{"product_id":"dexys-midnight-runners-love","title":"Dexys Midnight Runners - LOVE Listening Party","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eDash The Henge is hosting a very special listening party for the new Dexys Midnight Runners album LOVE the night before release day, \u003cstrong\u003eThursday 3rd September from 7pm\u003c\/strong\u003e at \u003cstrong\u003eDash The Henge Store, Camberwell\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eExclusive limited edition merch bundles\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e are available for all preorders of \u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDeluxe CD Book\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e and hand numbered, signed \u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhite Label LP\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePreorder today to receive on release day, Friday 4th September\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFREE ENTRY TICKETS TO LISTENING PARTY ALSO AVAILABLE\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"Description_reasons-to-buy-wrapper__0CthD\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"Content_description-wrapper__XbO9z\" data-is-open=\"true\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"Content_inner-wrapper__xBJ2L\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"Description_truncated-text__yUXZD\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"Description_descriptionBody__bEN2t\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"Description_descriptionText__Lgv7A\" data-testid=\"description-product\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eLOVE,\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eDexys 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe 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\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eLOVE.\"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eThese 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eLOVE\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis also their first album under the Dexys Midnight Runners name since 1985’s Don’t Stand Me Down. “We realised a couple of years ago that some young people know Dexys Midnight Runners from ‘Geno’ and ‘Come On Eileen,’ but some that we spoke to, were confused by the name, Dexys. And some, thought Dexys was a different outfit to Dexys Midnight Runners.,” says Kevin. “Since Dexys returned in 2012, we’ve always felt what we do is worthy of a young audience, so it was a no brainer to revert to Dexys Midnight Runners”.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Those familiar with Kevin’s wonderful autobiography, Bless Me Father, will recognise some of the people in these songs: his dad, his brother, his first love, more recent romances. But this is a Dexys Midnight Runners album, the group of players where Kevin began his music career, and where he works best. So his lyrics are explored and highlighted, lifted to greater heights by the songwriting and creativity of long-time collaborators Sean Read, Mike Timothy and Jim Paterson. There are strings, too, arranged by Brian Irving, originally from Belfast.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFellow Belfast man, DJ and musician David Holmes, is the album's producer. Holmes had long wanted to work with Kevin and Dexys: “They were the first act I was ever truly obsessed with, the first I saw live”. David's older sister bought him a Walkman when he was 11, and his first cassette was Searching For the Young Soul Rebels. 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