Dexys Midnight Runners LOVE Vinyl LP Due Out 04/09/26

Dexys Midnight Runners - LOVE

Please note this is a pre-order item due for release 4th September, 2026

Tracklist:

1. My Life In England Pt.1
2. You’ve Got The Love
3. Once A Man and Twice AChild
4. You’re Alright
5. I Want To Be Holding YouNext Christmas
6. I’ll Always Love You
7. Strange Feelin
8. It’s Over Now
9. Old Love
10. My Life In England Pt.2

LOVE, Dexys Midnight Runners latest, possibly last ever album, is a luminous collection of scenes and reckonings. Stories of family and friends, tales from past and present. All drawn from Kevin Rowland’s life, each an individual jewel,threaded together with love. Songs begun three decades ago sit along side those written in the last year. A vivid depiction of Rowland's Irish immigrant childhood [‘My Life in England Pt 1’]; a moving letter to his grandchildren [‘You’re Alright’]; a wistful moment at the start of a love affair [‘I Want To Be Holding You Next Christmas’]; a pin-perfect portrait of time spent with a dying parent [‘Once A Man, Twice A Child’]; the difficulties of relationships when you're older [‘Old Love’]. All deeply personal, all true, all here; the full human span of relationships, family and intimate emotion.

The theme of this album - Kevin's ninth, Dexys' seventh - gradually emerged as the songs progressed. "I don’t remember when it happened, but I just thought, 'Hang on, these are all love songs, of different kinds',” he says. "I knew then: Call it LOVE." These are love songs, but not of the usual pop style. Not will-she-won't-she romance, but something more emotional and all-encompassing.