Dexys, aka Dexys Midnight Runners, have released details about their upcoming album ‘One Day I’m Going To Soar’ which will be released on 4th June this year.
It will be their first album in 26 years, following the release of ‘Don’t Stand Me Down’ in 1985. The album, coming out through BMG Rights Management, features previous members Kevin Rowland, Mick Talbot on keyboards , Pete Williams on bass and Jim Paterson(who co-wrote some of the tracks) on trombone and will be released under the Dexys name.
Kevin Rowland stated: “I got lucky. I couldn’t have made this record five years ago. Or ten years ago. Everything seemed to fall into place. I already had many of the songs around for a while written with Jim Paterson and others but was struggling to take them forward. Then I realised I needed heavyweight help and ran into Mick Talbot. Soon it became obvious that Pete Williams should play the bass.
I don’t know why, but it seems like the stars were aligned. Everything seemed to work, whereas previously, it hadn’t. It seemed there were so many people willing this to happen and keen to put in as much time and effort as was needed to make it live up to its potential – not least Mick Talbot (keyboards and co producer) and Pete Schwier (engineer and co producer) – massive contributions both. I couldn’t have done it without either of them, or the efforts of the other musicians. This is a Dexys record, not a Kevin Rowland record. It’s now called Dexys, NOT Dexys Midnight Runners because it’s the same, but it’s also not the same”
Check out a preview of the new album here:
