Kelly Jones - Don’t Let The Devil Take Another Day

[ManicKangaroo]

Stereophonics frontman Kelly Jones today announces the release of ‘Don’t Let The Devil Take Another Day’. Featuring some of Stereophonics’ finest moments reimagined, rearranged and intimately re-recorded by Kelly and his band, all a talented group of multi-instrumentalists at ease interchanging instruments across the album, ‘Don’t Let The Devil Take Another Day’ is out on 4th December via Parlophone Records.



Recorded in a variety of locations across the UK in 2019, this carefully curated selection of tracks from one of the UK’s most prolific and successful songwriters hears Kelly pull together the songs that got him through the worst of times, whilst telling stories of how those songs came about. The album gives the audience an honesty, truth and vulnerability not yet heard before. ‘Don’t Let The Devil Take Another Day’ was the perfect opportunity for Kelly to step away from the constraints that come with being the rock star and leading the mighty Stereophonics and create something more spontaneous, vulnerable and truly intimate. This album captures one of the finest and most distinctive voices in British rock as he captivates an audience through song, anecdote, laughter and lament, and reconnects with the emotional heart of the songs that have grown with him throughout his career.

‘Don’t Let The Devil Take Another Day’ also completes a remarkable personal recovery from Kelly, who whilst touring in 2019 kept a secret from his band, crew and producers – a revelation that had threatened to undermine his career and future music making. This hitherto untold story is brought to life in the startlingly heartfelt and deeply emotive documentary Don’t Let The Devil Take Another Day.

The documentary premieres at ‘The Doc n Roll Festival’ on 4th November, before reaching cinemas around the UK on 27th November via event cinema distributor Trafalgar Releasing. Tickets will be on sale from 5th November at DONTLETTHEDEVILTAKEANOTHERDAYFILM.com. The film will then be available on demand around the world from 3rd December.

The album’s first offering is also unveiled today, an emotive take on Kris Kristofferson’s ‘Help Me Make It Through The Night’. It’s a song Kelly reminisces about his father singing him when he was a boy – one of many stories from his life that Kelly shares with the audience in this most personal of albums.



Don’t Let The Devil Take Another Day – album tracklisting;

1 Hurry Up And Wait
2 You’re My Star
3 Suzy
4 Katie
5 I Wanna Get Lost With You
6 Help Me Make It Through The Night
7 I Stopped To Fill My Car Up
8 Before Anyone Knew Our Name
9 Mr Writer
10 Rewind
11 Local Boy In The Photograph
12 Feel
13 Into The World
14 This Life Ain’t Easy (But It’s The One That We All Got)
15 Boy On A Bike
16 No-one’s Perfect
17 Show Me How
18 Maybe Tomorrow
19 Traffic
20 Just Looking
21 Dakota

[Jordan]

Will be looking forward to this. The first offering is lovely, but it just doesn't pack that same haunting punch as previous versions of the song.