Steve Mason will release his new solo album About The Light on January 18th next year.
His successor to 2016’s Meet The Humans is a much more collaborative affair, Mason explaining that he ‘wanted to get his live band involved at every stage’ in order to capture the energy of his live shows on record. “So this time the band and myself worked on a collection of songs over the course of last year,” he concludes.
The video for first single Stars Around My Heart has been directed by Brother Willis, who explains:
“The concept and inspiration were very much a collaborative effort with Steve. We share a mutual love for the textures and warm personality that outdated formats have in contrast to the crisp HD 8K of today.”
“It was an incredible collaborative experiment to shoot on Tube Camera and modern camera and put it all out to tape and back to try and achieve the feeling of watching a beloved sci-fi movie from your youth. And a good excuse to have amazingly talented people build an alien vessel and hone their early 80’s visual effects skills.”
About The Light tracklist:
America Is Your Boyfriend
Rocket
No Clue
About The Light
Fox On The Rooftop
Stars Around My Heart
Spanish Brigade
Don’t Know Where
Walking Away From Love
The End