Newton Faulkner will release his new album Interference (Of Light) on 20th August 2021. His first album in four years, it will be released by Battenberg Records on vinyl, CD and digital formats. Before that the celebrated English singer/guitarist will play a number of socially distanced dates in England in May before embarking on a full tour of the U.K. and Ireland later in the year (full details below).
Speaking about Interference (Of Light), Newton Faulkner says “I’m not very precious any more. The music is a bit chunkier, it’s definitely way heavier and much less acoustic than previously. I feel like the stuff I’ve written recently is simpler, but it’s tasteful… it works as songs. I can feel it.”
Expanding upon the above, Faulkner tells us “I want to boil things down to their strongest form. It’s about the songs. However good you are at playing, if the voice isn’t up to scratch and the songs aren’t good enough, no one is going to listen to them. It’s grizzly, soulful, and a step further. Vocally, I’ve learned a huge amount over the years. I was a guitarist and a writer who sang. That’s kind of where I came from. And now I feel like my voice has caught up with the stuff I was doing on guitar.”
‘Together’, the first single from the forthcoming album, will be released in June.
Live dates as follows:
RESCHEDULED SOCIALLY DISTANCED TOUR MAY/JUNE
SUN 30 MAY: LEEDS, THE WARDROBE (SOLD OUT)
MON 31: STOKE-ON-TRENT, THE SUGARMILL (SOLD OUT)
TUE 1 JUNE: LONDON, CLAPHAM GRAND (SOLD OUT)
WED 2: BRIGHTON, CONCORDE 2
FRI 4: FROME, CHEESE & GRAIN
SUN 6: BOURNEMOUTH, THE OLD FIRE STATION (SOLD OUT)
MON 7: GUILDFORD, HOLY TRINITY CHURCH
TUE 8: TUNBRIDGE WELLS, ASSEMBLY HALL THEATRE
Streaming tickets available for the Clapham Grand Show
RESCHEDULED FROM MAY 2020 (TICKETS VALID) SEPTEMBER / OCTOBER
FRI 24 SEPTEMBER: CHESTER, CHESTER LIVE ROOM
SAT 25: CASTLETON, PEAK CAVERN
SUN 26: HOLMFIRTH, PICTURE DOME
THU 30: BURY ST EDMONDS, THE APEX
FRI 1 OCTOBER: TENBY, DE VALENCE PAVILION
SAT 2: SWANSEA, PATTI PAVILION
THE INTERFERENCE (OF LIGHT) TOUR OCTOBER / NOVEMBER
MON 11 OCTOBER: GLASGOW, GALVANISERS SWG3
TUE 12: EDINBURGH, LIQUID ROOM
SAT 16: NEWCASTLE, UNIVERSITY
MON 18: HULL, ASYLUM
TUE 19: SHEFFIELD, LEADMILL
WED 20: MANCHESTER, O2 RITZ
FRI 22: LIVERPOOL, O2 ACADEMY1
SAT 23: CARDIFF, TRAMSHED
MON 25: BIRMINGHAM, O2 INSTITUTE1
TUE 26: LONDON SHEPHERDS BUSH EMPIRE
THU 28: NORWICH, UEA
FRI 29: OXFORD, O2 ACADEMY1
SAT 30: BRISTOL, ANSON ROOMS
SUN 31: TORQUAY, THE FOUNDRY
TUE 2: NOVEMBER: DUBLIN, ACADEMY
Tickets on sale now, available at www.newtonfaulkner.com