Patrick Wolf Announces New Album 'Crying The Neck' And UK & European Tour
Wednesday, 05 February 2025
Written by Jon Stickler
Photo: Furmaan Ahmed
Patrick Wolf has returned with details of his first album in 13 years.
The London singer and multi-instrumentalist will release 'Crying The Neck' through Apport/Virgin Music on April 25, following up 2023’s 'The Night Safari' EP, which marked his first new music in a decade.
Written and recorded at his home studio in Ramsgate, Wolf plays multiple instruments on 'Crying The Neck', including viola, Appalachian dulcimer, baritone ukulele, kantale and Atari. It also features guest appearances from Zola Jesus, Serafina Steer, drummer Seb Rochford and Wolf’s sister Jo Apps.
As a preview, Wolf has shared Dies Irae, the record's dramatic lead single that he wrote while mourning his mother, who passed away from cancer in 2018. It features multiple layers of instrumentation, including a string arrangement, and its title originates from Latin Requiem Mass and translates to "the day of wrath."
Wolf describes the song as, "an affirmation of life in the last days of knowing you are about to lose someone you love, and a courageous – almost rebellious – choice against the misery to use the time remaining to deepen your love or joy with each other."
He'll support the LP with a tour of the UK and Europe in May and June. Tickets go on general sale at 10am GMT/11am CET on Friday (February 7).
'Crying The Neck' tracklist:
1. Reculver
2. Limbo (ft. Zola Jesus)
3. The Last Of England
4. Jupiter
5. On Your Side
6. Oozlum
7. Dies Irae~
8. The Curfew Bell
9. Lughnasa (ft. Serafina Steer)
10. Song Of The Scythe
11. Better Or Worse
12. Hymn Of The Haar
13. Foreland
Patrick Wolf Upcoming Tour Dates are as follows
Thu May 08 2025 - MANCHESTER Gorilla
Fri May 09 2025 - GATESHEAD Glasshouse
Sun May 11 2025 - GLASGOW St Luke's
Tue May 13 2025 - LEEDS Brudenell Social Club
Thu May 15 2025 - LONDON HERE at Outernet
Fri May 16 2025 - BRISTOL Bristol Beacon - Lantern Hall
Tue May 20 2025 - COLOGNE Gebaude 9 (Germany)
Wed May 21 2025 - HAMBURG Grunspan (Germany)
Thu May 22 2025 - LEIPZIG UT Connewitz (Germany)
Fri May 23 2025 - BERLIN Heimathafen (Germany)
Sat May 24 2025 - WARSAW Niebo (Poland)
Mon May 26 2025 - GHENT Club Wintercircus (Belgium)
Tue May 27 2025 - AMSTERDAM Tolhuistuin (Netherlands)
Wed May 28 2025 - PARIS Trabendo (France)
Thu May 29 2025 - ZURICH Dynamo (Switzerland)
Sat May 31 2025 - MILAN Santeria Toscana 31 (Italy)
Sun June 01 2025 - BOLOGNA Locomotiv (Italy)
Tue June 03 2025 - MUNICH Ampere (Germany)
Wed June 04 2025 - PRAGUE Lucerna Music Bar (Czech Republic)
Fri June 06 2025 - VIENNA Theater Akzent (Austria)
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