Liam Fray, The Courteeners (Photo: Andy Crossland for Live4ever Media)
The Courteeners have collaborated with Emma Jane Unsworth on a short film based on a story written by the author especially for the band.
Detailed by frontman Liam Fray on Instagram, Better will comprise three Courteeners videos and will also be released as three chapters online starting tomorrow evening. “Honoured and privileged to work with @emjaneunsworth on this,” Fray wrote.
“As many of you know, I’m a massive fan of acclaimed author Emma Jane Unsworth’s work so I’m especially excited to announce that when we asked Emma to write something specifically for the band, she said ‘yes’!”
“The short story she delivered – titled Better – has been made into a short film that comprises of three Courteeners music videos. The three separate parts of the story will be also available to read online to coincide with their corresponding video – the first chapter of the story will be available tomorrow at 7pm, followed by number one in a trilogy of videos going live at 7pm on Thursday.”
The Courteeners release their new album More. Again. Forever on January 17th, 2020, the successor to 2016’s Mapping The Rendezvous.