NEW TRACK MARKS THE FORTH SINGLE FROM NEW ALBUM ‘LOOPHOLES’
‘Ambrosia‘ is the latest single to be lifted from Loopholes, the forthcoming album by Michael Head and The Red Elastic Band. Set for release on Friday 3rd of May, Loopholes is set to be the former The Pale Fountains and Shack legend’s most personal project to date.
Slow waltzing through memories as if only yesterday, Ambrosia’s deceptively calm and collected tour story, starting in Glasgow and taking a ‘walk through the privets’ before heading into Europe in the grip of cheap acid, sets the listener alongside Head and his Shack bandmates in the back of the van in the mid-noughties. With every second and every line wrapped in warmth for those that came along for the ride and a sense of nostalgic pride, Ambrosia is Head’s loving hymn to Shack and loose, unshackled days of love and chaos left behind.
Head says: “’Ambrosia’ was written when I was reminiscing about the days playing and touring with Shack. Some of the members, Iain Templeton, Pete Wilkinson, our John and the tour manager, Eastie and I are all mentioned. Tripping off our heads, we left Eastie outside a pizzeria in Italy and had to go back to rescue him! Iain passed away halfway through writing the song. Bill’s production really captures the essence of the story.”
Promising an album that skimmed stones over his past, not only as a feted musician blessed with as many well-documented lows as uncontested highs, but as a fixture in off-centre British culture for five decades, much of Loophole was written and recorded at the same time as Head was considering the chapters of his life for an upcoming autobiography. Readying the book, titled Ciao Ciao Bambino: A Magical Memoir for publication by Nine Eight Books on Thu 15 August 2024, the stories told in Ambrosia and previous singles, Ciao Ciao Bambino, Connemara and Shirl’s Ghost, came rushing to mind as prose and then, inevitably, fell into place as lyrics.
TOUR DATES
Ready to perform songs from Loophole alongside tracks from his highest charting, 2022 album Dear Scott, plus fan-favourites from the back catalogues of The Pale Fountains, Shack and The Strands, Head and his band prepare for seven UK Tour dates, opening in Glasgow in early May. December brings another career and lifetime landmark for Head as he gathers friends and fans for an unmissable night at Liverpool Philharmonic Hall.
Tickets available HERE
INSTORES
Recently announcing a run of intimate acoustic performances and the opportunity for fans to pick up a signed, limited-edition Loophole artwork, the full run of current Michael Head live dates for 2024 are as follows:
Sun 31 Mar – London, Rough Trade East
Wed 3 Apr – Sheffield, HMV Sheffield
Thu 4 Apr – Birmingham – HMV, The Vault
Mon 8 Apr – Brighton, Resident
Sat 13 Apr – Liverpool, Jacaranda Baltic
Sun 14 Apr – Manchester, Piccadilly Records
Mon 15 Apr – Nottingham, Rough Trade Nottingham
Wed 24 Apr – Glasgow, Assai
LOOPHOLES by Michael Head and The Red Elastic Band will be released May 3rd 2024 by Modern Sky.
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