Tag: Crimson/Red

New releases: Pixies, The Sound, X, Prefab Sprout, Inspiral Carpets, The Clash doc

New releases: Pixies, The Sound, X, Prefab Sprout, Inspiral Carpets, The Clash doc

This week’s new releases include the brand-new studio album from the Pixies (‘Indie Cindy’), plus a four-disc box set from The Sound, a reissue of X’s ‘Under the Big Black Sun,’ the documentary “The Rise and Fall of The Clash,” the U.S. release of Prefab Sprout’s latest album and an Inspiral Carpets reissue.

New releases: Prefab Sprout, Lee Ranaldo, Steve Nieve, The Stranglers, Madness, PWEI

New releases: Prefab Sprout, Lee Ranaldo, Steve Nieve, The Stranglers, Madness, PWEI

This week’s new releases include brand new studio albums from Prefab Sprout, Sonic Youth’s Lee Ranaldo with his new band The Dust, and Steve Nieve of Elvis Costello & The Attractions, plus reissues and best-of sets from The Stranglers, Madness, Pop Will Eat Itself and Propaganda.

Stream: Prefab Sprout, 'The Best Jewel Thief In The World' — first single off 'Crimson/Red'

Stream: Prefab Sprout, ‘The Best Jewel Thief In The World’ — first single off ‘Crimson/Red’

The reclusive and now very much bearded Paddy McAloon returns next month with a brand-new Prefab Sprout album entitled Crimson/Red, and BBC 6 Music listeners recently got to hear the first single, “The Best Jewel Thief in the World,” when it was premiered on the “Radcliffe and Maconie” show.

Prefab Sprout returns with new studio album 'Crimson/Red' this October

Prefab Sprout returns with new studio album ‘Crimson/Red’ this October

Fans of reclusive songwriting genius Paddy McAloon spent a good part of last month debating the authenticity of a 10-song album called The Devil Came A Calling that mysteriously appeared online June 10, but now the verdict’s in: It is, indeed, a new Prefab Sprout album and it’s due out this fall.