Richard Hawley serenades Sheffield FC on new single Alone


Richard Hawley

Chris Saunders




Richard Hawley might have cast the net further on his most recent solo album, but Sheffield is still never far from his thoughts and it’s the city’s oldest football club, Sheffield FC, which is the subject of his new single and video Alone.

Further is an album ‘roughly divided between guitar heavy blasts and the more sombre, intimate slices of observations that have long been the touchstone of Hawley’s career’, according to Live4ever’s review:

“My Little Treasures is based on conversations with friends of his father following his death some years ago. For whatever reason, perhaps because of the emotions attached to it, the song has been gestating for 12 years, and the wait has been worthwhile. It manages the rare feat of making the listener nostalgic on first listen.”

“The title-track is jaunty and romantic, while the elegant music hall of Emilina Says is this album’s mandatory kitchen sink tale. Elsewhere, Not Lonely might be the most fragile thing he’s ever done. On the other side of the coin, he’s evoking Britpop and garage on the rockier numbers.”


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