{"product_id":"dexys-midnight-runners-love","title":"Dexys Midnight Runners - LOVE","description":"\u003cp data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"278\"\u003e\u003cem data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"6\"\u003eLOVE\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cstrong data-start=\"8\" data-end=\"34\"\u003eDexys Midnight Runners\u003c\/strong\u003e’ latest, possibly last ever album, is a luminous collection of scenes and reckonings. Stories of family and friends, tales from past and present. All drawn from \u003cstrong data-start=\"196\" data-end=\"213\"\u003eKevin Rowland\u003c\/strong\u003e’s life, each an individual jewel, threaded together with love.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"280\" data-end=\"859\"\u003eSongs begun three decades ago sit alongside those written in the last year. A vivid depiction of Rowland’s Irish immigrant childhood on \u003cem data-start=\"416\" data-end=\"441\"\u003eMy Life in England Pt 1\u003c\/em\u003e; a moving letter to his grandchildren on \u003cem data-start=\"483\" data-end=\"499\"\u003eYou’re Alright\u003c\/em\u003e; a wistful moment at the start of a love affair on \u003cem data-start=\"551\" data-end=\"592\"\u003eI Want To Be Holding You Next Christmas\u003c\/em\u003e; a pin-perfect portrait of time spent with a dying parent on \u003cem data-start=\"654\" data-end=\"681\"\u003eOnce A Man, Twice A Child\u003c\/em\u003e; the difficulties of relationships when you're older on \u003cem data-start=\"738\" data-end=\"748\"\u003eOld Love\u003c\/em\u003e. All deeply personal, all true, all here, the full human span of relationships, family and intimate emotion.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"861\" data-end=\"1418\"\u003eThe theme of this album, Kevin’s ninth and Dexys’ seventh, gradually emerged as the songs progressed. “I don’t remember when it happened, but I just thought, ‘Hang on, these are all love songs, of different kinds’,” he says. “I knew then: Call it \u003cem data-start=\"1108\" data-end=\"1114\"\u003eLOVE\u003c\/em\u003e.” These are love songs, but not of the usual pop style. Not will-she-won’t-she romance, but something more emotional and all-encompassing. Those small moments that illustrate a rollercoaster sweep. “Everyone came at this project with love,” he says. To tell a lifetime of different loves. A love life.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1420\" data-end=\"1945\"\u003e\u003cem data-start=\"1420\" data-end=\"1426\"\u003eLOVE\u003c\/em\u003e is also their first album under the Dexys Midnight Runners name since 1985’s \u003cem data-start=\"1504\" data-end=\"1525\"\u003eDon’t Stand Me Down\u003c\/em\u003e. “We realised a couple of years ago that some young people know Dexys Midnight Runners from \u003cem data-start=\"1618\" data-end=\"1624\"\u003eGeno\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem data-start=\"1629\" data-end=\"1645\"\u003eCome On Eileen\u003c\/em\u003e, but some that we spoke to were confused by the name Dexys. And some thought Dexys was a different outfit to Dexys Midnight Runners,” says Kevin. “Since Dexys returned in 2012, we’ve always felt what we do is worthy of a young audience, so it was a no-brainer to revert to Dexys Midnight Runners.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1947\" data-end=\"2517\"\u003eThose familiar with Kevin’s wonderful autobiography \u003cem data-start=\"1999\" data-end=\"2016\"\u003eBless Me Father\u003c\/em\u003e will recognise some of the people in these songs: his dad, his brother, his first love, more recent romances. But this is a Dexys Midnight Runners album, the group of players where Kevin began his music career, and where he works best. So his lyrics are explored and highlighted, lifted to greater heights by the songwriting and creativity of long-time collaborators \u003cstrong data-start=\"2384\" data-end=\"2397\"\u003eSean Read\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong data-start=\"2399\" data-end=\"2415\"\u003eMike Timothy\u003c\/strong\u003e and \u003cstrong data-start=\"2420\" data-end=\"2436\"\u003eJim Paterson\u003c\/strong\u003e. There are strings too, arranged by \u003cstrong data-start=\"2473\" data-end=\"2489\"\u003eBrian Irving\u003c\/strong\u003e, originally from Belfast.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"2519\" data-end=\"3065\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\"\u003eFellow Belfast man, DJ and musician \u003cstrong data-start=\"2555\" data-end=\"2571\"\u003eDavid Holmes\u003c\/strong\u003e, is the album’s producer. Holmes had long wanted to work with Kevin and Dexys: “They were the first act I was ever truly obsessed with, the first I saw live.” David’s older sister bought him a Walkman when he was 11, and his first cassette was \u003cem data-start=\"2816\" data-end=\"2853\"\u003eSearching For The Young Soul Rebels\u003c\/em\u003e. When Kevin sent him a demo of \u003cem data-start=\"2885\" data-end=\"2912\"\u003eOnce A Man, Twice A Child\u003c\/em\u003e, written with Sean soon after Dexys’ triumphant 2024 \u003cstrong data-start=\"2966\" data-end=\"2990\"\u003eGlastonbury Festival\u003c\/strong\u003e appearance, David was captivated. “His songwriting is so strong,” he says.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Heavenly Recordings","offers":[{"title":"Indies Exclusive Yellow Vinyl LP","offer_id":58103358390617,"sku":"SDZ-46193","price":27.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"Black Vinyl LP","offer_id":58103358357849,"sku":"SDZ-46192","price":27.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"CD","offer_id":58103358423385,"sku":"SDZ-46194","price":12.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0588\/3455\/0945\/files\/HVNLP239C-DMR-LOVE-COLOUR.png?v=1779287634","url":"https:\/\/spindizzyrecords.com\/products\/dexys-midnight-runners-love","provider":"Spindizzy Dublin","version":"1.0","type":"link"}