Stereophonics to release 13th album in March
Stereophonics will release their 13th album in March.
The Welsh band have already recorded the follow up to 2022’s ‘Oochya!’ and will release their new single in January, followed by the latest record two months later.
Speaking to Johnny Vaughan on Radio X, frontman Kelly Jones said: "Yeah, our new single’s out in January and then the album’s in March, so there you go!"
Kelly previously shared on social media that the album has been recorded and he can't wait to get back on the road with the band.
He wrote: "Being on the road again with my best friends, playing all the hits of this band’s catalogue, for people in huge outdoor gatherings through the summer of 2025 makes me so excited, we should make a new album…oh wait …we already did that! See ya there for more good times….TUNE!!! TUNE!!! TUNE!!"
The band will embark on their ‘Stadium Anthems’ tour of the UK and Ireland in June and July, ending with a hometown gig at Cardiff’s Principality Stadium.
Last year, Kelly, 50, released his solo album 'Inevitable Incredible' and admitted he had been nervous about stepping outside of the band and sharing his own music.
Writing for NME, he explained: "A fear of stepping outside the success of Stereophonics, a band I formed when I was a teenager has gripped me for a long time. It may all fall apart. More fear. But a lot of music I was creating was getting lost. New music sometimes needs a concentrated space to be appreciated fully in its correct surroundings and context, many great songs I presented under Stereophonics got overlooked by the anthems...
"I want to make music like filmmakers make films. Different subjects and landscapes and tones from one project to the next. I saw Ethan Hawke say somewhere, something like, No one gives a f*** about poetry or Yeats until their Dad dies and then they need a verse to tell them what it all means at the funeral. I think this album is a little like that. I want to be truthful and honest even if that puts me in a very vulnerable place, I can’t phone this in. I don’t know fully what this record is or what it means, but if you’re in a place you’re looking or searching for something within you, you may find something within these songs that connect to you."
The Welsh band have already recorded the follow up to 2022’s ‘Oochya!’ and will release their new single in January, followed by the latest record two months later.
Speaking to Johnny Vaughan on Radio X, frontman Kelly Jones said: "Yeah, our new single’s out in January and then the album’s in March, so there you go!"
Kelly previously shared on social media that the album has been recorded and he can't wait to get back on the road with the band.
He wrote: "Being on the road again with my best friends, playing all the hits of this band’s catalogue, for people in huge outdoor gatherings through the summer of 2025 makes me so excited, we should make a new album…oh wait …we already did that! See ya there for more good times….TUNE!!! TUNE!!! TUNE!!"
The band will embark on their ‘Stadium Anthems’ tour of the UK and Ireland in June and July, ending with a hometown gig at Cardiff’s Principality Stadium.
Last year, Kelly, 50, released his solo album 'Inevitable Incredible' and admitted he had been nervous about stepping outside of the band and sharing his own music.
Writing for NME, he explained: "A fear of stepping outside the success of Stereophonics, a band I formed when I was a teenager has gripped me for a long time. It may all fall apart. More fear. But a lot of music I was creating was getting lost. New music sometimes needs a concentrated space to be appreciated fully in its correct surroundings and context, many great songs I presented under Stereophonics got overlooked by the anthems...
"I want to make music like filmmakers make films. Different subjects and landscapes and tones from one project to the next. I saw Ethan Hawke say somewhere, something like, No one gives a f*** about poetry or Yeats until their Dad dies and then they need a verse to tell them what it all means at the funeral. I think this album is a little like that. I want to be truthful and honest even if that puts me in a very vulnerable place, I can’t phone this in. I don’t know fully what this record is or what it means, but if you’re in a place you’re looking or searching for something within you, you may find something within these songs that connect to you."
