Following the release last month of the single Right Side Of Heartbreak (Wrong Side Of Love), on 19th April, Cooking Vinyl will release Where The Action Is, the title track and new single from The Waterboys.
Where The Action Is is inspired by the chorus of Robert Parker’s 1960s mod / northern soul classic Let’s Go Baby. The track’s update of the Parker classic – with new lyrics by Waterboys founder and front man Mike Scott – is a cyclone of a song, all storming drums, skyscraping guitar solos played by Steve Wickham on his fuzzboxed-up violin, and wild soulful female vocals provided by the band’s fabulous Jess and Zeenie.
It’s an exciting introduction to a 10-song, genre-defying album that is itself testament to the enduring talents of Mike Scott and his band. One of the finest British songwriters of the past four decades, Scott’s songs have been covered and/or recorded by artists including Prince, who crafted two different arrangements of the classic The Whole Of The Moon, Rod Stewart, Tom Jones, Steve Earle, and Ellie Goulding, who had a number three hit in 2013 with How Long Will I Love You.
Where The Action Is tracklist:
Where The Action Is
London Mick
Out Of All This Blue
Right Side Of Heartbreak (Wrong Side Of Love)
In My Time On Earth
Ladbroke Grove Symphony
Take Me There I Will Follow You
And There’s Love
Then She Made The Lasses-O
Piper At The Gates Of Dawn
Where The Action Is will be available May 24th on CD, Deluxe 2xCD, LP, digital download and streaming services with Exclusive bundles also available from the Official Store:
The Waterboys tour the UK in May and throughout the summer:
19 May Millenium Forum, Derry
20 May Ulster Hall, Belfast
22 May Bath, The Forum
23 May The Hay Festival, Hay-on-Wye
24 May Roundhouse, London
25 May Symphony Hall, Birmingham
27 May Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool
28 May Bridgewater Hall, Manchester
29 May Sage, Gateshead
8 Aug Cropredy Festival, near Oxford
5 Sept Skye Live Festival, Isle of Skye
6 Sept Aberdeen Music Hall
7 Sept Glasgow Barrowland
