Following two huge Top 10 records and sold out shows across the globe, one of the UK’s most exciting bands, The Amazons, have announced their stratospheric, anthem-packed new album How Will I Know If Heaven Will Find Me? – out September 9th 2022 on Fiction Records.
The third record is both a love letter and a rallying cry. Expansive, uplifting, sun-drenched singalongs produced by Jim Abbiss (Arcade Fire, Arctic Monkeys, Adele), and featuring co-writing collaborations with the likes of Maggie Rogers & Jamie Hartmann, find the Reading 4-piece emerging from the darkness of 2019’s Future Dust full of lust for life and post-pandemic hope.
Locked down in Brighton, in the case of a newly-moved Matt – a mere week after returning from a US tour, The Amazons thought they had their third album already half written. But the prolonged lockdown proved otherwise. After months of seeing his L.A.-based girlfriend only online, Matt started writing songs for her which he assumed only the pair of them would ever hear.
“The gap between us was no longer being bridged by WhatsApps and Facetimes,” he says. “I sent letters but that didn’t do it either. We felt further apart than ever. Writing songs about what we’d do when we were together again became my way of taking control of the situation. It allowed me to share something truly intimate. Writing songs is how I process life. It’s the best skill I have and being able to use it to fix a problem gave me purpose again.”
In late 2020, with the band already cooling on the music they had previously written, Matt sent his bare bones new songs, written alone at home on acoustic guitar, to his band mates to gauge their opinion. Straight away they knew that he had inadvertently discovered a new direction for The Amazons.
“I said to the boys, enough with the darkness. As cheesy as it sounds, I wanted to make music that was a force for good, after everything we’ve all been through. It’s easily our most joyous album – sonically we set out to celebrate the return of real life and the communal experience of being back at shows.”
The Amazons are a band unleashed and How Will I Know If Heaven Will Find Me? is a fresh marker in the sand. A new chapter. The start of something very special.
UK INSTORES & HEADLINE TOUR
5-Sep-22 Dundee Assai
5-Sep-22 Edinburgh Assai
6-Sep-22 Leeds Jumbo
7-Sep-22 Kingston Pryzm
9-Sep-22 Brighton Resident
10-Sep-22 Bournemouth Vinilo
10-Sep-22 Southampton Vinilo
11-Sep-22 Manchester HMV
11-Sep-22 Liverpool Jacaranda
12-Sep-22 Birmingham The Vault
13-Sep-22 London Rough Trade East
14-Sep-22 Bristol Rough Trade Bristol
15-Sep-22 Nottingham Rough Trade Nottingham
6-Oct-22 Belfast Limelight 2
8-Oct-22 Manchester Academy
9-Oct-22 Nottingham Rock City
11-Oct-22 Southampton Guildhall
12-Oct-22 Bristol Academy
13-Oct-22 Leeds Academy
15-Oct-22 Birmingham Institute
16-Oct-22 Glasgow SWG3 Galvanisers
17-Oct-22 Newcastle Boilershop
19-Oct-22 Norwich UEA
20-Oct-22 London Roundhouse
How Will I Know If Heaven Will Find Me? – Track Listing
How Will I Know?
Bloodrush
Say It Again
There’s A Light
Northern Star
Wait For Me
One By One
Ready For Something
For The Night
In The Morning
I’m Not Ready
Pre-Order the album HERE
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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 and married my childhood sweetheart and life is good.
