Stereophonics reveal album No.9

By Scott Munro
( Classic Rock )
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View video for C'est La Vie from Keep The Village Alive, out in September

Stereophonics will release their ninth album, Keep The Village Alive, on September 11.

And they’ve released a video for lead track C’est La Vie from the follow-up to 2013’s Graffiti On The Train.

The album was recorded between Brussels and London and was produced by frontman Kelly Jones and longtime collaborator Jim Lowe. It’s now available to pre-order digitally via iTunes (opens in new tab) and from the band’s official website as a 2CD package. A limited number of signed copies are also available.

Stereophonics have lined up several 2015 live dates, including headline slots on both days of the V festival and appearances at T In The Park in Perth and Chorley.

Keep The Village Alive tracklist

  1. C’est La Vie 2. White Lies 3. Sing Little Sister 4. I Wanna Get Lost With You 5. Song For The Summer 6. Fight Or Flight 7. My Hero 8. Sunny 9. Into The World 10. Mr And Mrs Smith

Bonus tracks

  1. Ancient Rome 2. Let Me In 3. Blame (You Never Give Me Your Money) 4. You Are My Energy 5. You’re My Star 6. I Wanna Get Lost With You (Acoustic)

Tour dates

Jul 10: T In The Park Perth

Jul 11: T In The Park Chorley

Jul 12: Strathallan Castle

Aug 21: Beslfast Custom House Square

Aug 22: V Festival Weston Park

Aug 23: V Festival Chelmsford

Scott Munro
Scott Munro
Louder e-commerce editor

Scott has spent more than 30 years in newspapers and magazines as an editor, production editor, sub-editor, designer, writer and reviewer. After initially joining our news desk in the summer of 2014, he moved to the e-commerce team full-time in 2020. He maintains Louder’s buyer’s guides, scouts out the best deals for music fans and reviews headphones, speakers, books and more. He's written more than 11,000 articles across Louder, Classic Rock, Metal Hammer and Prog and has previous written for publications including IGN, the Sunday Mirror, Daily Record and The Herald covering everything from daily news and weekly features, to video games, travel and whisky. Scott grew up listening to rock and prog, cutting his teeth on bands such as Marillion and Magnum before his focus shifted to alternative and post-punk in the late 80s. His favourite bands are Fields Of The Nephilim, The Cure, New Model Army, All About Eve, The Mission, Ned's Atomic Dustbin and Drab Majesty, but he also still has a deep love of Rush.