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HOWIE PAYNE

ANNOUNCES NEW ALBUM ‘MOUNTAIN’

RELEASED OCTOBER 27TH ON FULL STACK RECORDS 

NEW TRACK ‘HIGH TIMES’ AVAILABLE WITH ALBUM PRE-ORDERS

LISTEN ON SOUNDCLOUD 

+ HEADLINE OCTOBER UK TOUR 

HOWIE PAYNE has announced details of his long-awaited new album ‘Mountain’, to be released on October 27th on Full Stack Records and a headline UK tour to coincide with the release.

The new album, The Stands’ frontman’s first since his 2009 Ethan Johns-produced debut ‘Bright Light Ballads’, contains the recent Radio X playlisted single ‘The Brightest Star’ plus new track ‘High Times’, which is available as an instant grat with album pre-orders from www.howiepayne.com 

‘Mountain’ was recorded at London’s State of The Ark Studios during the last week of July 2017 before being mixed and mastered in Los Angeles.

"I think 'Mountain' is my best record so far,” says Howie.“It’s got a mellow vibe but the songs are rooted in real life which gives it some weight and a bit of edge’. 

“We recorded it in just four days, and pretty much live, during one of the hottest weeks of the year, and you can hear it in the sound, like the voltage is heavier, and the air is thicker in the silence between the instruments. Most of the tracks were recorded in just a few takes - we'd never played them together before but the band were just really on it. We'd run through a song once or twice, get the sounds up and then play it until we got a version that sparked. I did 'Bright Light Ballads' the same way and I really dug how after you do a take you can listen to the song right then, with the singing and everything. I've made records where I've built it up from a zillion parts, and it's cool, but I went at this one live because there's something different about the feel you get into the songs when everyone’s playing and singing at the same time, you know."

Listen to ‘High Times’ on Soundcloud‘ or The Brightest Star’ on Soundcloud, Spotify or iTunes

In October Howie will embark on a headline UK tour. The set will feature songs by The Stands, songs from ‘Bright Light Ballads’, plus Howie will premiere the new songs from ‘Mountain’. The ten-date tour starts at Liverpool Buyers Club on October 12th and culminates with a show at The Borderline in London on October 28th. 

HOWIE PAYNE ‘MOUNTAIN’ TRACK LIST:

    1.    Quick as the Moon

    2.    All of These Things

    3.    Some Believer Sweet Dreamer

    4.    The Brightest Star 

    5.    Holding On

    6.    After Tonight

    7.    Thoughts on Thoughts

    8.    Hold Steady the Wire

    9.    High Times

    10.    Evangeline (Los Angeles)

All Songs written by Howie Payne

Produced by Howie Payne & Dom Monks

Mixed and Mastered by John Paterno 

Formats: Vinyl LP, CD, Digital

HOWIE PAYNE UK TOUR OCTOBER 2017

Thurs 12th         Liverpool - Buyers Club

Fri 13th         Leeds - Belgrave Music Hall

Sat 14th         Glasgow - Hug & Pint

Mon 16th          Newcastle - Think Tank

Fri 20th          Birmingham - Actress & Bishop

Sat 21st          Nottingham - Bodega

Sun 22nd         Leicester The Cookie

Mon 23rd         Oxford - The Bullingdon

Wed 25th         Southampton - The Joiners

Sat 28th         London - The Borderline 

FOR MORE INFORMATION

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