Postuum werk van The Saints op komst

Op 28 november brengt Fire Records nog een langspeler van The Saints uit.

'Long March Through The Jazz Age' bevat het laatste werk dat wijlen Chris Bailey en The Saints opnamen. Het betreft demo's die einde 2018 werden opgenomen in de Church Street Studios in Sydney door Bailey en Saints-drummer Pete Wilkinson samen met gitarist en engineer Sean Carey, die eerder al met de band had getourd. Davey Lane (You Am I) op gitaar en enkele jonge koperblazers, strijkers en toetsenisten vervolledigden de line-up. De single Empires (Sometimes We Fall) is de opener van het album en kan je hieronder beluisteren.

Pete Wilkinson herinnert het zich nog levendig: "When it came to recording vocals, Chris Bailey saved the best until last. His lyrical prowess is well known to those familiar with The Saints, new and old, but these recordings offer a new-found depth and breadth to his voice that surpass anything I had heard before." Sean Carey voegt daaraan toe: "Chris was a true artist, it was like watching someone paint a fresh artwork every single day. This collection of songs and recordings were inspired and felt different to anything else I'd been doing."