The Wave Pictures - When The Purple Emperor Spreads His Wings (2LP Coloured Vinyl)

The Wave Pictures, industrious and prolific as ever, return on Thursday 18 November with ‘This Heart Of Mine’. Following two albums in 2018, ‘Brushes With Happiness’ and ‘Look Inside Your Heart’, this is the first track to be made available from their new double album ‘When The Purple Emperor Spreads His Wings’, due for 2022 release.

Formed over twenty years ago by Franic Rozycki and David Tattersall in Wymeswold, Leicestershire, and joined by Jonny ‘Hudderfield’ Helm since 2005, The Wave Pictures have released over twenty albums of their own, along with exciting side projects such as garage rock supergroup The Surfing Magazines, several albums with Stanley Brinks, and Dave’s recent guitar contributions to Billy Childish albums, with whom they also collaborated on their 2014 album ‘Great Big Flamingo Burning Moon’.

Across these varied releases, accommodating Dave’s free flowing fountain of songwriting, The Wave Pictures have shown their deep affection for rock and roll, blues, jazz, classic rock, and of course Dave’s legendary love of good guitar solo. With a nuance of autumn, ‘This Heart Of Mine’ references time and space travel & memory all rolled into one. Musically inspired by classic Neil Young, ‘This Heart Of Mine’ witnesses The Wave Pictures going full-on country and features cowboy harmonica from Dominic ‘Hotdog’ Brider, Franic Rozycki on mandolin, alongside Dave Tattersall’s gentle acoustic guitar strum.

1. River of Gold

2. Back In The City

3. French Cricket

4. Never Better

5. Blink The Sun

6. Samsun

7. This Heart of Mine

8. Douglas

9. Jennifer

10. Smell The Ocean

11. I'd Be Doing Anything

12. Hazel Irvine

13. Don't Forget Me

14. Winter Baby

15. Flight From Destruction

16. When The Purple Emperor Spreads His Wings

17. Never Let You Down 18. Dale It's A Damn Shame

19. Walking to Wymeswold

20. Secret Messages