Circa Waves - Death & Love (2LP Indies Blue & Pink Vinyl)

Liverpool’s indie powerhouse Circa Waves announce the second chapter of their brand new album Death & Love via Lower Third/[PIAS].

From being well-received at press, to strong UK radio support, Death & Love Pt.1 was both terrifying and liberating to write, and is the first instalment of urgent, 9-track hits of cathartic guitar-pop, serving as a powerful coping mechanism to help process frontman Kieran Shudall’s near-death experience. Both parts are set for physical release on the 24 th of October.

The album sees supreme indie hits including a nice big slab of Strokes-y dancefloor destruction of ‘Like You Did Before’ to its first offering ‘We Made It’, as well as the extremely topical and longing ‘American Dream’.

Back in early 2023, Kieran received a call from doctors to say that the main artery in his heart was severely blocked. Two days later, he was lying on an operating table watching a wire being inserted into his heart to fix it. What followed was the cancelling of a lot of shows, working out a lot of medication, and most crucially, now having to navigate a new way of life.

And the results are quite simply stunning. Self-produced by Kieran, and engineered by Matt Wiggins (Adele, Lana Del Rey, Glass Animals), the nine tracks that make up Death & Love Pt.1 ooze nostalgia, and hark back to the sounds and themes that made Shudall want to pick up a guitar in the very first place.

Death & Love is an incredibly powerful snapshot in time - a reflection on a moment of true terror, and the joy of coming through the other side. It’s a brave and remarkable next step for a band in the finest form of their career.

1. American Dream
2. Like You Did Before
3. We Made It
4. Le Bateau
5. Hold It Steady
6. Let's Leave Together
7. Blue Damselfly
8. Everything Changed
9. Bad Guys Always Win
10. Lost In The Fire
11. Stick Around
12. Cherry Bomb
13. Ten Outta Ten
14. Love Me For The Weekend
15. Sunbeams
16. Sweet Simple Thing
17. Wave Goodbye