Richard Ashcroft (Photo: Paul Bachmann for Live4ever Media)
It’ll be over a decade since ‘Keys To The World‘ when ‘These People‘ is released next month, but in contrast Richard Ashcroft is this time already thinking ahead to his new solo album’s follow-up.
Speaking earlier in the week to Steve Lamacq on BBC 6Music, Ashcroft reflected on album closer ‘Songs Of Experience‘, describing it as ‘not the absolute full stop’ as he aims for his next release sooner rather than later.
“The outro has just got a great atmosphere for the end of the record, bookends it with ‘Out Of My Body’, almost like a deconstruction of the psyche through the album,” he said. “Also leaves it open for the next record because it’s been a few years now so I’ve got a number of tunes ready to roll for the next one.”
“So I wanted to give that sense of, ‘it’s not the absolute full stop here, part one’s coming to an end, get ready for the next wave’.”
‘These People’ will be the first album from the former Verve frontman of any kind since the 2010 ‘United Nations Of Sound‘ project when it is released on May 20th.