Stereophonics frontman Kelly Jones has surprised fans with news of a new album, Don’t Let The Devil Take Another Day - a homage to the crowd-pleasing 2019 single of the same name. Announcing the new record on Twitter this morning, the Cynon Valley band have promised a collection of some of their finest moments “reimagined and rearranged.”
Kelly releases his new album ‘Don’t Let The Devil Take Another Day’ on Fri 4th Dec on @Parlophone! Available on 3xLP, 2xCD & digitally, it features some of Stereophonics’ finest moments reimagined, rearranged & intimately re-recorded in 2019! Pre-order at https://t.co/tsrwpTlrvz pic.twitter.com/Z2roKsMWKi
— stereophonics (@stereophonics) October 28, 2020
The track listing for the new album includes re-recordings of a clutch of classic Stereophonics hits – including Hurry Up And Wait, Mr Writer, Local Boy In The Photograph, Maybe Tomorrow, Traffic, Just Looking and Dakota – as well as some unexpected covers. One early standout released on YouTube today is Kelly Jones’ stunning rendition of Kris Kristofferson’s soul ballad Help Me Make It Through The Night, which had also been masterfully covered by Gladys Knight & The Pips in 1972.
The new LP, which is due out on December 4th, will be accompanied by a documentary film (also titled Don’t Let The Devil Take Another Day). The film will premiere at the BFI in London on November 4th – with a limited number of tickets still available online – ahead of a general cinematic release on November 27th. The documentary will also be available for virtual on-demand screening from December 3rd.
Director Ben Lowe captured much of the film’s footage during Kelly Jones’ intimate 2019 solo tour. He told NME: “I’ve been to hundreds of gigs in my life – shooting with my camera or purely as a fan – but I’d never experienced a show quite like Kelly’s on this tour. You recognise there’s something pretty special happening on-stage if the performances, and the stories he was telling between them, can make an audience laugh and cry on the same night. I wanted to make this documentary feel as truthful and heartfelt as Kelly’s shows. I knew it would be beautiful to hear these songs in a theatre, but I was really blown away. After the tour when Kelly told me about his first few months of the year, I felt inspired by the courage and honesty of it all.”
A statement on the Stereophonics’ official website highlights that the track selection for the new record – which comes ten years after the tragic death of the band’s much-loved original drummer Stuart Cable – will “pull together the songs that got him through the worst of times, whilst telling stories of how those songs came about.”
Kelly Jones – Don’t Let The Devil Take Another Day track listing:
1. Hurry Up And Wait
2. You’re My Star
3. Suzy
4. Katie
5. I Wanna Get Lost With You
6. Help Me Make It Through The Night
7. I Stopped To Fill My Car Up
8. Before Anyone Knew Our Name
9. Mr Writer
10. Rewind
11. Local Boy In The Photograph
12. Feel
13. Into The World
14. This Life Ain’t Easy (But It’s The One That We All Got)
15. Boy On A Bike
16. No-One’s Perfect
17. Show Me How
18. Maybe Tomorrow
19. Traffic
20. Just Looking
21. Dakota
