Dear friends,
Welcome to an extra newsletter, and a special newsletter. To announce the release of the new MWK album
Nothing Can Hurt Me Anymore is out now. Official release date was April 4th.
For those who have heard already and written to share your enthusiastic and kinds comments. We thank you deeply.
For those yet to hear the album, you can order it now via any of the links below.
It comes in CD and vinyl formats. The CD is housed in a gatefold digipak sleeve with a 16 page lyric and photo booklet, while the vinyl verison comes on limited edition yellow vinyl, and also in a stunning gatefold sleeve, and with the complete lyrics.
For signed and personalised copies order from the artist site.
Alternatively you can order from these locations too:
Continental Recording Services
Amazon
Rough Trade
Resident
Juno
It is also available across all streaming platforms. Here is the link to Spotify.
VIDEOS
We are delighted to announce a new video, for the title song, ’Nothing Can Hurt Me Anymore’ – It was premiered last week over on the At The Barrier website. View here.
Filmed by John Humphreys, who we have collaborated with on a number of My Darling Clementine videos over the years, this one was filmed all around our current neighbourhood. Thanks to John for his, as ever, fine work:
Meanwhile, here again is the first video, released last month, for the song ‘La Bamba In The Rain’ – streaming now on YouTube
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REVIEWS / PRESS / INTERVIEWS
The press response to the album so far has been remarkable. All critics unanimous in their praise. Below are just a few assorted reviews and quotes:
“MWK creates rare beauty from unthinkable horror. Both requiem and reckoning, the songs an attempt to understand the unimaginable. There is grace as well as grief.”
UNCUT *********9/10
Album of the week
DAILY EXPRESS *****5/5
“An outpouring of grief but nerve-janglingly beautiful. The gift of existence is big here.”
RECORD COLLECTOR ****4/5
“The plaudits for MWK have never been so fulsome as for this release, and plaudits they are, rather than platitudes. There but for the grace of God is a thought that has never strayed far since becoming familiar with these 11 songs. How many of us could respond with such grace and compassion?”
AT THE BARRIER *****5/5
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MOJO **** 4/5
“That the end result is not a howl of rage, but rather a set of songs which are often as uplifting as they are sad, makes this one of the most emotive and introspective albums of recent years.”
AMERICANA-UK **********10/10
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“A few years ago, Nick Cave released two albums in quick succession that, with their exploration of the pain of his son’s death, deeply moved every listener – and had a liberating effect on the artist.
Now there is an album whose intensity and quality can rival Cave’s cathartic works of mourning. It comes from British singer-songwriter Michael Weston King.”
BEDROOM DISCO (Germany) *****5/5
“11 evocative and touching songs”
BUSCADERO (Italy) ****4/5
“That the source of this recording stems from something so grievous and yet delivers some life-affirming music is a testament to how the human spirit can survive and what can be done when delivered by the hands of a musician with the collective skills that Michel Weston King has shown here.”
LONESOME HIGHWAY
“They say misery does produce beauty, and what a beautiful, personal and intimate album this is, which surely does justice to his love for that little girl.”
ROOTS FORUM EUROPE
Also, here are 3 links to interviews MWK has given discussing the album, and much more:
Thanks all. Enjoy the album and we look forward to seeing you at the upcoming shows in the UK, Spain and back in NL and Germany.
See you very soon, and thanks as ever for your support
Yours in music,
Lou & Michael
