No Small Thing is the latest cut to be lifted from their new album, 'The Tipping Point', due out on February 25. They released the title track back in October.
As Roland Orzabal explains in a statement, the song finds the duo changing pace, leading with an acoustic guitar to deliver a sincere country-folk tune:
“In early 2020, Curt and I sat down together with just a couple of acoustic guitars. The first time in decades. We needed a meeting of minds, a coming together psychically. We were literally going back to the drawing board looking for some depth, heart and soul with which to complete our album. Curt came up with this simple folk/country riff, a little bit Dylan, a little bit Johnny Cash, and then we were off. It was the complete opposite of what we had been trying to do for many years – searching for the elusive, modern hit single. We felt suddenly unencumbered, free if you like, no longer worrying about the market, about success, but drawing on influences from our childhoods. It was at this point that the whole album started opening up. ‘No Small Thing’ was the key, the thing that turned a red light green.”
Co-founder Curt Smith added: “‘No Small Thing’ feels like it could have been a song from a seventies or sixties acoustic folk album with how the track starts. The fact that we felt confident enough to go from there to the end of the song to where it’s just absolute mayhem speaks to that sense of freedom, and that’s our comfort zone musically.”
They will support their new record with The Tipping Point World Tour, which will head to huge outdoor UK venues throughout July. Head below for dates and ticket details.
Tears For Fears Upcoming Tour Dates are as follows
Fri July 01 2022 - TELFORD QEII Arena
Sat July 02 2022 - WILTSHIRE Longleat
Tue July 05 2022 - AYLESBURY Waddeston Manor
Thu July 07 2022 - NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE Utilita Arena
Fri July 08 2022 - KELSO Floors Castle
Sat July 09 2022 - LANCASHIRE Lytham Green
Tue July 12 2022 - DERBY Incora County Ground
Thu July 14 2022 - LEEDS Millenium Square
Fri July 15 2022 - WARWICK Castle
Sat July 16 2022 - SCARBOROUGH Open Air Theatre
Tue July 19 2022 - BOURNEMOUTH Chewton Glen
Wed July 20 2022 - CANTERBURY Spitfire Ground
Fri July 22 2022 - HOVE First Central County Ground
Sat July 23 2022 - CARDIFF Castle
Sun July 24 2022 - HATFIELD HATFIELD HOUSE
Tue July 26 2022 - EXETER Powderham Castle
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