Mystery Jets announce new album with lead single "Screwdriver"

"Screwdriver" is the second single to be shared from their new album, after last month's tribute to the NHS "Hospital Radio".

Speaking about the new single, vocalist Blaine Harrison explains, ""Screwdriver" is about the mechanics of intolerance. Looking back at times of economic instability in history, we see how easily deep chasms grow in society and the population seeks change wherever it is most convincingly promised. Conflict arises as cultures and belief systems clash, unwilling to accept one another’s place in society, because we are fed the rhetoric that our neighbours are those responsible for our problems: then inevitably nationalism once more raises its ugly head above the parapet. But whereas political agendas fuel divisiveness, music unites and reminds us of all that we have in common. The message of "Screwdriver" is not a pessimistic one - because perhaps faced with confrontation we can find understanding, and even maybe learn how to listen to, and love one another."

Mystery Jets' new album A Billion Heartbeats is their first since 2016's Curve of the Earth.

Harrison says of their new record, "This album wasn’t about making pointed opinions. It was about being a mirror for what’s going on, reflecting back the way people are feeling."

Tracklist:

1. Screwdriver
2. Petty Drone
3. History Has Its Eyes On You
4. A Billion Heartbeats
5. Endless City
6. Hospital Radio
7. Cenotaph
8. Campfire Song
9. Watching Yourself Slowly Disappear
10. Wrong Side Of The Tracks