Make plans to join us at Grimey’s on Friday, October 10th at 4:00 PM for an intimate instore performance and record release celebration with St. Paul & the Broken Bones! We’ll be gathering together to welcome the band’s new album, simply called St. Paul & the Broken Bones, into the world! We’re pumped to be able to host them on such a big day and hope you’ll be here to celebrate with us! You can preorder a copy of the exclusive Grimey’s Records & Seasick Records variant pressed on Star Blue Quartz colored vinyl in the record shop and on our webstore here. (CDs are also available.) All preorders placed for local, event pickup will score a wristband for the album signing and all who preorder for mail order will receive an autographed copy of the album, to be signed by the band the day of our event.
In rock-music mythos, the self-titled album is a line in the sand—typically signifying a reinvention, a reunion, or a return to roots. St. Paul & The Broken Bones, the sixth LP from Birmingham’s ever- evolving Southern-soul giants, is somehow all of these things at once—carrying forward the experimental spirit of their back-to-back heavyweights The Alien Coast and (2022) Angels in Science Fiction (2023), but with a warmer, more accessible vibe that recalls the fun, exuberance, and buoyancy of their breakout debut, Half the City (2014), and beloved follow-ups Sea of Noise (2016) and Young Sick Camellia (2018) . As singer and co-founder Paul Janeway puts it, these 10 songs represent a "reset and a refresh" after a frenetic few years.
Janeway has learned many lessons, both personal and creative, since September 2020, when The Broken Bones finished recording Angels in the Science Fiction. With that vibrant era in the rear view, Janeway started collaborating with a series of co-writers and featured artists, eventually finding the perfect partner in Eg White: a prolific, London-based pop-rock veteran who’s co-written and produced hits with stars like Adele ("Chasing Pavements") and Celine Dion ("Water and a Flame"). Aided by that expert ear, Janeway finished a batch of new music he was proud of—but he pivoted back to full-band mode in January ’24, regrouping with his old friends at the iconic FAME Studios in Muscle Shoals, where they’d mixed their debut, Half the City, over a decade earlier.
The room was immediately alive—given that they recorded their last two LPs remotely, it had been several years since they'd written together in this format. But then Phillips asked an intriguing question: 'Hey, man, can I hear some of the stuff you wrote with Eg White?" Janeway was initially reluctant to bring this music "into the band sphere," but his co-founder convinced him otherwise. They dusted off some of those tracks, melding them with the new group-written material and additional ideas Janeway cooked up with White after returning to London. "Basically our philosophy for the record was 'best song wins,'" the frontman says.
Be here on release day, Friday, October 10th at 4:00 PM for a special performance & album signing by St. Paul & the Broken Bones. All who preorder their new self-titled album for local, event pickup will receive a wristband to participate in the band’s post-performance album signing. And all who preorder their new album for mail order will receive a signed copy , to be shipped after our event with the band. You can read more about the new record and lock in your copy on our webstore here.
