Dexys Midnight Runners - LOVE (Now Spinning 048) (Indies Yellow Vinyl) (Limited to 200 Copies) (Hand Numbered Slice & Signed By Kevin Rowlands) + Wooden Block Record Display Stand

Announcing Dexys Midnight Runners brand new album, LOVE as number 048 in our Now Spinning series.

Produced by David Holmes - read on to whet your appetite on an album about Kevin's second-generation Irish upbringing in England, family relationships, later-life romance, loss, ageing, memory and reconciliation. An artist who is constantly reinventing, this is LOVE.

With Our Wax and Beans Exclusive You Will Receive:

• Indies Yellow Vinyl
• Slice Signed By Kevin Rowland & Hand-Numbered (Only Available at Wax and Beans)
• Limited to 200 Copies
• Wooden Block Record Display Stand

LOVE, Dexys Midnight Runners latest, possibly last ever album, is a luminous collection of scenes and reckonings. Stories of family and friends, tales from past and present. All drawn from Kevin Rowland’s life, each an individual jewel, threaded together with love. Songs begun three decades ago sit alongside those written in the last year. A vivid depiction of Rowland's Irish immigrant childhood [‘My Life in England Pt 1’]; a moving letter to his grandchildren [‘You’re Alright’]; a wistful moment at the start of a love affair [‘I Want To Be Holding You Next Christmas’]; a pin-perfect portrait of time spent with a dying parent [‘Once A Man, Twice A Child’]; the difficulties of relationships when you're older [‘Old Love’]. All deeply personal, all true, all here; the full human span of relationships, family and intimate emotion.

The theme of this album - Kevin's ninth, Dexys' seventh - gradually emerged as the songs progressed. "I don’t remember when it happened, but I just thought, 'Hang on, these are all love songs, of different kinds',” he says. "I knew then: Call it LOVE." These are love songs, but not of the usual pop style. Not will-she-won't-she romance, but something more emotional and all-encompassing. Those small moments that illustrate a rollercoaster sweep. "Everyone came at this project with love," he says. To tell a lifetime of different loves. A love life.

Pre order now and prepare to fall in love with this album.

Wax and Beans Now Spinning series launched on Boxing Day in 2024. The series highlight is a slice that is available exclusively at Wax and Beans

What is a Wax and Beans slice we hear you cry?

The Wax and Beans slice is a collectible magnetic strip that allows you to show friends and family what music you’re spinning right now.

Only available at Wax and Beans, for select releases, the slice is hand-numbered and can be used flexibly. You can attach it to a magnetised Wax and Beans ‘Now Spinning’ wooden block (our latest, upgraded Now Spinning Record Display stand - available to purchase separately or part of a bundle) or stick it on your fridge, radiator or wherever you want really.

1. My Life In England Pt.1 

2. You’ve Got The Love 

3. Once A Man and Twice A Child 

4. You’re Alright 

5. I Want To Be Holding You Next Christmas 

6. I’ll Always Love You 

7. Strange Feelin 

8. It’s Over Now 

9. Old Love 

10. My Life In England Pt.2