Tag: Paul Court

The Primitives to chronicle first era in 5-disc ‘Bloom! The Full Story 1985-1992’ box set

The Primitives to chronicle first era in 5-disc ‘Bloom! The Full Story 1985-1992’ box set

Cherry Red Records this March will celebrate the first era of U.K. indie-pop favorites The Primitives with a five-disc box set that collects three studio albums, a raft of singles and related B-sides, demos, covers, material recorded in BBC sessions, and live cuts. Full tracklist right here.

The Primitives release 4-song ‘New Thrills’ EP, plan rare U.S. dates in June

The Primitives release 4-song ‘New Thrills’ EP, plan rare U.S. dates in June

Reunited indie-pop outfit The Primitives have released a new four-song EP titled New Thrills, and will help promote it later this month with a pair of U.K. shows in London and Manchester followed, in early June, by a trio or rare U.S. dates. Stream the new EP, and check out tour dates, here.

Video: The Primitives, ‘Lose the Reason’ — brand-new single out today

Video: The Primitives, ‘Lose the Reason’ — brand-new single out today

The Primitives today released a new single — it’s out digitally now in the U.K., and will be followed by a limited-edition 7-inch in the U.S. and Europe next month — called “Lose the Reason,” and you can hear the track right now via its just-debuted music video. The song arrives in the U.S. on 7-inch on March 4.

Video: The Primitives, ‘I’m Not Sayin’ — Nico cover off ‘Echoes and Rhymes’

Video: The Primitives, ‘I’m Not Sayin’ — Nico cover off ‘Echoes and Rhymes’

The Primitives have issued a second video for a track off their just-released “concept covers album” ‘Echoes and Rhymes,’ this time for their cover of Nico’s 1965 debut single “I’m Not Sayin’.” The track features guitarist Paul Court on lead vocals, with Tracy Tracy chiming in with backing vox toward the end.

Stream: The Primitives’ ‘Never Kill a Secret’ — band’s first new music in 20 years

Stream: The Primitives’ ‘Never Kill a Secret’ — band’s first new music in 20 years

Reunited indie-pop combo The Primitives are back with their first new recordings in 20 years, and in case you didn’t catch ‘Never Kill a Secret’ — the title track off the band’s forthcoming EP — on this week’s Slicing Up Eyeballs radio show, you can now stream the track in its entirety here.

The Primitives record ‘Never Kill a Secret’ EP, first new music in 20 years; set U.K. tour

The Primitives record ‘Never Kill a Secret’ EP, first new music in 20 years; set U.K. tour

The Primitives will release their first new music in 20 years next spring in the form of the four-track ‘Never Kill a Secret’ EP — available as a 7-inch single or digital download — designed to coincide with a just-announced March tour of the U.K.

The Primitives recording first new music since 1991, hope to release ‘pretty soonish’

The Primitives recording first new music since 1991, hope to release ‘pretty soonish’

After initially cautioning that their reunion solely was about ‘nostalgia,’ the members of U.K. indie-pop act The Primitives have hit the studio to record their first new music since 1991’s ‘Galore,’ telling fans ‘hopefully there’ll be a new Primitives release pretty soonish.’

The Primitives extend reunion with European festivals, hint at U.S. dates this fall

The Primitives extend reunion with European festivals, hint at U.S. dates this fall

Reformed jangle-pop act The Primitives are extending their reunion with a quartet of just-announced shows in Europe and their native U.K. this summer — and are hinting at a return to the U.S. this fall following a successful New York City gig earlier this month.