With words by the singular Nick Hornby – MULL HISTORICAL SOCIETY – is delighted to share the new single “Panicked Feathers”.
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On what will be his first album since 2018’s ‘Wakelines’, Colin MacIntyre’s upcoming album ‘In My Mind There’s A Room‘ was written in collaboration with thirteen world-renowned authors; each of whom were asked to write about a room of special significance to them.
Enlisting the talents of Nick Hornby, an author whose passion for music is well-documented across his bestselling pop-fiction classics like ‘High Fidelity’, ‘Juliet, Naked’ and ‘About A Boy’, the pair’s meeting of minds has produced the anthemic new song “Panicked Feathers“. Written by Hornby (with additional music and lyrics added by MacIntyre), the single transports the listener back to his teenage bedroom through lyrics laced with the mischief and adventure of self-discovery and coming of age.
Remembering that room in “Panicked Feathers”, Nick writes:
“Outside my bedroom there was a flat roof // The garage roof where cats came through // My bedroom sat at the top // And sometimes they’d bring birds dead or dying // And sometimes they would drag them in // Over my teenage face // But who knows with cats with cats? // And I learned to climb // Outside of that window // With a friend we’d smoke outside // Dangled legs in the sun on the roof // Imagining the world was smaller than us…”
Aptly capturing the sense of sepia-tinted revelry that unfolds throughout the song, “Panicked Feathers” is accompanied by a nostalgic official video which is available to watch now here.
“Panicked Feathers” will feature on the new Mull Historical Society album ‘In My Mind There’s A Room‘, scheduled for release by Xtra Mile Recordings label on 21 July. Arriving as the first new material from Colin MacIntyre in five years, it will feature contributions from thirteen highly acclaimed guest authors including Ian Rankin, Jacqueline Wilson, Jennifer Clement (‘Widow Basquiat’), Booker-winning Sebastian Barry, Alan Warner, 2021 US National Book Award-winner Jason Mott, Scottish poet laureates’ Jackie Kay and Liz Lochhead (on current single “1952“), booker-shortlisted Stephen Kelman (‘Pigeon English’), legendary crime writer Val McDermid (on previous single “Room of Masks”) and Nick Hornby on “Panicked Feathers”. The album’s official artwork is by John MacLean of The Beta Band, a band who were humorously referenced in the film adaptation of Nick Hornby’s ‘High Fidelity’ (watch here).
Appearing at an array of literary festivals this summer in support of the record, Mull Historical Society will be appearing for a special show at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe next month, with further confirmed dates also listed below.
Mull Historical Society / Colin MacIntyre – 2023 Live Dates
29th July – MHS Belladrum
4th Aug – MHS Edinburgh Fringe @ Summerhall
Sept – Wigtown Book Fest (music & book)
17th Sept – Bloody Scotland Festival, Stirling
20th Sept – WayWORD Festival, Aberdeen University (w/ Alan Warner)
30th Sept – Wigtown Book Festival
27th Oct – Tobermory Book Fest (music & book)
MULL HISTORICAL SOCIETY – ‘IN MY MIND THERE’S A ROOM’
– OUT 21 JULY, VIA XTRA MILE RECORDINGS
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