More about: The CoralBill Ryder-Jones

Continuing what he started as songwriter for The Coral, Bill Ryder-Jones’ fourth album Yawn is full of his signature wordplay - “My mistrust, my mistress, takes me home again…” he mournfully intones on his second single ‘And Then There’s You’. Listen to it on Gigwise below.

This new single features brooding yet hopeful, slow-burning guitar riffs that echo Disintegration-era Cure, and it makes Yawn look as if it’s shaping up to become an ideal winter listen, which is due for release in November. But this is by no means a ‘chill’ single - also influenced by noise rock, a growl comes through here more than on his previous solo album West Kirby County Primary, which Ryder-Jones played some of during Gigwise’s Office Sessions back in 2015.

Ryder-Jones’ knack for delayed gratification and pacing on this track comes from his background as a multi-instrumentalist and composer, using influences from Elgar and Debussy to piece together the winding, contemplative chord progressions on this new album. If you’ve only really followed Ryder-Jones through his work in The Coral, this album could be an introduction to him in a more subdued creative frame of mind.

Yawn also features some guest vocals from The Orielles and Our Girl (whose new album Stranger Today was produced by Ryder-Jones). No doubt some of the album’s grand atmosphere came about with the help of mixing from Craig Silvey, who previously worked with Portishead, The Horrors, and Arcade Fire.

There’ll be a chance to see the multi-instrumentalist play through his new material live as support for Gruff Rhys on his European tour, or later headlining Central Hall in Liverpool in December.

His first single ‘Mither’ was shared on back in August on Gigwise, and you can still have a listen here.

More about: The CoralBill Ryder-Jones