The band are releasing Mercury Rising as a single on 29th October. The track is taken from their acclaimed 17th studio album Giants which was released in March this year. The single will be available as a 500 only limited CD release containing four tracks:

Mercury Rising (single version)/Sometimes (live)/Mercury Rising (live)/Mercury Rising (instrumental)

As with the Giants album, the CD will be released through Absolute and is available

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This week marks 35 years since the release of the band’s second album No More Heroes, less than six months after their debut Rattus Norvegicus. As he did earlier this year for Rattus, JJ talks us through each of the tracks on No More Heroes in his latest ratter. Read it here

September also marks the 20th anniversary of the release of 1992’s In The Night. Please click on the album cover image to listen to the full album on Spotify.

Heralding a new era for The Stranglers, In The Night was the band’s first album as a five piece following the departure of singer/ guitarist Hugh Cornwell and the addition of Paul Roberts on vocals and John Ellis on guitar.

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Immediately prior to travelling out to the Channel Islands for the Jersey Live gig, JJ wrote a blog about the band’s summer festival dates in the UK and Europe and plans for the future. Read it here…