Tim Burgess DJing at the Bands FC event, Ben Sherman popup, NYC (Photo: Paul Bachmann / Live4ever)
Tim Burgess will release a new EP in November, fulfilling his wish to keep his solo set-up working in the process.
“There was an energy that came from recording the album with such a brilliant band – I didn’t want it to end, I wanted to record a bit of a magnum opus, which is where Ascent of the Ascended came in,” Burgess says. “I’d always wanted to work with Charles Hayward from This Heat, so we have him a ring and he said yeah. With Yours. To Be being almost like an instant feeling you get in a moment, very rarely in your life – the two songs are so different but they somehow complement each other. So an EP was the perfect idea.”
“We had so many plans for playing live this year – from South by Southwest to Glastonbury and everything in between. But that wasn’t to be. We played four shows in New York before lockdown happened – so our session for Paste Magazine was such a rare event, we’ve included the songs to complete the EP.”
The Ascent Of The Ascended EP is set to follow this year’s I Love The New Sky album on November 27th, and is being previewed with Yours. To Be: