Our brand new four-track EP, Christmasville UK, is announced today, 13 November 2024 via Mute. The EP will be available on 12” in a limited edition of 500 copies pressed on transparent orange vinyl, made in Scotland by sustainable pressing plant Seabass Vinyl, and digitally. Pre-order the EP HERE.
The EP is heralded today with ACR’s first ever Christmas track, ‘Now and Laughter’, which embodies all of the hope and goodwill of the season. Originally demoed during the It All Comes Down to This album sessions, in true ACR recycling style the guitar chords are based on the chords from ‘The Big E’ / ‘Won’t Stop Loving You’, while the lyrics acknowledge the unsung heroes that are on hand when the pressures of the festivities can become too much to bear.
Listen to ‘Now and Laughter’ HERE
With yuletide spirit, we have invited some of the extended ACR family to join the celebrations and rework tracks from our 2024 album, It All Comes Down to This. Jane Weaver (labelmate when we were both on much-missed Rob Gretton’s label back in the ‘90s) has remixed ‘Where You Coming From’, and long-time friend and collaborator Emperor Machine (aka Andy Meecham) has given ‘Out From Under’ an extended rework, which you can listen to HERE.
“I love the original Lp version of ‘Out From Under’ but I thought a Boogie / Funk Re-Work would make a great alternative. It was Martin’s funk guitar riff that initially inspired me to take the mix in that direction.”
Andy Meecham
Some newer friends have been invited into the fold, too. London-based Jezebell, who the band heard when they were on tour in Germany, bring the Electo Balearic party spirit to ‘We All Need’ to complete the EP.
This new EP is yet another unexpected turn in our expansive catalogue – “ACR does Christmas! Who’d have thunk it?”, “We are big Slade fans though…”
CHRISTMASVILLE UK EP (cat # MUTE680)
A1 – Now and Laughter
A2 – Where You Coming From – Jane Weaver Rework
B1 – Out From Under – Emperor Machine Extended Rework
B2 – We All Need – Jezebell’s Ghost Train Mix