Scotland's King Creosote Reveals New Album Details

Veteran Scottish troubadour Kenny Anderson, aka King Creosote, has announced the July 18 release of his new LP From Scotland With Love, a collaboration with the film of the same name, released for this year's Commonwealth Games.

Being dropped via Domino, From Scotland With Love is King Creosote's first full-length since the Mercury-nominated Diamond Mine, his 2011 collaboration with British producer Jon Hopkins.

Created in collaboration with director Virginia Heath and producer Grant Kier, From Scotland With Love forms an audio accompaniment to the documentary of the same name, which will be released around the same time as the album in time for this July's Glasgow games.

The album will boast 11 tracks written by King Creosote and recorded with assistance from backing band members Derek O'Neill on keyboards, drummer Andy Robinson, Pete McLeod (bass), and clarinet player Kevin Brolly, as well as with help from a string section arranged by renowned cellist Pete Harvey and a guest choir.

Meanwhile, the accompanying film – which abstains from crutches such as narration or interview – features archive footage focusing on themes of “love, loss, war, resistance, emigration, work and play”. In writing the From Scotland With Love album, King Creosote was forced out of his comfort zone, to write from perspectives he doesn't usually inhabit, and the result is the man's most wide-ranging, cinematic work to date.

From Scotland With Love will be released on CD, heavyweight vinyl LP with download codes and digitally. An extended version of the album encompassing all the music from the film will be available on heavyweight double gatefold vinyl LP with eight bonus tracks –  Favourite Girl, Steely Sea, Marie Celeste, Carry On Dancing, Hair of the Dawn, Return Ticket, 678 and Bringing in the Bales.

For the moment, though, you can enjoy some of his earlier work below: