Nick Heyward announces his eagerly anticipated solo album ‘Woodland Echoes’, set for release on 4 August 2017 on Gladsome Hawk label, his first solo album in eighteen years available on CD, deluxe mediabook CD and LP vinyl.

Prior to his hugely successful and prolific solo career, Nick came to prominence as the frontman of percolating pop-funk new wave group Haircut 100, a foundational part of the 80s pop explosion. They released four UK Top 10 hit singles, with their debut album ‘Pelican West’ reaching no. 2 in the UK album charts, no. 31 in USA’s Billboard 200, and ending up being certified platinum by BPI, with Nick gracing the cover of pacesetting style magazine The Face.

Recordings for what would become Nick’s ninth album started in his son Oliver Heyward’s studio, continued in award-winning producer and engineer Ian Shaw’s boat-studio in Key West, Florida and were completed back in the UK at The Who and Oasis’ drummer Zac Starkey’s recording studio. The album was affected by Florida’s abundant beauty and Nick’s passion for the natural world, making ‘Woodland Echoes’ an album of exceptional warmth and intimacy, that sounds – as he says – “like it should be on vinyl”. ‘Woodland Echoes’ represents the masterful culmination of the last ten years of Nick Heyward’s solo career, drawing together the strength of his expertly crafted songwriting and gifted lyricism in what is one of the most captivating releases of the year. With a show at The Great Escape where he will play The Black Lion on 19th May and a London headline show yet to be announced, Nick’s return will affirm his membership in the pantheon of classic pop songwriters.