Dean Wareham has announced the March 28th release of a new solo album. That’s The Price Of Loving Me via Carpark. The album reunites Wareham with producer Kramer (Galaxie 500, Will Oldham, Low), marking their first collaboration in 34 years. The pair last worked together around the release of Galaxie 500’s swan song This Is Our Music in 1990.
Having released a well-received Christmas album, A Peace Of Us, in collaboration with his wife Britta Phillips and Sonic Boom at the end of last year, That’s the Price Of Loving Me marks Wareham’s fourth solo album.
The first track to be unveiled from the album is album opener ‘You Were The Ones I Had To Betray ‘, the video for which can be seen below. Wareham explains: ‘I wrote this at the last minute, thinking about how love and friendship seem to actually invite betrayal. I didn’t really anticipate where the song would end up musically; it was transformed when Gabe Noel added the cello arrangement in the studio.’
Speaking of the collaboration Kramer reflects: ‘34 years is a long time. But I love Dean, so it was worth the wait. Going back into the studio with him again felt like we’d never been apart. And when the work was done, I felt like it couldn’t have been better. There was a ‘full circle’ air around us that still lingers. I’m grateful for having been invited inside again, and for the emotional opportunities that a truly deep and personal collaboration can offer. It’s incredibly rare, and I’d be surprised if I feel anything even remotely like this again.’
The album tracklisting is as follows:
- You Were the Ones I Had To Betray
- Dear Betty Baby
- Mystery Guest
- New World Julie
- We’re Not Finished Yet
- Bourgeois Manque
- Yesterday’s Hero
- That’s the Price Of Loving Me
- Reich Der Traume
- The Cloud Is Coming
Wareham will be playing the following dates in the UK in the spring:
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1 – The Garage, Glasgow
2 – Band On The Wall, Manchester
3 – Hangar 34, Liverpool
4 – The Assembly, Leamington
5 -Brudenell Social Club, Leeds
6 – The Fleece, Bristol
7 – 229, London
