Renascent

The best news for ages came yesterday- a new Durutti Column single with an album to follow in July. Vini was very unwell following a series of strokes in 2012 which left him unable to play guitar for a long time and it looked like would be no new Durutti Column music. 

Liars came out on Wednesday, following some gnomic social media posts the night before. Long term cohort/ drummer/ friend/ manager Bruce Mitchell is on board as is Kier Stewart. The single is Liars, a dreamy, ambient piece with synths, choral backing vocals and some distinctive guitar playing on the top, layers of blissed out sounds and then, one minute in, Vini's voice, speaking softly. It's a total joy that there's some new Durutti music after sixteen years and when it didn't look possible for so long, and it's fantastic that Vini has got himself into a place where he's been well enough and confident enough to do it. Welcome back Vini and welcome back The Durutti Column. 

The album Renascent is out at the end of July in a variety of editions and formats. You can find them here. Vini's music has been resurgent in the last few years. Blood Orange sampled a piece of Durutti Column on this song from last year, The Field. 

Blood Orange, otherwise known as Devonte Heynes, was new to me until recently but he clearly has a large and devoted following judging by the YouTube numbers and comments and the song is rather lovely. 

The last time there was any new Durutti Column music was a 7" single in 2014, Free From All The Chaos, with singer Caoilfhionn Rose and a video filmed in and around Fletcher Moss gardens and the River Mersey in Didsbury, a place I know very well from childhood and since.