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CONJUR A LOVE SONG FIT FOR THE GOOSEBUMPS UNIVERSE
‘DRIVING HOME FOR HALLOWEEN’
IN-STORE TOUR ANNOUNCED FOR NEW ALBUM ‘HERE COME THE EARLY NIGHTS’ – OUT 24TH NOVEMBER
Leaning into the season, Spector serve up a treat of a new single, ‘Driving Home for Halloween’, today – listen here.
Another cut taken from their recently announced new album ‘Here Come the Early Nights’, ‘Driving Home for Halloween’ promises to captivate fans with its unique blend of ethereal sounds and introspective lyrics. The single guarantees a spine-tingling blend of life, death, and love, served with a side of nostalgia and an eerie twist for the digital age.
Elaborating on the track, vocalist Fred Macpherson explains, “Driving Home for Halloween isn’t just a terrible Chris Rea pun. It’s a song about life, death and love in the time of Find My Friends. If Goosebumps books were romance novels this might be what they sound like. It’s for everyone whose life feels static even with the world turning on its axis at a thousand miles an hour.”
Guitarist Jed Cullen adds, “On the last day of recording, Jen had just finished her backing vocals and was about to leave. We had precious little time left to finish the album, but I had this really strong feeling we needed to open up the ‘Driving Home for Halloween’ session and ask her to scream along the guitar riff through Dimitri’s Plasma Pedal. I was a little worried it wouldn’t come off but naturally she nailed it and it sounded amazing on the first try!”
With this upcoming new album release, due on 24th November 2023, Spector have announced a series of intimate in-store performances scheduled to take place ahead of the full UK tour at eight legendary record stores from the 24th to the 30th of November.
‘Here Come the Early Nights’ is Spector at their most complete, a classic British-indie album in waiting soundtracking the inevitable maturity from 20-something dreamer to 30-something… dreamer, all delivered with the band’s undeniable wit and charm.
Touching upon a broad array of life topics with razor-sharp one-liners from frontman Fred Macpherson, ‘Here Come The Early Nights’ is the album Spector have been destined to make across a storied career which has seen them emerge not only as cult indie icons but your favourite band’s favourite band. The album was produced by previous Spector collaborator Dimitri Tikovoi and mixed by Catherine Marks, and features recent singles ‘Another Life’, ‘The Notion’ and new cut ‘Driving Home for Halloween’.
‘Driving Home for Halloween’ is available to stream now. ‘Here Come The Early Nights’ is released on 24th November 2023 and available for pre-order now. Tickets for Spector’s tour are on sale now.
Live Dates
24th November – Banquet Records, London
25th November – The Jacaranda, Liverpool
25th November – Wax and Beans, Bury
26th November – Record Junkie, Sheffield
27th November – Rough Trade East, London
28th November – The Caves, Edinburgh
29th November – University Students Union, Newcastle
30th November – Stylus, Leeds
1st December – Mama Roux’s, Birmingham
3rd December – Trinity Centre, Bristol
12th December – Rescue Rooms, Nottingham
13th December – The Joiners, Southampton
14th December – Electric Brixton, London
15th December – Canvas, Manchester
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My life is a soundtrack, i track my life through music, photography is my passion, my escape, my expression. Without both i have pieces missing, thankfully i’m blessed and get to combine both.
Born in Manchester, lived in Australia for 22 years where i was heavily involved in the Australian Music Industry, firstly in bands (Singer) and then managing bands (all original), I moved back to the UK, Wales specifically 10 years ago
