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"Tim Booth stopped to absolutely bollock any mobile phone wielders, asking they put the bloody things down and enjoy a real human connection instead."
"This was acknowledged by a cockney chap behind us who screamed, “Twenty-nine fookin’ years!” – reminding us that this night had indeed been a long time coming."
"Booth was deep into the crowd by the second song ('Better Than That'), surfing across his adoring fans."
Manchester natives James may have been around for 35 years, but right now they are delivering the best music of their career. Mark Hebblewhite chats with lead singer Tim Booth to find out what drives them on.
"We are indeed living in the most unfortunate of extraordinary times and it shows in James' most intense album of recent years."
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"Nobody told us were big in Greece or Peru or Chile. The focus was all on the US back then."
They've got their new 14th album in tow
"Densely produced with heavy electronics almost suffocating the guitars in places, it's James' most emotional album."
The thematic shift into darker territory comes across as more of a natural progression than Dingel’s imported club-anthem beats.