Planet Nowhere

Description

Razorlight were at the forefront of the indie-rock resurgence of the early 2000s, their biggest moments Golden Touch, Somewhere Else, In The Morning, America and Wire To Wire driving three Top 5 albums, nine Platinum album certifications, an NME Award, and live highlights including headlining the Reading Festival and performing at Live 8. After reuniting for live shows in 2021, the classic line-up Johnny Borrell (vocals/guitar), Björn Ågren (guitar), Carl Dalemo (bass) and Andy Burrows (drums) will release the new album Planet Nowhere on October 25th, their first together since 2008. Razorlight preview the set by sharing its first single, Scared Of Nothing. Since reuniting, Razorlight have sold-out a headline tour which included a London show at the Eventim Apollo, and played shows as guests to Muse, Kaiser Chiefs and James. But as the ever ambitious Johnny challenged himself, Who wants to be a greatest hits band? So he hatched a plan, and late in 2023 booked a five-day session with the legendary producer Youth (The Verve, James) at his Space Mountain studio in Spain. Youth knew what they had to achieve, telling the band, Razorlights quite simple isnt it? Just a driving bassline, driving drums and a story. For whatever reason, things werent that simple. After four days they had a stack of ideas, but nothing really worth pursuing. And then, as Johnny recalls, something remarkable emerged from out of nowhere. Id been down in the barranca, and came back up to find the studio empty. So I picked up this weird six-string bass/guitar hybrid Id never seen before and wrote this thing. On our last night, I started playing it with the guys. The drums came in hard, the bass pounded. It sounded like shit. Absolute shit. But Youth was there, saying Can, Velvets, see where it takes you and Why dont you try it like that? But still, the track just wouldnt budge, locked in its own inertia. Youth says, Youre getting there, just one more and almost instantly the song came out, from nothing to something, like a statue coming up out of marble. That song was Scared of Nothing and listening back to the finished track, its easy to see why it resparked Razorlights mojo. Exuding taut, spiky post-punk energy in a way thats instantly infectious the very traits that attracted highfalutin praise from NME back when they started out (More tunes than Franz, more spirit than The Strokes, and more balls than nearly every band out there).