Circa Waves announce new album 'Death & Love Pt.2'

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Liverpool indie heavyweights Circa Waves have officially announced 'Death & Love Pt.2', the second installment of their ambitious two-part album series, set for release on the 24th October via Lower Third/[PIAS].

Leading the charge is their shimmering new single 'Cherry Bomb', a laid-back, slacker indie anthem reminiscent of early Strokes swagger. Brimming with freeform verses and anchored by a sweetly catchy chorus, frontman Kieran Shuddall describes it as “a song about that person who would do anything for you — jump into a fight, buy you a beer when you’re down, keep you grounded. We all need a cherry bomb in our life.”

'Death & Love Pt.1', released in January, captured Shuddall’s raw reckoning with mortality following a 2023 health scare that saw him undergo emergency heart surgery. In contrast, Pt.2 emerges as the optimistic, euphoric counterpoint. “If the first record was before the operation — about fear and facing death — this one is about coming through the other side,” Shuddall explains. “It’s about love, life, survival, and pure euphoria.”

Produced by Shuddall himself and recorded between a friend’s studio in Finsbury Park and the legendary RAK studios in London (where he had a surreal run-in with Billie Joe Armstrong), the two sister records channel a powerful sense of rebirth and creative explosion.

Watch the Joe Falconer-directed video for 'Cherry Bomb' and see the album's full tracklisting below.

'Death & Love Pt.2' Tracklist:

1. Lost In The Fire

2. Stick Around

3. CherryBomb

4. Ten Outta Ten

5. Love Me For The Weekend

6. Sunbeams

7. Old Balloons

8. Sweet Simple Thing

9. Wave Goodbye