Circa Waves - Death & Love [CD]

Format: CD
Catalogue No.: LWRTD010CD
Barcode: 5400863191009
Release Date: 24 Oct 2025
Genre: Indie/Alternative

 Liverpool’s indie powerhouse Circa Waves announce the second chapter of their brand new album ‘Death & Love’, and the physical editions of both parts, via Lower Third / [PIAS]. 
 From being well-received at press, to strong UK radio support, ‘Death & Love Pt.1’ was both terrifying and liberating to write, and is the first instalment of urgent, nine-track hits of cathartic guitar-pop, serving as a powerful coping mechanism to help process frontman Kieran Shudall’s near-death experience.
 The album sees supreme indie hits including a nice big slab of Strokes-y dancefloor destruction of ‘Like You Did Before’ to its first offering ‘We Made It’, as well as the extremely topical and longing ‘American Dream’.
 Back in early 2023, Kieran received a call from doctors to say that the main artery in his heart was severely blocked. Two days later, he was lying on an operating table watching a wire being inserted into his heart to fix it. What followed was the cancelling of a lot of shows, working out a lot of medication, and most crucially, now having to navigate a new way of life.
 And the results are quite simply stunning. Self-produced by Kieran, and engineered by Matt Wiggins (Adele, Lana Del Rey, Glass Animals), the nine tracks that make up ‘Death & Love Pt.1’ ooze nostalgia and hark back to the sounds and themes that made Shudall
want to pick up a guitar in the very first place.
 ‘Death & Love’ is an incredibly powerful snapshot in time - a reflection on a moment of true terror, and the joy of coming through the other side. It’s a brave and remarkable next step for a band in the finest form of their career.
 CD in four-panel digisleeve with eight-panel poster on uncoated paper.
 2LP on 140g vinyl in a gatefold sleeve with printed inner sleeves.
 Available to independent retailers on Blue & Pink coloured double vinyl in a gatefold sleeve with printed inner sleeves.

Tracklisting 
American Dream
Like You Did Before
We Made It
Le Bateau
Hold It Steady
Let's Leave Together
Blue Damselfly
Everything Changed
Bad Guys Always Win
Lost In The Fire
Stick Around
Cherry Bomb
Ten Outta Ten
Love Me For The Weekend
Sunbeams
Old Balloons
Sweet Simple Thing
Wave Goodbye