{"id":639946,"date":"2026-06-15T14:04:04","date_gmt":"2026-06-15T14:04:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/639946\/"},"modified":"2026-06-15T14:04:04","modified_gmt":"2026-06-15T14:04:04","slug":"mystery-jets-share-deeply-personal-single-soul-river","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/639946\/","title":{"rendered":"Mystery Jets share deeply personal single ‘Soul River\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

Mystery Jets<\/a> have shared a powerful new song called \u2018Soul River\u2019 from their upcoming album.<\/p>\n

The song is the latest to be shared from the Twickenham indie-rockers\u2019 upcoming seventh album, \u2018A Hole To See The Sky Through\u2019<\/a> \u2013 visit here<\/a>\u00a0to pre-order.<\/p>\n

Set for release on August 21 via Fiction Records, the record is titled after Yoko Ono<\/a>\u2019s minimalist masterpiece of the same name and features the original work \u2013 a simple white postcard with a circle cut out \u2013 as the album cover, having been granted special permission by the artist herself.<\/p>\n

So far, it has been previewed by the psych rock anthem \u2018Black Sage<\/a>\u2019 and its unmistakable title track<\/a>.\u00a0Today (June 15), the band have shared a more tender, emotive side to the album, dropping the deeply personal new song \u2018Soul River\u2019.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

The song is written in memory of a close family friend and cherished figure on their hometown of Eel Pie Island, who the band describe as a \u201cguardian spirit\u201d of the community. The lyrics pays tribute to a life lost to suicide.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe song is a celebration of a life cut short but one which lives on in our memory and our music,\u201d Blaine Harrison and co. shared, and the song is one of their most poignant, heartfelt releases to date.<\/p>\n

Mystery Jets\u2019 new album was written in the years following the release of their 2020 record \u2018A Billion Heartbeats\u2019<\/a>, and then recorded with producer Leo Abrahams (Brian Eno<\/a>, Frightened Rabbit<\/a>) at his East London HQ.<\/p>\n

Like seen in the latest single, the album as a whole will explore heavy themes like freedom and forgiveness, trauma and wisdom.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf 2016\u2019s \u2018Curve Of The Earth\u2019 was written from the skies, looking back down, and \u2018A Billion Heartbeats\u2019 rooted itself firmly in the trenches of \u2018the culture wars, and protests, and a very street-level perspective\u2019, then their newest completes the trilogy by casting its gaze \u2018back up from the void, to the cosmic again\u2019,\u201d read a new press release.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s an album with a clear, coherent point of view, comprising nine songs that all form fragments of a thematic whole.\u201d<\/p>\n

Since announcing the album, Mystery Jets have announced a new tour for the UK and Ireland<\/a>. Dates kick off at the SWG2 Studio Warehouse in Glasgow on November 22, and include a gig at London\u2019s O2 Forum Kentish Town. Visit here<\/a> for tickets.<\/p>\n

As well as dropping \u2018A Billion Heartbeats\u2019, 2020 also saw the band share a covers album called \u2018Home Protests<\/a>\u2019, and in 2022 bassist Jack Flanagan launched a solo career, releasing the album \u2018Rides The Sky\u2019<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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