Richard Dawson confirms release of "The Hermit" on CD single + announces 2023 Barbican live date
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Richard Dawson confirms release of "The Hermit" on CD single + announces 2023 Barbican live date

Last month Richard Dawson announced news of his new album The Ruby Cord via Weird World. Due November 18th, it is the final part of a trilogy that started with the pre-medieval world of Peasant, was brought back to the present day with 2020 and - possibly - concludes in the future with Dawson’s seventh studio album.
 
Unusually, Dawson didn’t share any new music with the announcement but did reveal news of the accompanying and forthcoming pop video for the album’s 40-minute opening track and first single “The Hermit”. That short film directed by James Hankins will be premiered in cinemas and art spaces across the UK ahead of the record coming out. Now “The Hermit” is to get a limited-edition CD single release, backed by an exclusive B-side “The Stone Pickers”. Each of the sleeves will be hand-signed by Richard and the CD single is available to pre-order HERE with release on November 18th.

Cinema screenings
12th November – Rio, London (4pm) ^
13th November – Belgrave Music Hall, Leeds

14th November – The Cube, Bristol ^ (2 screenings)
15th November – Chapeltown Picture House, Manchester
16th November - FACT, Liverpool
17th November – Star & Shadow, Newcastle ^
18th November – CCA, Glasgow
^ = in person Q&A
Tickets
 
Additionally, Dawson is pleased to confirm a show at London’s Barbican next May, with full details of a UK tour to follow. 

 Live dates
5th May 2023 – Barbican, London
Tickets on sale 4th Nov  

Richard Dawson The Ruby Cord

Album | 18th November 2022

Pop in your earpiece, close your eyes and embrace the wonders (and horrors) of augmented reality and prepare to travel 500 years into the future as Richard Dawson returns with…The Ruby Cord. These seven tracks plunge us into an unreal, fantastical and at times sinister future where social mores have mutated, ethical and physical boundaries have evaporated; a place where you no longer need to engage with anyone but yourself and your own imagination. It’s a leap into a future that is well within reach, in some cases already here.

Tracklisting

  • 1The Hermit
  • 2Thicker Than Water
  • 3The Fool
  • 4Museum
  • 5The Tip of an Arrow
  • 6No-one
  • 7Horse and Rider

Richard Dawson The Ruby Cord

Album | 18th November 2022

Pop in your earpiece, close your eyes and embrace the wonders (and horrors) of augmented reality and prepare to travel 500 years into the future as Richard Dawson returns with…The Ruby Cord. These seven tracks plunge us into an unreal, fantastical and at times sinister future where social mores have mutated, ethical and physical boundaries have evaporated; a place where you no longer need to engage with anyone but yourself and your own imagination. It’s a leap into a future that is well within reach, in some cases already here.

Tracklisting

  • 1The Hermit
  • 2Thicker Than Water
  • 3The Fool
  • 4Museum
  • 5The Tip of an Arrow
  • 6No-one
  • 7Horse and Rider
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