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Lonely
Robot launches official video for 'Everglow'
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Lonely
Robot, the project masterminded by producer, guitarist and
singer/songwriter John Mitchell (It Bites, Frost*, Arena), recently announced
that their much-anticipated second studio album 'The Big Dream' will be
released on April 28th, 2017. Today sees the launch of the official video for
the track 'Everglow',
directed by previous collaborator Lee Blackmore.
Watch
it now on VEVO here:
John
Mitchell had this to say: "Everglow
is the first song I wrote for The Big Dream, and here is my ace pop video for
it. It features what I call an anti-chorus...if you need to vindicate
yourself on a public platform you're looking in the wrong place :)"
A
series of interview clips were recently launched, where John Mitchell
discusses how Lonely Robot came together, and the new album in detail. Watch
the latest one here: https://youtu.be/1IZTy0l1CRw
Following
2015's acclaimed debut 'Please Come Home', 'The Big Dream' has a core theme
running through it - one that sees The Astronaut, the central character in
the Lonely Robot
adventure, emerging from a long period in stasis.
Mitchell
explains: "The Astronaut
wakes up from a cryogenic sleep but finds he's no longer in space, and is
instead in a woodland area surrounded by a group of strange people with
animal heads! It's a little surreal, a little 'Midsummer Night's Dream' to
some extent. This is something of a solipsistic haze, for want of a better
description!"
Mitchell
explains more about his Lonely Robot concept: "I have always envisaged the storyline of The
Astronaut's journey evolving over the course of three albums. And I always
knew where I wanted to go with the second album - taking The Astronaut away
from space and into a strange and unfamiliar environment. Right now, I have
no thoughts of what will happen for the third one but I'd better start
thinking about it now!"
"The
key inspiration for Lonely Robot comes
from my love of science fiction films, and the atmospheric soundtracks that
often accompany them - such as Alan Silvestri's compositions for 'Contact'
and Clint Mansell's work for 'Moon'."
The
album once again features drums by Craig Blundell (Steven Wilson), with all
other instrumentation on the album delivered by Mitchell himself.
'The
Big Dream' will be available as a special edition digipak CD (including 3
bonus tracks), gatefold 2LP + CD & digital download.
Pre-order
the album from here:
The
track-listing is as follows:
1.
Prologue (Deep Sleep)
2.
Awakenings
3.
Sigma
4.
In Floral Green
5.
Everglow
6.
False Lights
7.
Symbolic
8.
The Divine Art Of Being
9.
The Big Dream
10.
Hello World Goodbye
11.
Epilogue (Sea Beams)
Bonus
Tracks:
12.
In Floral Green (Acoustic Version)
13.
The Divine Art Of Being (Acoustic Version)
14.
Why Do We Stay? (feat. Kim Seviour)
At the
end of 2015, Lonely Robot played a triumphant show at The Scala in London,
and Mitchell wants to play further live dates in 2017, with a few already
confirmed. "The only condition is that I want them all to be special;
and now we have two albums of material from which to choose the set."
Lonely
Robot will be brought to life on stage with Craig Blundell on drums, Steve
Vantsis on bass & Liam Holmes on keyboards (pictured above). The
following dates are currently confirmed:
Thu,
April 27 - Sub89, Reading, UK (album launch show)
Fri,
April 28 - Marillion Convention, Leicester, UK
Sat,
May 27- Trinity Live, Assembly Rooms, Leamington Spa, UK
Lonely
Robot's debut album Please Come Home received fantastic reviews upon release,
with Prog calling it "one mighty statement of intent" and Fireworks
stating it's "one of the finest pieces of Prog Pop".
Look
out for more information in the coming weeks at John Mitchell's brand new
website:
LONELY
ROBOT online:
INSIDEOUTMUSIC
online:
INSIDEOUTMUSIC
Spotify Playlist:
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