Watch: Hundred Reasons release their first new single in 15 years
There’s an album and UK tour on the way as well
Hundred Reasons have announced their first new album in 15 years, as well as releasing a new single and announcing a UK tour with Hell Is For Heroes and My Vitriol.
'Glorious Sunset' is due for release on 24th Feb 2023 via SO Recordings.
You can watch a visualiser video and listen to the title-track and new single below.
Watch: Official visualiser for new Hundred Reasons single 'Glorious Sunset'
Speaking about getting back together for the first writing session, vocalist Colin Doran said: “I came away from that session not just feeling closer to the other guys, having not seen them for some time, but thinking the music was f** awesome. We all looked at each other and knew it was a go.”
Delving further into the creative process he continued: “When we started writing again it was really important that we did not go back to any material that had been cut previously. It all had to be completely new.
“We started writing just before Covid and got together sporadically as and when we could to write and demo which was not our usual way.”
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He also revealed the sad inspiration behind the single.
“The lyrics for the song completely changed from the demo version to the recorded version as within that space of time my mother passed away after a 4-year battle with cancer,” Doran revealed. “She had gone into remission twice previously and it come back again but this time it would be terminal.
“The title of the song took on a new meaning as the song talks about being relieved that someone you love is no longer suffering. The sunset refers to the light that many people say they see when they die.”
Speaking of the album as a whole, he added: “This album isn’t something we felt we had to do. We simply arrived at a position where the music was so good that it was something we needed to do.”
Hundred Reasons Spring 2023 UK headline tour dates:
February 2023
Leeds O2 Academy – Thu 23rd
Glasgow Barrowland – Fri 24th
Manchester Academy – Sat 25th
March 2023
Bristol O2 Academy – Thu 2nd
Birmingham O2 Institute – Fri 3rd
Brixton O2 Academy Brixton, London – Sat 4th