Track Of The Week :: Amber Run - Affection

Words: Linn Branson 

Nottingham trio Amber Run have returned with a lush new single 'Affection' and... it is simply not just the best they have ever sounded, but this is undoubtedly the best song you'll hear this week, if not this month.

The song - first performed live during their US tour last December- precedes the release of their forthcoming third album 'Philophobia', due out on September 27.

“I hope after people have heard the record they feel closer to the band," says frontman Joe Keogh explains. "Gone are the days where we feel angry to the point of pushing people away. We want to draw people in and keep them close. In the hope we could have a shared experience.”

Get up close to the quite beautiful four and a half minutes of 'Affection' below. It's a heart-tugger, that's for sure, and Keogh's voice is emotion personified, as he delivers lines like "Affection can be as cruel as it is kind / Lover, won't you give me a sign / Love can be as deaf as it is blind."

Amber Run will be touring the album in both UK and US later this year, see dates further down.



UK/N America live dates

OCTOBER
04 O2 Ritz Manchester
05 Rock City Nottingham
06 O2 Academy Birmingham
08 Wylam Brewery Newcastle
09 SWG3 Glasgow
11 Cardiff Uni SU
12 SWX Bristol
13 MK11 Milton Keynes
14 The Junction Cambridge
16 Exeter Uni The Lemon Grove
17 The Old Fire Station Bournemouth
18 O2 Academy Oxford
19 Roundhouse London
25 Trees Dallas, Texas
26 The Parish Austin, Texas
27 2915 N Main St Houston TX 77009 29 The Masquerade Atlanta, Georgia
31 Black Cat Washington DC

NOVEMBER
01 The Fillmore Philadelphia
02 Warsaw Concerts Brooklyn, New York
05 The Opera House Toronto, Ontario
06 The Beachland Ballroom and Tavern Cleveland, Ohio
07 2424 N Lincoln Ave, Chicago, IL
08 The Back Room @ Colectivo Coffee
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
09 First Avenue & 7th St Entry
Minneapolis, Minnesota
12 The Bluebird Theater Denver, Colorado
13 The Complex Salt Lake City, Utah
15 Great American Music Hall San Francisco, California
16 The Echo Los Angeles, California