A Certain Ratio have announced details of a brand new four-track EP, Christmasville UK, due out on 11th December 2024 via Mute. The EP will be available on 12” in a limited edition of 500 copies pressed on transparent orange vinyl, made in Scotland by sustainable pressing plant Seabass Vinyl, and digitally. The EP can be pre-ordered here.
The band – Jez Kerr, Martin Moscrop and Donald Johnson have made the band’s first ever Christmas track ‘Now And Laughter‘ and the first track on the EP available to download and stream now. The track was originally demoed during the sessions for their most recent album It All Comes Down to This, released earlier this year. The guitar chords are based on the chords from ‘The Big E’ / ‘Won’t Stop Loving You’, while the lyrics acknowledge the unsung heroes that are on hand when the pressures of the festivities can become too much to bear.
The band have invited some of the extended ACR family to join the celebrations and rework tracks from their most recent album for the EP. Jane Weaver (labelmate when they were both on much-missed Rob Gretton’s label back in the ‘90s) has remixed ‘Where You Coming From’, and long-time friend and collaborator Emperor Machine (aka Andy Meecham) has given ‘Out From Under’ an extended rework, which you can listen to HERE. Meanwhile, London-based Jezebell, (who the band heard when they were on tour in Germany), bring the Electo Balearic party spirit to ‘We All Need’ to complete the EP.
Photo credit: Debbie Ellis
