One Liners: James Blunt, Semisonic, Young Fathers, more

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RELEASESJames Blunt will release new album ‘Who We Used To Be’ on 27 Oct. Out now is new single ‘Beside You’. “It’s a bit of a celebration”, he says of the song. “An upbeat banger about finally being with the one you’ve been searching for your whole life”.Semisonic have announced that they will release their first full length album in more than 20 years, ‘Little Bit Of Sun’, on 3 Nov.

Here’s first single ‘The Rope’.Injury Reserve’s RiTchie and Parker Corey have announced that they have formed a new duo called By Storm, following the death of bandmate Stepa J Groggs in 2020.

A new double A-side single features final Injury Reserve track ‘Bye Storm’ and first By Storm track ‘Double Trio’. “To respect the specificity of all three of us as Injury Reserve, we have decided not to make new music under this name”, say the duo. “[We] have continued working together and plan to release under By Storm as a hand off from our work within Injury Reserve”.Speedy Ortiz have shared new single ‘Ghostwriter’, from upcoming new album ‘Rabbit Rabbit’, which is out on 1 Sep.

Says the band’s Sadie Dupuis: “While ‘Ghostwriter’ ruminates on the horrible realities that stoke my anger – in this song’s case, the death of our climate and the criminalisation of environmental protesters – it’s also about trying to live with less rage in the day-to-day.