Zipped up in a thermal fleece as he talks to The Yorkshire Post via video from his home in Spain, it might not quite be the sumptuous “Springtime for the world” that Robert Howard yearned for in a 1990 Blow Monkeys’ song, but the singer and songwriter is in good spirits.
He’s just returned from a tour of Britain in March, which included Barnsley and Settle, and will be back again in this region next week for a gig in Sheffield. “I love those kind of gigs,” he says. “Local theatres, 300 to 400 capacity, local-run, good vibe, kind of non-rock ’n’ roll, if you know what I mean, but cool.” In May, The Blow Monkeys are due to release their 12th studio album, Together/Alone, on Last Night From Glasgow, the Scottish-based indie label with which they’re now working.
I love those end of life albums that Leonard Cohen made, and David Bowie to an extent, I think one of his most powerful things was Blackstar. I think that was probably in my top three Bowie albums. Nick Cave dwells a lot around there, although I kind of preferred my Nick Cave when he was devil-worshipping – give me Release The Bats any day of the week.
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