Simply Minds' Jim Kerr Announces Details of Lostboy! AKA Album & Tour
Tuesday, 30 March 2010
Written by Nigel Sachdev
Simple Minds’ frontman Jim Kerr will release his debut solo album, 'Lostboy! AKA', in the UK on 16th May 2010.
Produced by Jez Coad (Simple Minds last 2 albums) and featuring Charlie Jones on bass (Robert Plant, Page & Plant, Goldfrapp) alongside long-time Simple Minds drummer Mel Gaynor, 'Lostboy! AKA' showcases a new musical alter ego for Jim, whilst retaining strong links with his 40-million selling, 33-year career with Simple Minds.
The album is described as being all about big melodic themes, turbo charged rhythms and guitars that shine. It is a noisy and juvenile explosion that comes from a wise head and a sophisticated heart; a rock and roll clatter that involves sequencers and hidden symphonies. It is also an eclectic collection, with tracks ranging from the Joy Division-esque, electro-tinged 'She Fell in Love With Silence' via pop gems such as title track 'Lostboy!' and 'Bulletproof Heart', to the instantly recognisable Simple Minds sound of 'Shadowland', which has also been selected as the lead single for the record.
The album will be released in 4 physical formats as well as digitally; a standard 11-track CD; 12" Vinyl; a limited edition CD featuring 3 bonus studio tracks, and a collector’s edition bundle which includes both the CD and a 7" vinyl single featuring covers of Velvet Underground’s 'What Goes On' and The Verve’s 'Lucky Man'.
Jim Kerr says, "Unbelievably I seemed to have reconnected with the spirit of the kid I was when I first started to make rock music. As if I had come face to face with the lost boy that I had left behind. I wanted to make music that reflected the rediscovery of the energy with which I had reconnected. I am delighted with the result and convinced that Lostboy! AKA is something special that will grow quickly over the next years in parallel with the ongoing great story of Simple Minds."
Tracklisting for all physical formats:
CD and 12" Vinyl LP:
01. Refugee
02. She Fell In Love With Silence
03. Shadowland
04. Return Of The King
05. Red Letter Day
06. Remember Asia
07. Bulletproof Heart
08. Lostboy!
09. Nail Through My Heart
10. Solo Man Solo Head
11. The Wait
CD Ltd. Edition: Same track listing as CD plus 3 bonus studio tracks
1. Mr Silversmith
2. Karma To This Rain
3. Sad Stone Child
7" Vinyl+CD (Collectors Edition):
7" A-side - What Goes On (a Velvet Underground song)
7" B-side - Lucky Man (a Verve song)
Lostboy!AKA Jim Kerr will perform some small intimate UK dates in May including:
Fri 21st - Aberdeen Warehouse
Sat 22nd - Glasgow King Tuts
Sun 23rd - London The Borderline
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