Hearken to Heavenly’s first new track in 29 years, ‘Portland City’

Heavenly have returned with ‘Portland City’, the primary new track they've launched in 29 years – take heed to it beneath.

The cult Oxford indie band, who describe themselves as “riot twee”, launched 4 studio albums within the Nineties, the final of which was 1996’s ‘Operation Heavenly’. They disbanded, nonetheless, after drummer Matthew Fletcher took his personal life shortly earlier than that document’s launch.

They did reunite in 2023 for a present at Bush Corridor in London and went on to play quite a lot of reveals collectively later that 12 months, with Dying In Vegas’ Ian Button filling in for Fletcher.

Now, they've launched their first new music since ‘Operation Heavenly’, within the type of the prickly, infectious single ‘Portland City’, which sees singer Amelia Fletcher sing: “I’ve by no means been courageous, I’ve by no means been robust / However generally it's a must to say, that’s sufficient”.

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They've additionally shared the monitor’s B-side ‘Somebody Who Cares’, a extra reflective, introspective tune – test that out beneath. The tracks are out now on a 7” launched by Skep Wax Data and you could find it here.

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Heavenly will play a present at London’s Islington Meeting Corridor on July 19 – discover tickets for the present here.

The Fletcher siblings, guitarist Peter Momtchiloff and bassist Robert Pursey had been all beforehand members of the C86 band Talulah Gosh.

After Matthew Fletcher’s passing, the members of Heavenly determined to retire the band’s title, however continued underneath the title Marine Analysis for the 1999 album ‘Sounds From The Gulf Stream’.

They later performed collectively within the band Tender Lure, releasing 4 additional albums, and Amelia Fletcher and Pursey are additionally within the bands The Catenary Wires and Swansea Sound.

Upon their return in 2022, they introduced reissues all 4 of their studio albums, starting with 1991’s ‘Heavenly vs. Devil’.