The Psychedelic Furs to Release First Album in 29 Years
- Sign worldwide deal with CookingVinyl
- Slated for Q1 2020 release
London, 23 July 2019: A new worldwide deal withCooking Vinyl is set to see post-punk icons The Psychedelic Furs release theirfirst album of new material in almost thirty years.
The as-of-yet-untitled studioalbum is being recorded in the USA and produced by former Love Spit Love memberand current Guns ‘n’ Roses guitarist Richard Fortus. Following speculationabout new material, the album is slated for release in Q1 2020, creating one ofthe longest gaps between studio releases for a contemporary act.
Since their debut in 1979, ThePsychedelic Furs carved their niche within the emergent punk scene, became apioneering band in the early days of MTV and have had a slew of hits with ‘LoveMy Way’, ‘Pretty In Pink’, ‘Heaven’, ‘The Ghost In You’, and ‘Heartbreak Beat’across 7 studio albums and a myriad of compilations and soundtracks.
The Psychedelic Furs went on anextended hiatus after their seventh studio album - 1991’s World Outside - with co-founders Richard and Tim going on to formLove Spit Love. After almost a decade apart, the Furs reignited in 2000 andhave kept their following engaged with a busy touring schedule worldwide and areissue of their entire back catalogue on vinyl in 2018.
Recently, they’ve been buildingmomentum through shows at the Hollywood Bowl, Meltdown Festival and sharing abill with Nick Cave at All Points East and the Killers at Benicassim and theOttawa Bluesfest. The appearance of ‘The Ghost in You’ on Netflix’s Stranger Things and ‘Love My Way’ in theAcademy Award winning film Call Me ByYour Name has exposed a new generation of fans to the band and their music- with their top tracks now boasting over 150m streams between them.
The band are currently headlininga North American tour with James and have their own UK/EU dates coming inOctober, including a show at London’s prestigious Roundhouse.
Landing The Psychedelic Fursrepresents a coup for the label, whose MD Rob Collins has long wanted to workwith the pioneering act. Signing for the world, they join a diverse rosterwhich over the past year has seen ahost of fresh signings, such as Rumer and Swim Deep, join classic acts such asBilly Bragg and The Prodigy.
The Psychedelic Furs’ manager, Rob Dillman said “We are thrilled to be working with Martin,Rob, Howie and the entire gang at Cooking Vinyl. The Furs had beencontemplating doing new songs for quite some time. The enthusiasm and passionthe label has shown for the band and the project made it an easy call...we arevery excited to be doing this together.”
MD of Cooking Vinyl, Rob Collins, added “It’s been a long-term ambition of mine towork with The Psychedelic Furs, as they’ve made some of my all-time favouriterecords. That means it’s a particularly personal project for Cooking Vinyl, andmakes a unique addition to our roster following a very active period ofsignings.”
About The Cooking Vinyl Group
Establishedin 1986 by Martin Goldschmidt and Pete Lawrence, the Cooking Vinyl Group hasdeveloped a reputation as an internationally successful, artist-focusedindependent music company.
Home to an eclectic mix of acclaimed artists,the company’s record division roster currently includes: Nina Nesbitt, BillyBragg, Will Young, Passenger, Swim Deep, Lissie, Fantastic Negrito, TheWaterboys, Amanda Palmer, Suzanne Vega, Lewis Watson, Alison Moyet, The Cult,Deap Vally and The Fratellis, amongst many others.
CookingVinyl has consistently been at the forefront of the digital revolution andevolution. It was the first European label to do a deal with the MP3 downloadsite eMusic and the first to enter negotiations with the peer-to-peerfile-sharing company Kazaa. Later on, Cooking Vinyl set up its own onlinedistribution company, Uploader, which was then sold to the Independent OnlineDistribution Alliance (IODA).
CookingVinyl then set up the independent distribution company Essential Music whichwas bought by Sony Red in 2016 and soon after became The Orchard UK.
TheCooking Vinyl Group includes Cooking Vinyl Publishing, Motus Music, Fat CatRecords and The Music Royalty Co. Cooking Vinyl currently has offices inLondon, Paris, Berlin, New York and Melbourne and an international network ofpartner companies that offer a global route to market for artists.