Rumer Announces Release Of New Album & Lead Single 'P.F Sloan' - Listen Now
Friday, 13 April 2012
Written by Jon Stickler
Rumer has announced plans for a brand new single, ‘P.F Sloan’, which will be released via Atlantic Records on May 21st. It is the first taster from a new record, ‘Boys Don’t Cry’, which is due on May 28th, but has already gone Top Ten on Amazon’s pre-orders.
Boys Don’t Cry’ follows the breakthrough success of Rumer’s debut album, ‘Seasons Of My Soul’, which has sold over a million copies, earned Rumer two Brit nominations and also saw her scoop the Mojo Award for Breakthrough Act. Still, she is in no mood to rest up. With sessions dating back to 2007 (before she was even signed) and completed amidst touring worldwide, Rumer has spent the last year or so quietly completing work on a new album, ‘Boys Don’t Cry’: a collection of lesser-known songs from the 1970’s, all of which were originally sung by men.
It is the mysterious ‘P.F Sloan’ – the album’s first single, and opening track - which arguably unlocks the meaning of ‘Boys Don’t Cry’. Sloan was a huge songwriter in his own right throughout the 60’s, penning Barry McGuire’s ‘Eve Of Destruction’ and composing the riff that would go on to become the Mamas & The Papas’ ‘California Dreaming’. Desperate to sing his own material, however, Sloan gave it all up to record as a solo artist, but failed to sell any records. He disappeared into obscurity, only to be remembered by Jimmy Webb’s own song, ‘P.F Sloan’: one songwriter’s bittersweet tribute to another, documenting the costs of being a true artist. “It’s a song about the great writers who have been forgotten, or sidelined by a commercially-driven music industry,” summarises Rumer. “I think ‘P.F Sloan’ sums up the whole album, and I love the idea of it being on the radio in 2012.”
Describing the album ‘Boys Don’t Cry’, Rumer summarises: “This project is about passion, and paying respect to other people's work. I went on a journey and this music tells that story.”
Rumer will release new single 'P.F Sloan' on Monday 21st May, followed by the release of her album 'Boys Dont Cry' on Monday 28th May.
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