NEW ALBUM 'DEAR SATELLITE' OUT 8 APRIL 2016

UK TOUR DATES IN JUNE







Reactionto 2015’s ‘Best-Of’ Mull Historical Society / Colin MacIntyre

‘Every bit the Hebridean Sufjan Stevens.Terrific.’ 4/5 Q Magazine for 2015’s‘Best-Of’ Mull Historical Society / Colin MacIntyre

‘Great hooks… up there with the best of them.This collection underlines his credentials as a storyteller.’ UNCUT





Mull HistoricalSociety (Colin MacIntyre) will celebrate his birthday this year, on 8thApril 2016, by releasing his seventh album Dear Satellite through XtraMile Recordings. The album was produced by Grammy award-winning Dom Morley,known for his work on Amy Winehouse's Back To Black, as well as workingwith Adele, Grinderman and Sting. He also produced Colin's first album on XtraMile Recordings, City Awakenings released in 2012.



As well as performingan instore at Rough Trade West, London, on release day (April 8th),Colin will be playing three full band dates in June. Info here:



21st June –London, Borderline

22nd June –Manchester Night & Day

23rd June –Glasgow King Tuts

Tickets available fromwww.mullhistoricalsociety.com



Support comes fromMull’s Sorren MacIean, as well as The Honey Ants (London only).



The single ‘The Ballad Of Ivor Punch’ is currently playlisted on BBC Scotlandwith further plays from Amazing Radio. The song’s central character is also themain protagonist in Colin’s debut novel, The Letters of Ivor Punch,published in hardback last year. It won the Edinburgh International BookFestival's First Book award and will be released in paperback edition the daybefore his birthday and the release of Dear Satellite.



The album is tentracks of floating, positive, textually diverse pop songs. The spring morningbrightness spread across 'Sleepy Hollow' and 'This Little Sister' may leap youinto optimistic, slightly cheerful abandon but 'Why Do They Go So Soon' wringsa little melancholy into the warmth. The odd off-key whistling underpinning therhyming acoustic pop of 'Bones' meshes the weird elements you'd have expectedfrom MHS of old, while the chiming synth-drive of 'The Ballad of Ivor Punch'reaches into Arcade Fire-esque indie rock. 'All the Love Remains' and 'EachOther' captures the sweet and serious strumming that MHS has made his own,while the album closes with the reflective, sky-and-soul-searching 'Farewell toFinisterre', continuing the seeming interest of Xtra Mile Recordings bands inspace and star gazing.



Colin says: “I couldn’t be happier with the album. It is10 songs, 36 minutes, and it feels like a perfect distillation of what I cando, and my best work. I’ve really pushed myself as a songwriter and tried tochallenge myself to evolve sonically and capture a unique atmosphere within thealbum. There is a lot of space in it, lushness, but also it feels punchy andmelodically pop. It is about home, getting home, leaving home, finding home,whatever planet or street or field you live on. Whatever home means to you. Ithink having a new music publishing deal with BMG/Xtra Mile Music has also mademe reach for higher. I’m so excited to see it enter the world. It looks bloodygood too!”

Tracklisting:

01 Build Another Brick

02 Sleepy Hollow

03 This Little Sister

04 Why Do They Go So Soon

05 Bones

06 The Ballad of Ivor Punch

07 All the Love Remains

08 Each Other

09 Try To Be You

10 Farewell to Finisterre



This news follows amammoth 2015 for Colin which saw him celebrate 15 years since the release ofhis first single 'Barcode Bypass' as well as his first 'Best of' collection ondouble vinyl for Record Store Day which wascelebrated with a sold-out tour performing his Gold-selling MHS debut album ‘Loss’.With a tour in the Spring supporting the album release still to be announced,2016 is shaping up to be another exciting year in Mull Historical Society’sextraordinary career.



Pre-order the album now here:

Xtra MileRecordings: http://smarturl.it/DearSatellite-XMR

Amazon: http://smarturl.it/MHS-DearSatellite

iTunes: http://smarturl.it/DearSatellite-iTunes







www.xtramilerecordings.com

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For more information please contact dani (at) xtramilerecordings.com