THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “Come Ahead is Primal Scream’s 12th full-length record. It 11 new songs that find contain some of the most personal songwriting of Bobby Gillespie and the band’s career.
The songwriting process for Come Ahead began in 2019. At that point, Gillespie had no idea if he would make another Primal Scream album. For the first time, lyrics came before the music. The story came first. Bobby wrote alone, using an acoustic guitar. Ideas flowed fast, in long bursts of inspiration. This process, in tandem with encouragement from producer David Holmes, provided a new way in. Working with Holmes and guitarist Andrew Innes, the Come Ahead sessions were completed between Belfast, London and L.A.
“I’m very excited about this album in a way that you would be making your first record,” Gillespie says. “If there was an overall theme to Come Ahead, it might be one of conflict, whether inner or outer. The title is a Glaswegian term — if someone threatens to fight you, you say, ‘come ahead!’ It’s redolent of the indomitable spirit of the Glaswegian, and the album itself shares that aggressive attitude and confidence. They have a word for this up there, gallus. Come Ahead’s quite a cheeky title too.”
