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‘DANCE TILL ALL THE STARS COME DOWN’
THE BRAND NEW ALBUM
RELEASED 21st JULY 2023 ON POETICA
AVAILABLE ON VINYL, DIGITAL & CD
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‘The Long Way’ is the second single to be taken from the forthcoming album from The Lilac Time ‘Dance Till All The Stars Come Home’ released on the band’s own label, Poetica, on 21st July.
The song censures what Stephen considers the real blob; "Who votes to be homeless / To be unemployed / Who votes for kindness / To be destroyed / They offer just hatred / Or suicide.”
Stephen Duffy “Since 2016 I’ve only listened to Radio 3 due to the brevity of their news bulletins. I grew up in the sixties and seventies and thought we were on a beautiful trajectory away from stupidity. Regardless of how abhorrent and shameful the Thatcher years were I believed that virtue and righteousness would vanquish. And however unlawful and hateful the current Conservative government is it’s crucial we still believe.”
“You don’t have to be thin/ The house doesn’t always win/ And I’ve lived my life on a string/ Like a stray/ Don’t save anything for best/ This may be as good as it gets/ And don’t waste time having regrets.” Of these lines Duffy say “Although stray dogs spend little of life on a string I’m happy to sing this advice to whoever hears it. And I hope you are lucky enough to find or to have found your tribe.”
As with the previous single, ‘A Makeshift Raft’ the song is accompanied by a beautiful, animated video produced by Martin Carr www.newshapes.co.uk
‘Dance Till All The Stars Come Down’, is The Lilac Time’s first album since ‘Return To Us’ in 2019 and the eleventh since their eponymous debut in 1987. The Lilac Time are original members Nick & Stephen Duffy, with Claire Duffy who joined in 1999 and helped out immeasurably here by Ben Peeler. John Paterno returns to mix and master as he has done since ‘No Sad Songs’ of 2015.
Without conventional drums or bass, their fondness for country and folk hues are clearer. These are unequivocally and absolutely the best songs Stephen Duffy has ever written in his twenty or so long playing album career.
The Lilac Time say they love being who they are and they love this album and they hope you will find time to dance till all the stars come down with them.
THE LILAC TIME ‘DANCE TILL ALL THE STARS COME DOWN’
Your Vermillion Cliffs
The Long Way
On The Last Day Of Summer
Candy Cigarette
A Makeshift Raft
Adiós And Goodnight
So Far Away No.2
We Missed You
The Band That Nobody Knew
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