Classic new wave group Simple Minds, best known for their 1985 hit “Don’t You (Forget About Me),” has shared a new single “Midnight Walking” from their upcoming album Big Music, which you can check out over at Consequence of Sound. The dancey track features some delicious synths that wouldn’t be out of place on an Aphex Twin song, so these guys definitely don’t sound like they’re stuck in the past.
“I was thinking of my 17-year-old son and his mates in North London, all of them skint and just cruising/hanging around,” singer Jim Kerr said of the song in a statement. “That in turn got me thinking of people on the move all over the world, for one reason or other, ‘all those people, marching people, trying to find somewhere to go.’”
You can check out Simple Minds’ “Midnight Walking” over at Consequence of Sound right now.
Big Music is set for release on Nov. 4, and is the band’s 16th studio album, their first since 2009’s Graffiti Soul. “Midnight Walking” is the second single to be released from the album, following “Honest Town," which you can check out right here:
You can check out the album’s tracklist right here:
01. Blindfolded
02. Midnight Walking
03. Honest Town
04. Big Music
05. Human
06. Blood Diamonds
07. Let The Day Begin
08. Concrete and Cherry Blossom
09. Imagination
10. Kill or Cure
11. Broken Glass Park
12. Spirited Away
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