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Nov 26, 2018 By Christopher Roberts Steve Mason

Steve Mason, former frontman of The Beta Band (whose The Three EPs turned 20 this year), is releasing a new solo album, About the Light, on January 18, 2019 via Domino imprint Double Six. Previously he shared its first single, “Stars Around My Heart,” via a video for the song (it was one of our Songs of the Week). Now he has shared another song from the album, “Walking Away From Love.” Listen to it below.

Stephen Street (The Smiths, Blur, The Cranberries) produced About the Light, which was recorded at studios in London and Brighton. It’s Mason’s fourth solo album, following Boys Outside (2010), Monkey Minds in the Devil’s Time (2013), and Meet the Humans (2016).

Mason had this to say about the album in a previous press release: “It’s a beautiful, confident, positive, angry, loving, and gentle album which once again moves what I do forward. David Bowie said that you should always be slightly out of your comfort zone if you want to achieve greatness, and for the first time perhaps ever, I deliberately pushed myself into that place. Who doesn’t want greatness?”

Steve Mason Tour Dates:

30.01.19 - Riverside - NEWCASTLE
31.01.19 - SWG3 - GLASGOW
01.02.19 - Belgrave Music Hall - LEEDS
02.02.19 - Academy 2 - MANCHESTER
07.02.19 - Hackney Arts Centre - LONDON
08.02.19 - The Fleece - BRISTOL
09.02.19 - St. Bartholomew’s Church - BRIGHTON
14.02.19 - Auster-Club - BERLIN
15.02.19 - Paradiso - AMSTERDAM
16.02.19 - Badaboum - PARIS

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