Richard Ashcroft announces first record in six years, shares new song "This Is How It Feels"
Richard Ashcroft, former frontman of The Verve, has announced his first record in six years, These People.
The track was recorded in Londo and is produced by Ashcroft and longtime collaborator Chris Potter. It also features arrangements from Wil Malone, who worked with The Verve on A Northern Soul and Urban Hymns, as well as Ashcroft's solo debut Alone With Everybody.
These People is out 20 May on his own Righteous Phonographic Association (via Cooking Vinyl).
Listen to "This Is How It Feels" below. Check out the tracklist and Ashcroft's words on the album after.
Tracklist:
1. Out Of My Body
2. This Is How It Feels
3. They Don’t Own Me
4. Hold On
5. These People
6. Everybody Needs Somebody To Hurt
7. Picture Of You
8. Black Lines
9. Ain’t The Future So Bright
10. Songs Of Experience
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