Skerryvore excel at using their Scottish roots music as the beating heart behind a contemporary alt-pop sound that’s winning over audiences both home and abroad. It’s a style that they continue to evolve on their upcoming album ‘Tempus’ viaCooking Vinyl on April 28th, with an intoxicating concoction of anthemic highs, strident rock, stadium-folk thrills and subtle dance beats. Now they start 2023 by sharing the album’s first official single ‘Everything You Need’, which was premiered on Zoe Ball’s Radio 2 Breakfast Show this morning. Listen HERE. Watch the video HERE.
A propulsive pop song with a chorus as big as a Hebridean sky, ‘Everything You Need’ melds those two worlds more cohesively than ever. Luminous synths, the exuberant rush of their live shows and some rootsy, traditional inspiration combine to take Scottish music to the global www. And vocalist Alec Dalglish has never sounded better, his confident topline exalting a belief that better times will eventually triumph over challenging circumstances.
Alec Dalglish says, “The song is about how life can throw the unexpected at you but that it’s important to trust that you’ll end up on the right path eventually and that sometimes things happen for reasons that may at first be unknown.”
‘Everything You Need’ is the latest song to preview the ‘Tempus’ album after a new version of the Radio 2 playlisted ‘You & I’ and the urgent instrumental ‘Vancouver Island’. In essence, ‘Tempus’ is Skerryvor
‘Tempus’ is available to pre-order/pre-save HERE, with ‘Everything You Need’, ‘You & I’ and ‘Vancouver Island’ all provided as instant downloads. Physical formats include a signed limited edition transparent violet vinyl with a Japanese OBI wrap, which is exclusive from Assai Records; plus a limited edition transparent blue vinyl with a signed print as well as eight cassettes formats, each of which feature a different band member on the cover, along with their signature. Both of these are available from Skerryvore’s official store.
Their upcoming UK headline tour is split between a Scottish leg in March and then a run of shows in England in May. Tickets for the shows, listed below, are available here. Expect further live announcements to follow soon.
MARCH
17th – Elgin, Town Hall
18th – Kirkwall, Pickaquoy Centre
19th – Strathpeffer, Pavilion
24th – Dunoon, Queen’s Hall
25th – Perth, Concert Hall
26th – Kilmarnock, Centrestage
MAY
12th – Carlisle, Old Fire Station
13th – Gloucester, Guildhall
14th – Poole, Lighthouse
18th – Exeter, Corn Exchange
19th – Liskeard, Carnglaze Cavern
20th – Shrewsbury, Theatre Severn
21st – Settle, Victoria Hall
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