Squeeze - Loving You Tonight
Spot the difference has always been a great way to entertain children while secretly enjoying the challenge yourself more than they are. For those of us who have often felt intimidated by all the confusing numbers in a sudoku puzzle it may well have remained a guilty pleasure covered up by a copy of the morning broadsheets while travelling to an important meeting. Now there's no shame and literally nothing to hide as Squeeze aurally test fans with Spot The Difference, a collection comprising of their best loved hits re-recorded by the band as faithfully to the original versions as possible.
With a prolific career beginning way back 1973, Squeeze have amassed a great collection of era defining guitar-pop. Here reworks of Cool For Cats, Pulling Mussels (From The Shell), and the classic Up The Junction are celebrated in style.
The motivation behind this new release came from a tour in the USA. The band found that playing together once again led to a desire to record. After seeing yet another of their songs used in a TV commercial without their approval or knowledge, and the band decided to take action in the form of regaining ownership of their catalogue. The band, including new members Simon Hanson on drums and Stephen Large on keys, began the project with vigour. Glenn Tilbrook luckily found that he still had a large number of the original instruments, amps and mixers, thus making Spot The Difference even more authentic.
Loving You Tonight has been chosen by the band to be the first single from the record. The song was Originally sung by Carrack and never released as a single in the UK, the re-record has vocals by Glenn, lending a contemporary feel while being performed with all the energy of a band in their twenties. The group have had a huge influence on the likes of Lily Allen, Mark Ronson, The Feeling, Broken Bells and Andy Burrows but are set to captivate yet another generation as they end the year with an ongoing UK tour.
Words: Simon Butcher
Footage courtesy of Artist Den
Tour Dates
NOVEMBER
14 Nov 2010 Bournemouth Opera House
15 Nov 2010 Reading Hexagon
16 Nov 2010 Bristol Colston Halls
18 Nov 2010 Cardiff St Davids Hall
19 Nov 2010 Nottingham Royal Centre
20 Nov 2010 Sheffield Academy
22 Nov 2010 Aberdeen Music Hall
23 Nov 2010 Glasgow Academy
25 Nov 2010 Newcastle City Hall
26 Nov 2010 Leeds Academy
27 Nov 2010 Manchester Apollo
29 Nov 2010 Liverpool Philharmonic
30 Nov 2010 Birmingham Symphony Hall
DECEMBER
2 Dec 2010 Cambridge Corn Exchange
3 Dec 2010 Norwich Uea
4 Dec 2010 Plymouth Pavilions
6 Dec 2010 Southampton Guildhall
7 Dec 2010 Brighton Dome
9 Dec 2010 London Indigo2
10 Dec 2010 London Forum
11 Dec 2010 London Shepherds Bush Empire
12 Dec 2010 London Shepherds Bush Empire *NEW DATE!*
For more information go to the website or their myspace
6:52 AM | 18/10/2010
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