MULL HISTORICAL SOCIETY

NICK HORNBY PENS LYRICS FOR:
“PANICKED FEATHERS”
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BRAND NEW ALBUM: 

‘IN MY MIND THERE’S A ROOM’
OUT 21 JULY – PRE-SAVE HERE

With words by the singular Nick Hornby – MULL HISTORICAL SOCIETY – is delighted to share the new single “Panicked Feathers”.

WATCH VIDEO FOR “PANICKED FEATHERS” HERE || STREAM ON ALL SERVICES HERE

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)

Artwork by John MacLean (Beta Band) – hi res here

MULL HISTORICAL SOCIETY – ‘IN MY MIND THERE’S A ROOM’
– OUT 21 JULY, VIA XTRA MILE RECORDINGS

WATCH VIDEO FOR “PANICKED FEATHERS” HERE || STREAM ON ALL SERVICES HERE

FOR MORE INFORMATION
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Or please contact: thom@sonicpr.co.uk

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Over two decades on since his landmark debut, ‘Loss’, MacIntyre’s exceptional creative streak continues in what is already proving to be a busy year for MacIntyre, who released ‘Archaeology: Complete Recordings 2000-2004’, an 80-track 4-CD Bookset earlier this year, as well as 20th & 21st anniversary reissues of his first 3 MHS albums, ‘Loss’, Us’ & ‘This Is Hope’ with sold-out shows to wide acclaim, he will also publish his 4th book, and debut Crime novel in a new Mull Mysteries Series, ‘When The Needle Drops’, early on in 2024.

Mull Historical Society is the musical project of Colin MacIntyre. To date, MHS has released 8 acclaimed albums including two UK Top 20 albums, and four Top 40 singles. Colin has also collaborated with a range of artists including Irvine Welsh, Annie Lennox, Snow Patrol, King Creosote, Tony Benn (appearing in Benn’s famous Diaries) and has toured worldwide, including with REM, The Strokes, and Elbow. His debut novel ‘The Letters of Ivor Punch’ won the 2015 Edinburgh Book Festival First Book Award, and his memoir ‘Hometown Tales’ came out in 2018.  He was voted Scotland’s Top Creative Talent at the Glenfiddich Spirit of Scotland Awards, as well as one of the Greatest Scottish Artists of All Time in a public poll.

Over two decades on since his landmark debut, MacIntyre’s creative streak continues, with his new album ‘In My Mind There’s A Room’ landing on 21 July, via Xtra Mile Recordings.