Edwyn Collins has announced that he’ll release his new album, Badbea, on his own AED label on March 29.
Hear the first song from it, “Outside”, below:
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Badbea was recorded at Collins’ new Clashnarrow Studios in Helmsdale, north-east Scotland. The album is named after an abandoned village on a clifftop five miles north of Helmsdale, where his grandfather once lived.
The album was co-produced by Sean Read (Dexys, The Rockingbirds) and features long-term musical cohorts Carwyn Ellis (Colorama) and James Walbourne (The Pretenders / The Rails).
Peruse the tracklisting for Badbea below:
1. It’s All About You
2. In The Morning
3. I Guess We Were Young
4. It All Makes Sense To Me
5. Outside
6. Glasgow To London
7. Tensions Rising
8. Beauty
9. I Want You
10. I’m OK Jack
11. Sparks The Spark
12. Badbea