Kelly Jones has today announced details of his brand-new studio album ‘Inevitable Incredible’, released on Stylus Records through Ignition Records Ltd on 3rd May 2024. The unveiling of the eponymous title track accompanies the news.
The beautifully sparse and emotive first song, ‘Inevitable Incredible,’ is released today. The song marks a bold stylistic shift for Kelly Jones, long established as one of the UK’s most prolific, successful, and beloved singers and songwriters. Setting the scene for the accompanying album, his voice is instantly recognisable. On this album, Kelly shows tenderness and vulnerability, highlighting a breadth and depth vocally that is sometimes overshadowed by his familiar rock anthems of Stereophonics. The piano-led, cinematic and widescreen soundscapes are something new and bold for Jones. It’s a song that shows a songwriter pushing himself out of his comfort zone and with a vulnerability not often associated with a major artist a quarter of a century into such a hugely successful and storied career.
Listen to the albums title track – BELOW:
‘Inevitable Incredible’ sees Kelly writing primarily on the piano for the first time between October and December of 2022. After three months of wrestling haunting melodies from his piano and writing emotional, soul searching and always brutally honest lyrics into his notebook, Kelly found himself with an album’s worth of material. The material he never set out to create but knew he needed to see through to completion and complete quickly to capture the raw essence of his creation. He disembarked to Ocean Sound studio’s beautiful, secluded expanses in Norway, tucked away on a tiny remote island in the North Sea. With just his studio engineer and backline technician with him, the stunning stillness of the surroundings and vast expanses of wilderness informed a six-day recording session that perfectly captured the emotional depths and soul searching that was born from those late-night piano sessions.
Over its eight songs, ‘Inevitable Incredible’ takes the listener on an engrossing journey that gives an intimate insight into an artist who is not content to rest on his laurels.
Speaking of ‘Inevitable Incredible’ Jones says: ‘The remote surroundings of the island studio allowed the songs to come to life and breathe, no distractions, it was such a new experience. There were no expectations for how the songs should sound. Just let the emotion and vulnerability I put into writing those songs come to life. The weather could change in a minute and there was little to no contact with the outside world. All this influenced how the songs came to be. It was a truly cathartic experience. I feel like I left it all out there on these songs.’
Watch the album trailer – BELOW:
Over the last 25 years, Jones’ band Stereophonics have been a mainstay on radio and arena stages, writing anthems that are etched into the heartlands of the public’s consciousness like few others. Following on from 2022’s chart-topping album ‘Oochya!’ – Stereophonics’ 8th UK Number One album and accompanying sold-out stadium and arena tour that included two sold-out nights at Cardiff’s 60,000 capacity Principality Stadium, Jones shifted gears again with the recent UK success of his Americana-influenced album Far From Saints. The project, comprising Jones with Dwight Baker and Patty Lynn of The Wind and The Wave, received critical and commercial success last year, debuting in the top 5 on the UK Official Albums Chart whilst topping the specialist UK Official Americana and Country Artists Albums Charts. And now, with ‘Inevitable Incredible’, Jones shows his continued evolution as an artist, able to adapt and steer his songwriting talents in manners that complement and broaden his body of work.
‘Inevitable Incredible’ is available from May 3rd via Stylus Records through Ignition Records Ltd, available on heavyweight LP, CD and digital formats.
‘Inevitable Incredible’ Album Tracklisting:
1. Inevitable Incredible
2. Turn Bad Into Good
3. Time’s Running Away
4. Echowrecked
5. Sometimes You Fly Like The Wind
6. Monsters In The House
7. May I Come Home From My War
8. The Beast Will Be What The Beast Will Be
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