Courteeners tell us about ‘Pink Cactus Café’: “If a Mancunian joined HAIM, what would it sound like?”
nme.comCourteeners have shared the title track of upcoming album ‘Pink Cactus Café’, with frontman Liam Fray telling us about the band’s newfound collaborative mindset.The Manchester indie legends have today (September 12) shared the album’s dreamlike title track, after the feel-good ‘Solitude Of The Night Bus’ arrived in July.
The album – which follows 2020’s soul-baring ‘More. Again. Forever.’ – is Courteeners’ most collaborative body of work to date, with contributions from the likes of DMA’s, Pixey, Brooke Combe and James and Ian Skelly of The Coral.“It did take me somewhere else where I’ve never been with the band, in terms of my approach”, Fray told NME, describing the “psychedelic dream” vibe that underpins ‘Pink Cactus Café.’ “I do feel a lot of pressure, I was scared of failing so much that I forgot to enjoy it.
Maybe this album is the embracing of what we do. Relaxed, but still meticulous in the approach.”Where might you discover a ‘Pink Cactus Café’, then?’ “It’s the place where you feel – I don’t want to say safest – but the most you”, Fray told NME of the escapist metaphor. “External voices and pressures, you just fuck that off.
What’s that saying? ‘Dance like no one’s watching.’“It could be anything. A café in Marrakesh, the chippy in Cheetham Hill. A night on your own, saying ‘I’m gonna have a bit of ‘me’ time.’ Watching the match with your dad.
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