{"product_id":"spearmint-chase-me","title":"Spearmint - Chase Me","description":"\u003cp\u003eLondon’s \u003cstrong\u003eSpearmint \u003c\/strong\u003efollow-up their acclaimed 2023 record ‘\u003cem\u003eThis Candle Is For You\u003c\/em\u003e’ with the ambitious new\u003cbr\u003econcept album ‘\u003cem\u003eChase Me\u003c\/em\u003e’, out Friday 24th July 2026. New single \u003cem\u003e“1986”\u003c\/em\u003e evokes a time when the world wasn’t connected by technology, but there was still a strong connection across the globe: music. Specifically in the song, it’s folk in Newcastle and Madrid who are dancing to the same music.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe vinyl version also features an exclusive track \u003cem\u003e“Is It Just Nostalgia?”\u003c\/em\u003e which sees the band time-travelling past \u003cem\u003e‘The Tube’\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003e‘Soul Train’\u003c\/em\u003e to Friday nights of the past. Standby for the follow-up single in July…\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSpearmint\u003c\/strong\u003e have been making great records since debut \u003cem\u003e‘A Week Away’\u003c\/em\u003e in 1999 (\u003cem\u003e‘Sweeping The Nation’\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003e‘A Trip Into Space’\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003e‘We’re Going Out’\u003c\/em\u003e). Still the same line-up: \u003cstrong\u003eShirley Lee\u003c\/strong\u003e (singing, guitar), \u003cstrong\u003eSimon Calnan\u003c\/strong\u003e (singing, keyboards), \u003cstrong\u003eJames Parsons\u003c\/strong\u003e (guitar) and \u003cstrong\u003eRonan Larvor\u003c\/strong\u003e (drums).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis will be their eleventh album proper and the 65th release on their own hitBACK label.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRe-united with producer \u003cstrong\u003eRhodri Marsden\u003c\/strong\u003e (\u003cstrong\u003eScritti Politti\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong\u003eCardiacs\u003c\/strong\u003e), the \u003cem\u003e‘Chase Me’\u003c\/em\u003e album tells a story of success, disillusionment, disconnection, peril, and resurrection. Anchored by three chases across a city at night, book-ended by two out-of-body experiences, and working towards a suite of uplifting love songs, it’s a thriller, it’s a horror, it’s an allegory.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSong-writer Shirley explains: “The story would make a good movie I think… but we don’t know how to do that, so we did this.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e‘Chase Me’\u003c\/em\u003e will be available digitally, and on limited edition CD and vinyl. The vinyl version will be released on WIAIWYA Records, and will include an exclusive 24 page full-colour lyric book, including photos and illustrations. Spearmint will premiere songs from the album alongside tracks from their catalogue that haven’t been played for years, or ever in one instance, live at Colours in Hoxton, London, on Tuesday 29th September 2026.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"WHERE ITS AT IS WHERE YOU ARE","offers":[{"title":"Black Vinyl LP","offer_id":58311111278937,"sku":"SDZ-47322","price":29.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0588\/3455\/0945\/files\/CAR_20260615_1202_112547_433_p_Spearmint_-_Chase_Me_LP_44_042.jpg?v=1781608357","url":"https:\/\/spindizzyrecords.com\/products\/spearmint-chase-me","provider":"Spindizzy Dublin","version":"1.0","type":"link"}