Pretenders announce new album; share first song

It's a great day when we get an official announcement that a new Pretenders album is on the way! Check out the advance single "Let The Sun Come In," and learn more about the forthcoming release below...Robert Kinsler

THE PRETENDERS ARE BACK WITH “LET THE SUN COME IN” – LISTEN    ENTHUSIASTIC NEW SINGLE HERALDS UPCOMING STUDIO ALBUM, RELENTLESS   EPIC TOUR SCHEDULE INCLUDES INTIMATE HEADLINE SHOWS, TOP-BILLED FESTIVAL APPEARANCES, AND EU/UK STADIUM RUN SUPPORTING GUNS N’ ROSES   RELENTLESS ARRIVES VIA RHINO RECORDS ON FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 1   PRE-ORDERS AVAILABLE NOW

Chrissie Hynde Photo Credit: Ki Price

The Pretenders are back with today’s premiere of the optimistically charged new single, “Let The Sun Come In,” available now via Rhino Records – the band’s return to Warner Music Group after more than two decades having first been signed to Sire Records in America by the legendary Seymour Stein.   Marked by the electrifying impulsiveness and attitude that has long defined founder Chrissie Hynde’s eternal spirit, “Let The Sun Come In” heralds the eagerly awaited arrival of The Pretenders’ new studio album, Relentless, arriving everywhere on Friday, September 1. Pre-orders – including digital download, baby pink vinyl, black vinyl, and CD – are available now.   “I enjoy seeing the various meanings and origins of a word,” says Chrissie Hynde of the album’s title. “And I liked the definition: ‘showing no abatement of intensity.’ So when it came to an album title, it seemed fitting. You know…to keep doing it. I think anyone in a band is constantly questioning if they should keep going. It starts as a youthful pursuit and eventually, it makes you wonder, why am I doing this? It’s the life of the artist. You never retire. You become relentless.”   LISTEN TO “LET THE SUN COME IN” PRE-ORDER RELENTLESS   Produced by multiple Grammy Award-nominee David Wrench (Courtney Barnett, David Byrne) at the famed Battery Studios in Willesden, North West London, Relentless marks the second consecutive full-length songwriting collaboration by Hynde and Pretenders guitarist James Walbourne following 2020’s acclaimed Hate For Sale. The two are joined on the album’s twelve tracks by what Hynde has dubbed “The Pretenders Collective,” including Kris Sonne (drums), Chris Hill (double bass), Dave Page (bass), and Carwyn Ellis (keyboards and guitars). In addition, Relentless features a landmark collaboration with Academy Award-nominated composer Jonny Greenwood (Radiohead, The Smile), who provides the string arrangement and conducted the 12 Ensemble for the album’s stunning closing track, “I Think About You Daily.”   “I met Jonny a couple of times and we’re obviously big fans of him because he’s done some incredible music over the years,” Hynde says. “I saw him at the Phantom Thread premiere where the film was running on screen with a live orchestra playing. And we spoke afterward and he expressed an interest in doing something one day. I was thrilled and very surprised. So when we had the idea of getting strings on ‘I Think About You Daily,’ he was first choice. Legend!”   The Pretenders will introduce Relentless to fans around the world with an equally uncompromising international live schedule, including intimate headline dates, top-billed festival appearances, and a massive EU/UK stadium run supporting Guns N’ Roses. Dates begin tomorrow, May 12, with a much-anticipated headline performance at Brighton, England’s The Great Escape followed by a sold-out tour of clubs and small venues across the UK and Ireland. Further highlights include a very special festival appearance as direct support to Foo Fighters at the upcoming Ohana Festival, curated by Eddie Vedder and set for October 1 at Doheny State Beach in Dana Point, CA. Additional dates will be announced. For updates, please visit thepretenders.com.   2020’s Hate For Sale proved yet another triumph for The Pretenders, with Q Magazine hailing the LP as “up there with the best of the early Pretenders albums.” “The New Wave greats haven't sounded this raw and real since the early Eighties,” agreed Rolling Stone, while The Guardian praised the album for “tight songs that prance insouciantly from genre to genre, scattering wisdom and swagger in their wake.”   # # #   THE PRETENDERS - TOUR 2023   MAY 12 – Brighton, UK – The Great Escape * 13 – Nottingham, UK – Rescue Rooms (SOLD OUT) 14 – Cambridge, UK – MASH (SOLD OUT) 16 – Frome, UK – Cheese & Grain (SOLD OUT) 17 – Stoke, UK – The Sugarmill (SOLD OUT) 19 – Limerick, Ireland – Dolans (SOLD OUT) 20 – Core, Ireland – Cypress Avenue (SOLD OUT) 21 – Dublin, Ireland - Olympia Theatre 23 – Belfast, UK – Limelight (SOLD OUT) 25 – Stornoway, UK – Midnight Sun Weekender * 28 – Derbyshire, UK – Bearded Theory * 30- Antwerp, Belgium – De Roma 31- Antwerp, Belgium – De Roma   JUNE 9 – Madrid, Spain - Estadio Cívitas Metropolitano † 11 – Oxfordshire, UK – KITE Festival * 12 – Vigo, Spain - Estadio Abanca Balaídos † 16 – Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain – Azkena Festival * 17 – Kent, UK – Black Deer Festival of Americana * 27 – Glasgow, UK – Bellahouston Park † 30 – London, UK – BST Hyde Park †   JULY 3 – Frankfurt, Germany – Deutsche Bank Park † 5 – Bern, Switzerland – BERNEXPO † 8 – Rome, Italy – Circo Massimo † 11 – Weert, Netherlands - Evenemententerrein †   OCTOBER 1 – Dana Point, CA – OHANA Festival *   * Festival Appearance † w/ Guns N’ Roses   # # #   THE PRETENDERS RELENTLESS (Rhino) Release Date: Friday, September 1, 2023 Tracklist: Losing My Sense Of Taste A Love Domestic Silence The Copa Promise Of Love Merry Widow Let The Sun Come In Look Away Your House Is On Fire Just Let It Go Vainglorious I Think About You Daily   CONNECT WITH THE PRETENDERS: THEPRETENDERS.COM | FACEBOOK | INSTAGRAM

'You Were Never Really Here' soundtrack from composer Jonny Greenwood to be released

Here is a media release of interest to fans of composer Jonny Greenwood and director Lynne Ramsay...

LAKESHORE RECORDS & INVADA RECORDS TO CO-RELEASE JONNY GREENWOOD’S SCORE TO

YOU WERE NEVER REALLY HERE—ORIGINAL MOTION PICTURE SOUNDTRACK DIGITALLY ON MARCH 9

CD AND VINYL EDITIONS FORTHCOMING

 

Amazon Studios Film Written and Directed by Lynne Ramsay and Starring Joaquin Phoenix

In Select Theaters April 6

 

March 6, 2018 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:  Lakeshore Records and Invada Records will co-release You Were Never Really Here—Original Motion Picture Soundtrack, featuring a score by Academy Award-nominated composer Jonny Greenwood (Phantom Thread, There Will Be Blood).  The Amazon Studios film was written and directed by Lynne Ramsay (Ratcatcher, Morvern Caller), and won awards at the Cannes Film Festival for Best Screenplay and Best Actor (Joaquin Phoenix).  It’s the second time the Radiohead guitarist/keyboardist has collaborated with Ramsay having composed the score for We Need To Talk About Kevin.  Greenwood weaves his talents on synthesizers, drum machines, recorders and guitars alongside the London Contemporary Orchestra and experimental string player Ollie Coates (Under the Skin) to create a compelling backdrop to the intense and harrowing thriller.   The soundtrack will be released digitally in North America by Lakeshore Records and in the UK/Europe by Invada Records March 9^th.  CD and vinyl versions forthcoming.  Amazon Studios will release the film in select theaters April 6^th. 

 

Based on a book by Jonathan Ames, Ramsay’s fourth film stars Phoenix as Joe--a traumatized veteran, unafraid of violence, who tracks down missing girls for a living. When a job spins out of control, Joe's nightmares overtake him as a conspiracy is uncovered leading to what may be his death trip or his awakening.

 

Says Greenwood in NME on approaching Ramsay to collaborate: “I wrote to Lynne before finding out about the film and basically hustled her for a job. Asked her if she was working on anything, and if so, whether she needed music. She said she was working on a ‘noir story in NYC.’ I’m a huge fan of her films, and was just keen to be involved with her again. We worked together on her last one, We need to talk about Kevin, so I had a good ‘in’.”

 

Track List:

1. Tree Synthesisers
2. Sandy’s Necklace
3. Nausea
4. Hammer and Tape
5. Playground (Bass Clarinet)
6. The Hunt
7. Dark Streets
8. YWNRH
9. Nina Through Glass
10. Votto
11. Dark Streets (Reprise)
12. Downstairs
13. Joe’s Drive
14. Tree Strings

 

Pre-order here:

http://smarturl.it/YWNRH

 

ABOUT LYNNE RAMSAY

Born in Glasgow, Lynne Ramsay is considered one of Britain's most original and exciting voices working in Independent cinema today. 

 

Her latest film You Were Never Really Here, starring Joaquin Phoenix, premiered at Cannes this year to critical acclaim, with Lynne winning the Best Screenplay award and Joaquin winning the award for Best Actor. The film received its North American premiere at Sundance Film Festival in 2018.

 

We Need to Talk About Kevin was the only British film nominated for the Palm d'Or in official competition in 2011. It received several BAFTA nominations and won Best Director at the British Independent Film Awards, Best Film at the London Film Festival and Best Screenplay from the Writers Guild of Great Britain.

 

Lynne's debut feature film Ratcatcher premiered in Un Certain Regard at Cannes in 2000 winning Special Mention and the CARL FOREMAN BAFTA for an outstanding debut. Morvern Caller her second feature also won the Prix du jeunesse and the C.I.C.A.E award at Cannes. Her short film Swimmer, commissioned by the Cultural Olympiad of Great Britain, won the BAFTA for Best Short Film in 2013.’