King Creosote announces new record Astronaut Meets Appleman

King Creosote - aka Fife-based Kenny Anderson - says it's about exploring "the tension and harmony between tradition and technology" and the feeling of "being caught between heaven and earth".

"I wanted to push myself songwriting-wise, so I went in with hardly anything and had to wing it,” Creosote adds. “I wanted to try and flip the clock all the way back to sound like a younger me – or a less cynical me. In the past, I've been fixated on twisting and wrenching every line, but here I've let that go a bit, and I hope that lets you concentrate more on the music; on what’s going on around it. I always feel I’m reaching for something, but I never get there, I wanted to get out of the usual places."

Astronaut Meets Appleman is released 2 September via Domino. It follows 2014 record From Scotland With Love.

Check out "You Just Want" below.

Tracklist:

1. You Just Want
2. Melin Wynt
3. Wake Up To This
4. Faux Call
5. Betelgeuse
6. Love Life
7. Peter Rabbit Tea
8. Surface
9. Rules of Engagement