow Readers Club, The Build A Tower £17.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Modern Sky Entertainment SKU: 0190296957079 Formats: 1LP Released Date: 4th May 2018 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Kristin Hersh Crooked Rock And Pop | Fire Records | 1LP Released 27th September 2019 £16.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Kristin Hersh Crooked £16.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Fire Records SKU: FIRELP556B Formats: 1LP Released Date: 27th September 2019 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Xcerts, The There Is Only You Rock And Pop | Raygun | 1LP Released 19th January 2018 £16.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Xcerts, The There Is Only You £16.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Raygun SKU: RAY035LP Formats: 1LP Released Date: 19th January 2018 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Spoon Everything Hits At Once: The Best Of Spoon Rock And Pop | Matador | 1LP Released 26th July 2019 £16.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Spoon Everything Hits At Once: The Best Of Spoon £16.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Matador SKU: OLE1471LP Formats: 1LP Released Date: 26th July 2019 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Richard Barbieri Under a Spell Rock And Pop | Kscope | 2LP, Gatefold Sleeve Released 26th February 2021 £19.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Richard Barbieri Under a Spell £19.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Kscope SKU: KSCOPE1109 Formats: 2LP, Gatefold Sleeve Released Date: 26th February 2021 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Jackson Browne For Everyman Rock And Pop | Inside Recordings | 180g, 1LP Released 20th September 2024 £19.00 Pre Order View Pre/Back Orders Jackson Browne For Everyman £19.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Inside Recordings SKU: 0696752401235 Formats: 180g, 1LP Released Date: 20th September 2024 Read More Pre Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Hidden Cameras, The The Smell Of Our Own Rock And Pop | Rough Trade | 2LP, Coloured Vinyl, Gatefold Sleeve Released 14th April 2023 £30.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Hidden Cameras, The The Smell Of Our Own £30.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Rough Trade SKU: RT0394LPX Formats: 2LP, Coloured Vinyl, Gatefold Sleeve Released Date: 14th April 2023 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders On Sale View Product Quick View Katy Kirby Cool Dry Place Rock And Pop | Keeled Scales | 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released 19th February 2021 £14.99 - 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