(Indie Pop, Synthpop) Sarah Cracknell (Saint Etienne) - Red Kite - 2015, MP3, 320 kbps

Red Kite is the much-anticipated new solo album by Saint Etiennes lead singer Sarah Cracknell. Musically, 'Red Kite' has a sophisticated, pastoral feel, drawing on classic 60s pop with less of a dance music influence than Saint Etienne. Sarah has co-written all the songs bar one cover version, The Mutineer. It's fanfared by new single 'Nothing Left To Talk About', a duet with guest vocalist Nicky Wire of the Manic Street Preachers. Recorded at Big Pink, Oxfordshire and in Cardiff in winter 2014 and early 2015, the album has been co-produced by Carwyn Ellis (Colorama). The belated follow-up to her 1997 album Lipslide, Red Kite is being promoted with a major marketing campaign across all media. Red Kite is Sarahs first recorded outing since Saint Etiennes 2012 album 'Words And Music'.