Glaswegian rockers GUN are back with 'Inside Out Calton Mix', the latest single to be taken from their forthcoming album, The Calton Songs, out on Cherry Red Records on 14 October.
‘Inside Out Calton Mix’ is a retooled version of the track that was one of the first songs ever written by the band and that appeared on their breakthrough 1989 debut Taking On The World. A staple of the live set and a true fan favourite, it was one of five chart singles released that year from the album that blasted them into the hearts of rock fans globally.
The Calton Songs is a full-blooded celebration of the band’s career so far with enthusiastic and brand new acoustic reinterpretations of the songs that made their name. These classics are bolstered by ‘Backstreet Brothers’, a new and fully electric track that basks in the joys of both lives and good times shared, and brings the GUN story up to date.
Listen to ‘Inside Out Calton Mix’ by GUN on the Celtic FC Official Playlist on Spotify.
As Jools Gizzi says, “When the pandemic hit we realised that it was the perfect time to try and counteract the bleakness that was all around. It felt like we couldn’t write anything, or of course tour. Out of that darkness came a desire to completely rework these songs that we know the fans love, and bring a different, stripped down vibe”. Dante Gizzi added, “It’s ironic that those feelings of negativity led to something so positive, a celebration of our career up to now”.
The Calton Songs takes its name from the area of Glasgow where the band grew up, and where they still write their music. These new versions of great songs are cut through with un-ironic nostalgia but this is a band with an eye on the horizon for what’s to come. Taking On The World announced the band to a global audience in 1989, the follow up was Gallus which featured ‘Higher Ground’. The Calton Songs is the latest milestone and follows-up Favourite Pleasures from 2017.
The band hit the road this year with Dante and Jools performing an intimate acoustic tour at seven UK venues in August, before the band reconvene for The Calton Songs Tour 2022. This takes in nine full electric gigs from to 30 November to 11 December, including a massive hometown party at the Barrowlands Ballroom.
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