Del Amitri sign new record deal with Cooking Vinyl

06 May 2020 - Press release

Del Amitri were one of the biggest bands of the '90s with five consecutive Top 10 albums, 6 million album sales and numerous hit singles such as 'Nothing Ever Happens', 'Always The Last To Know' and 'Roll To Me'. The band's return gathers momentum with the news that they've signed a new record deal with Cooking Vinyl, home to the likes of Billy Bragg, The Waterboys and Passenger. The deal will see Del Amitri release a new studio album - their first since 2002 - early next year. 

Formed in Glasgow in the mid '80s by vocalist/bassist Justin Currie and guitarist Iain Harvie, Del Amitri's current line-up is completed by Andy Alston (keys/percussion), Kris Dollimore (guitar) and Ash Soan (drums) who have been with the band since the '90s. 

The announcement follows the news that Del Amitri will play a free show for Scotland's NHS workers at Glasgow Barrowland on December 9th. All tickets for the show were allocated just eight minutes after they became available. A full headline tour is set to be announced in the near future. 

Cooking Vinyl's Managing Director Rob Collins commented, "I'm excited to sail with the good ship Del Amitri on this new voyage of theirs. From what I've heard we have the supplies to brighten up the world again." 

Justin Currie added, "Del Amitri are thrilled to have signed with Cooking Vinyl, a company whose working methods and rugged independence we have long admired. 

Having finished recording the night before lockdown in the UK we're looking forward to navigating the high seas of the new normal, with a company who can innovate and react with the sort of flexibility only true independence can bring."  

Del Amitri signed the new deal last Friday using Zoom.