Hundred Reasons announce new album ‘Glorious Sunset’

October 31, 2022 James Weaver

HUNDRED REASONS have announced a new album!

Titled Glorious Sunset, the upcoming album from the English alternative rock band is the long-awaited follow-up to 2007’s Quick The Word, Sharp The Action, and is scheduled to be released in February next year, via SO Recordings.

Speaking about the upcoming album, vocalist Colin Doran says, “this album isn’t something we felt we had to do. We simply arrived at a position where the music was so good that it was something we needed to do.”

Alongside the announcement of the new album, the band have released the first song from the upcoming album; the title track Glorious Sunset. Speaking about the new song, vocalist Doran says, “when we started writing again it was really important that we did not go back to any material that had been cut previously. It all had to be completely new. We started writing just before Covid and got together sporadically as and when we could to write and demo which was not our usual way. We would normally be in a room together for the most part but this time it was not always possible. Larry and I would write, The Andy and Larry would write and then I would join the session later in the day (I have a day job) but we were all super happy with what was coming out. This was a deal breaker for all as if we were putting out new material it had to be amazing.

Glorious Sunset came about from an instrumental idea from The Andy which was nearly complete minus any vocal ideas. The lyrics for the song completely changed from the demo version to the recorded version as within that space of time my mother passed away after a four-year battle with cancer. She had gone into remission twice previously and it come back again but this time it would be terminal. The title of the song took on a new meaning as the song talks about being relieved that someone you love is no longer suffering. The sunset refers to the light that many people say they see when they die.

During recording, Larry started playing around with synths and effects that added more to the song but by the time all of the music was recorded, no one in the band knew that the lyrics had changed so it ended up being an emotionally draining session in the studio that day. In all lots of lyrics changed during that time period as it brought on a new perspective which shaped the narrative of the material.”

Listen to Glorious Sunset here:

Also, you can view both the track list and artwork for the upcoming new album below:

Track List:

1. Glorious Sunset
2. New Glasses
3. It suits You
4. Replicate
5. Done
6. Right There With You
7. Insultiment
8. So So Soon
9. The Old School Way
10. Wave Form

And that’s not all from the HUNDRED REASONS camp! To promote their long-awaited new album, the band will embark on a headlining tour across the UK in February and March next year.

Support for the tour comes from HELL IS FOR HEROES and MY VITRIOL. Tickets for the tour are available now and can be purchased here.

Tour dates are as follows:

Feb 23 – O2 Academy, Leeds
Feb 24 – Barrowland, Glasgow
Feb 25 – Academy, Manchester
Mar 02 – O2 Academy, Bristol
Mar 03 – O2 Institute, Birmingham
Mar 04 – O2 Academy Brixton, London