Peter Bruntnell has announced the release of his fourteenth or fifteenth (count them!) album – “Houdini and the Sucker Punch” comes out on October 4th on Domestico Records. It follows in the wake of 2021’s “Journey to the Sun” and a glorious run of form that stretches back to the turn of the century and beyond. Featuring a host of special guests, surely this is the album that catapults him to megastardom – we at AUK can but hope. The lead single and video ‘Out of the Pines’ will be out on August 24th.
The new album sees Peter re-employing his long-term band members Mick Clews (drums), Dave Little (electric guitar) and Peter Noone (bass), along with a number of his favourite musicians. Several tracks feature cameos include pedal steel virtuoso Eric Heywood adding magic to ‘Houdini’, ‘The Flying Monk’ and ‘Stamps Of The World’, Son Volt / Uncle Tupelo’s Jay Farrar playing piano on ‘Sharks’, Peter’s old partner in crime (we suspect quite literally), James Walbourne of The Pretenders tearing up ‘Yellow Gold’, cellist Laura Anstee on ‘Sharks’ and ‘Jimmy Mac’, Son Volt’s Mark Spencer’s Hammond organ and piano on ‘Let There Be A Scar’ and mastering man Peter Linnane touching up the album with some added Hammond organ and synth.
Pete states: “I’m happy to report that the new album is finished, printed, pressed and here at Bruntnell HQ with the due date being October 4th. Mick Clews, Peter Noone and myself had a fab time recording the drums, bass guitar, guitars and vocals at Comrade Jim Lowe’s (Stereophonics, Ghost In A Spitfire) garden studio in deepest Berkshire, before I brought it back to Kingston for some overdubs. It’s more of a straight forward band sounding record that should translate quite well in a live situation, (well that’s what I’m thinking anyway?), made all the more Fantastico with some additional guest appearances that I’m super excited about! ” So are we Pete, so are we.
The album is available to preorder here. Following on from the release Pete will be on the road September and October with a full band for most shows. Tickets available here
UK Tour Dates
01 Sep – HASTINGS The Jenny Lind
06 Sep – BRIGHTON Prince Albert
07 Sep – WINCHESTER The Railway
11 Sep – LEICESTER The Musician
12 Sep – LONDON Half Moon Putney
13 Sep – SWANSEA HQ Urban Kitchen
14 Sep – BEDFORD Esquires ( Hosted by AUK’s Keith Hargreaves and his Sounds from Beyond the Shed)
15 Sep – SALTAIRE The Live Room
04 Oct – LIVERPOOL Outpost
05 Oct – ISLE OF BUTE Craigmore Bowling Club
06 Oct – GLASGOW The Glad Cafe
15 Dec – ST LEONARDS The Regency Rooms
06 Mar – NOTTINGHAM Angel Microbrewery
07 Mar – PRESTON The New Continental
