Tom McRae and The Standing Band release their new album, 'Did I Sleep And Miss The Border?'
“One of our best living song writers, the world needs more Tom McRae". Simon Armitage CBE, poet, playwright and novelist.
Tom McRae and The Standing Band release their new album, 'Did I Sleep And Miss The Border?' on May the 11th. The son of Christian missionaries, McRae is forgiven for picturing a ragged itinerant preacher, proclaiming Armageddon. According to Tom and his band, the end is always nigh.
Speaking of the departure from his previous, more stripped back albums, Tom says: “as we recorded the album, I had the image of our band gathered round a piano in a post-apocalyptic bar, singing our hearts out as the fires rage around us… also handily blocking the exits and stopping the crowd from leaving."
That the album is released on the eve of the UK General election is also no coincidence.
"We're sleep walking into a world ruled by oligarchs, where tech giants monitor and exploit our every thought, where governments and banks collude against us, and hyper-caffeinated teenagers design software to destroy any remaining jobs", says McRae, expanding on just some of the record's subject matter. "We're going to need something to sing along to when the shit finally comes down".
Recorded in Wales, Los Angeles, and Somerset this is Mercury and Brit nominated McRae's 7th studio album, and is the follow up to 2013's critically acclaimed 'From The Lowlands".
Tom wrote and recorded the album in between writing for a host of other artists, including Marianne Faithfull, who describes their song 'Love More Or Less' as her favourite from 2014's hit album 'Give My Love To London'.
Fifteen years since his debut ('Tom McRae Sony/BMG) McRae is an enduring artist, drawing large audiences in the UK and across Europe, and his newly adopted home of France. With its songs of rage, tenderness and hope, 'Did I Sleep And Miss The Border?' marks the return of one of Britain's finest song writers.
Watch a teaser clip for the album here
Tom McRae and The Standing Band release their new album, 'Did I Sleep And Miss The Border?' through Gentle Recordings/Universal on May the 11th and is available digitally on CD and Vinyl.
Concert
Les Ardentes Festival July 10th Belgium
Biography
- 2001 "Tom McRae" (SonyBMG) nominated for Mercury, Brit and Q award for best newcomer
- 2003 "Just Like Blood" (SonyBMG) produced by Ben Hillier (Elbow, Depeche Mode)
- In 2004 McRae moved to America, spending the next few years based in LA and New York
- 2005 "All Maps Welcome" (SonyBMG) produced by Joe Chicarelli (White Stripes, Rickie Lee Jones) recorded in Ocean Way, LA.
- 2007 "King of Cards" (V2) produced by Sean Genockey (Suede, Manic Street Preachers)
- 2010 "Alphabet of Hurricanes" (Cooking Vinyl) produced by Tom McRae
- 2013 "From The Lowlands" (Buzzard Tree) produced by Tom McRae
- 2015 "Did I Sleep and Miss The Border" (Buzzard Tree/ Sony/Gentle/MFS Norway) produced by Tom McRae