The Oxfordshire five-piece The Dreaming Spires have announced their return with the release of new single, ‘Normal Town’, on 27th June 2025 via Clubhouse Records. The track heralds the band’s first new material in nearly a decade and sets the stage for their forthcoming new album of the same name, due for release on 24th October 2025.
The Dreaming Spires are a popular British band best known for their distinctive harmonies, roots-infused sound and Americana-tinged indie rock. Brothers Robin and Joe Bennett formed the early 2000s Oxfordshire indie band Goldrush, which signed to Virgin Records. Over the last decade, they have toured the world as part of Saint Etienne’s live band and the award-winning Bennett Wilson Poole. Jamie Dawson drums for touring US artists such as Annie Keating and Carter Sampson, while Tom Collison also plays keys in Danny & the Champions of the World. Nick Fowler is band member of choice for the likes of Gaz Coombes and Peter Buck.
The single is a piano ballad overlaid with harmonies and synth, that captures “the ambivalence a lot of people feel towards their hometown”. Inspired by coverage of a 2017 study, which showed that Didcot, their local town, is the closest to the statistical median on several metrics and was dubbed “the most normal town in England”. You can watch the video below. The pre-sale link for the album can be found here.
This year, The Dreaming Spires celebrate their return by announcing UK tour dates, which are listed below and for which tickets can be found here.
The Dreaming Spires 2025 tour dates:
6th November, The Water Rats, London
7th November, Cornerstone Arts Centre, Didcot
8th November, Great Easton Village Hall, Great Easton
12th November, Stage & Radio, Manchester
13th November, The Rum Shack, Glasgow
15th November, Music in the Hall, Bewdley
