The Sherlocks backstage at the Albert Hall, Manchester (Gary Mather for Live4ever)
NYC (Sing It Loud) is leading off the announcement of The Sherlocks‘ new album Under Your Sky.
“It was the first proper American tour we’d done and I was blown away by the place,” frontman Kiaran Crook remembers of the single’s inspiration. “The other side was wishing certain people could be there to see it with me.”
“When you know people are at home and you’re having such a good time, you think, ‘If you could see what I’m seeing.’ Even though I’m in New York, I’m still thinking about people at home who I wish could see New York who have never been and may never go.”
The LP will be released on October 4th and is said to be a more studio-focused affair than debut Live For The Moment. “The first album was us four in a room,” Crook continues. “We wanted to make it really raw like the Arctic Monkeys’ first album or Kings Of Leon’s.”
“We wanted to capture the live sound and polish it up a bit. With this one we’ve taken it a step further and made it slightly smoother and put more keyboards in. Rather than having the guitars thrashing all the time we’ve tried being a bit sweeter with it. It sounds more contemporary, I can hear it on Radio 1.”