Primal Scream Release First Album in 8 Years, “Come Ahead”
Primal Scream has returned with their first album in eight years. Come Ahead features a blend of funk and fire with the most personal songs that frontman Bobby Gillespie has ever written.
“The record is quite heavy in places, but there’s also a sense of fun. We had a blast making it,” he wrote on Instagram. “You can hear the energy in the tracks. You should always remind yourself that rock ‘n’ roll is really meant to be fun. Part of our aesthetic is melding lyrics about heavy subjects to joyous music. It creates a duality that works powerfully, to my mind. I’ve always taken great inspiration from music, especially in times when I’ve been low in my life. Music has lifted me and given me strength and encouragement to keep going, and I hope that this record does the same for other people.”
Primal Scream’s current lineup includes Gillespie, who is joined by guitarist Andrew Innes, drummer Darrin Mooney, and bassist Simone Butler. However, primary songwriter Gillespie wrote most of the album starting in 2022 and recorded it between Belfast, London, and Los Angeles with producer David Holmes, Innes, and a host of session musicians.
Multi-instrumentalist Jason Falkner, who has worked with Beck and Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds, provides some solid bass work. Check out an example of his grooves with “Love Insurrection”:
Come Ahead is out now on CD, vinyl, and as a digital download (Apple Music and Amazon Music).
Come Ahead Track List:
- Ready To Go Home
- Love Insurrection
- Heal Yourself
- Innocent Money
- Melancholy Man
- Love Ain’t Enough
- Circus of Life
- False Flags
- Deep Dark Waters
- The Centre Cannot Hold
- Settlers Blues
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