The Boo Radleys have announced that they will be performing live in Sussex in support of their new album, ‘In Spite Of Everything’, which will be out on 1st May. The release is The Boo Radley’s third album since they got back together at the start of this decade. We understand that it’s filled with instantly addictive pop songs and features the following tunes:
‘Affected’, ‘Rejected’, ‘Soloarcide’, ‘Do Better, Know Better’, ‘Hey, I Know’, ‘Living Is Easy’, ‘King Budgie’, ‘Through The Crack In The Window’, ‘Bring Them Back Again’, ‘This Is The Place’,‘ Song For Natalie’ and ‘Wasn’t I Enough?’.
As a taster, the band today released ‘Bring Them Back Again’ as a single – Find it HERE.
Fans can pre-order ‘In Spite Of Everything’ album HERE.
The Boo Radleys’ journey began in 1988 when childhood friends Simon “Sice” Rowbottom, Tim Brown and guitarist Martin Carr formed the band in Wallasey, on the Wirral, Merseyside. From the raw, noise-heavy debut ‘Ichabod And I’ (1990) and the melodic shoegaze masterpiece ‘Everything’s Alright Forever’ (1992), established them as vital contributors to the UK indie scene. But it was 1993’s ‘Giant Steps’, named NME’s ‘Album of the Year’, that announced them as genuine visionaries, fusing shoegaze with psychedelia, dub reggae, jazz, and Beach Boys-influenced harmonies.
The band achieved their commercial peak with 1995’s chart-topping ‘Wake Up!’, a UK number one album, featuring the hit single ‘Wake Up Boo!’ which reached number 9 on the UK Singles Chart. Yet even at the height of Britpop fever, they remained restless.
That ethos drove them to release 1996’s ‘C’mon Kids’, which “scared away 100,000 fans” and which became Tom White of The Electric Soft Parade’s “all-time favourite album.” Their 1998 swan song ‘Kingsize’, sophisticated, electronic-tinged, and commercially underperforming, closed their initial chapter before they quietly disbanded in 1999.
After 23 years apart, The Boo Radleys reunited in 2021 as a trio, with Martin Carr choosing not to participate. What could have been a nostalgic retreat instead became a creative rebirth, with “Sice”, Tim, and Rob adopting democratic songwriting processes and leveraging home recording technology. “What allowed that was technology – Tim is in Northern Ireland, I live near Oxford, Rob is in the Peak district” Sice explained. “If it had meant doing it the old way, going to a rehearsal room and then being ensconced in a studio for six weeks, there’s no way it was going to happen.”
You can catch The Boo Radleys live at Lewes Con Club on Friday 13th November! This event has been organised by Love Thy Neighbour promoters and tickets are now on sale and can be purchased HERE and HERE.
