Photo Credit: Megan Doherty
Boston Manor have announced their new album Sundiver is set for release on 6th September via SharpTone Records.
“Sundiver is the culmination of two years work and four years of planning. Going into the pandemic we knew our next record would be a double album released in two parts, the first a short shadowy-noiry electronic record set over one night and the second a sprawling rock record that documents the following day. Both albums are products of their environments, we made Datura in the dead of winter in a windowless studio complex that mostly just produced techno, we’d enter before the sun rose and leave long after it set, basically never seeing sunlight. We made Sundiver in Welwyn Garden City over two summers, we barbecued every day & would walk across the road to a meadow and just take naps in the sunshine when we weren’t recording,” says vocalist Henry Cox.
“We’ve essentially been working on this album and building up to it since the pandemic. We were obsessed with trying to make a record that felt like blistering sunshine, or that wavy/hazy horizon you get when the pavement is super hot, but we didn’t want it to sound “happy” or “major key”. Sundiver is by far Boston Manor’s best and most ambitious record to date, and we couldn’t be happier with it, I really hope our fans love it as much as we do.”
They have also shared the albums lead single HEAT ME UP. “‘Heat Me Up’ ended up being the first track we finished on the album. We’d gone down to Welwyn Garden City where we were going to record the album to write and do some pre-production,” adds Cox. “It was actually our day off, it was a blistering hot day and we had nothing to do, so we had a barbecue in the garden and wrote a song. Sometimes tunes take months to write but this just flew right out in an afternoon. It’s a song about being utterly obsessed with someone and being grateful for what you have.”
Like what you hear? HEAT ME UP is available to stream now and Sundiver can be pre-ordered HERE.
See them on their UK headline tour later this year at the following dates:
September 2024
Wed 18th – NOTTINGHAM – Rock City
Thu 19th – MANCHESTER – O2 Ritz
Fri 20th – LEEDS – Project House
Sun 22nd – GLASGOW – SWG3
Tue 24th – BRISTOL – SWX
Wed 25th – SOUTHAMPTON – Engine Rooms
Thu 26th – BIRMINGHAM – XOYO
Fri 27th – LONDON – O2 Forum Kentish Town
Tickets are available here.
