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Just back from filling venues during a USA and Canada headline tour, Skerryvore today share the brand new single ‘While I’m Breathing’, which features fellow Scottish artist Tamzene. The song features on their upcoming album ‘Beautiful Mistakes’, which follows on November 6th. Listen HERE. Watch the official video HERE.
While recent years have seen Skerryvore achieve new highs during their two-decade career (the chart breakthrough and Radio 2 airplay from their previous album ‘Tempus’, a huge sold-out anniversary headline show at Floors Castle), ‘While I’m Breathing’ represents the first duet in their history.
The driving folk-pop melody of ‘While I’m Breathing’ shows a doomed, toxic relationship from two different viewpoints – even if both partners share a misguided belief that they can somehow battle against the odds to make it work. Alec Dalglish’s voice is booming, determined and impassioned, a contrast to the unguarded delicacy of Tamzene’s tone. Together, though, their shared harmonies are sublime, a stunning partnership that underlines what’s at risk with the situation that the song reveals.
Skerryvore first connected with Tamzene when she performed at the Tiree Music Festival in their hometown in 2017, an event run by the band’s co-founder Daniel Gillespie.
Skerryvore vocalist/guitarist Alec Dalglish says, “This is the first ever duet for us and it’s a pleasure to have worked with Tamzene on both the writing and recording of this track. Her perspective really helped to complete the big picture and her incredible vocals bring a beautiful authenticity to the sentiment of the track.”
Tamzene is a singer-songwriter from the coastal town of Cromarty in the Scottish Highlands. As heard on the EPs ‘In Any Weather’and ‘Call Them And Tell Them You Love Them’ as well as the recent single ‘that’s not love, babe’, she sprawls across soul, R&B and singer-songwriter styles, all of which are united by the intensity of her emotional lyricism and the forthright beauty of her voice.
Tamzene adds, “Working with Skerryvore on this track was an absolute dream. A band I’ve admired and enjoyed for a long time, and one that continues to evolve and push creatively. This new album has so much beauty and is full of rich storytelling, with ‘While I’m Breathing’ speaking to the lengths we’ll go to for the ones we love. It’s an honour to be involved.”
The song adds another perspective to an album rich with sonic contrasts, from driving road trip energy to raw intimacy, with themes exploring human fallibility and changing perspectives. Produced alongside Jamie Squire (The 1975), it makes ‘Beautiful Mistakes’ the band’s most ambitious and personal album to date.
‘Beautiful Mistakes’ is available to pre-order / pre-save HERE. Today sees the launch of a new card wallet CD format, which features bonus live tracks, unique artwork and is hand-stamped by the band – £1 from every sale of this will be donated to the Street Soccer Scotland charity. They also recently announced a series of limited edition cassette formats of the album, the eight variants each themed around and signed by a different band member. In addition, the band’s official store offers a signed black-and-white sunburst vinyl, a signed CD and black vinyl. All album bundles will be rewarded with a signed postcard from Tiree.
The four-time winners of Scotland’s Live Act of the Year award, Skerryvore will celebrate the release of ‘Beautiful Mistakes’ by embarking upon an extensive UK and Ireland headline tour. Their 2027 live plans are also firmly underway with tours of North Americaand Germany already confirmed, as well as a four-week Australian tour which includes the Port Fairy Folk Festival and the Blue Mountains Music Festival. Please see HERE for tickets and a list of all international shows.
Skerryvore launch the single today with their only upcoming instore, an intimate performance at HMV Glasgow. They will also meet fans and sign copies of the new album at Assai stores in November, calling at Edinburgh (6th, 1pm), Glasgow (7th, 1pm) and Aberdeen(10th, 5pm) – tickets are available HERE.
NOVEMBER
6th – Edinburgh, Corn Exchange
7th – Glasgow, O2 Academy
12th – Kelso, Tait Hall
13th – Dumfries, Easterbrook Hall
14th – Fort William, Nevis Centre
24th – Sunderland, The Fire Station
25th – Settle, Victoria Hall
26th – Cambridge, Junction
27th – London, O2 Academy Islington
28th – Bridlington, Spa
29th – Lincoln, The Drill Hall
DECEMBER
1st – Bath, Komedia
2nd – Manchester, Academy 2
5th – Dundee, LiveHouse
10th – Belfast, Limelight
11th – Dublin, The Academy
17th – Dunoon, Queen’s Hall
18th – Stirling, Albert Hall
19th – Aberdeen, Music Hall
