The Loft has today released their new album titled ‘Everything Changes, Everything Stays The Same’ as well as a short documentary of said album (below) via Tapete Records.
While The Loft is clearly placed in that ‘legendary’ status that most musicians try to achieve, they take that status a step further by showing their ongoing relevancy with ‘Everything Changes, Everything Stays The Same’. Pop-jangled rock-infused legend secure tracks put in the most pristine and perfect order possible, ‘Everything Changes, Everything Stays The Same’ demands a listen from start to finish to get the full experience.
You will, no doubt, find a favorite track. And that track will change with every listen as you grow to appreciate this album.
About ‘Everything Changes, Everything Stays The Same’
The Loft notched up an impressive list of firsts for Creation Records’ artists back in the mid-80s. First Creation band on TV, first to hit the top of the indie singles chart, first to be invited on to a major UK tour, and the first Creation band to record a coveted BBC radio session – for Janice Long’s Radio One show in 1984. Then they split up.
Since that infamous onstage tragedy; splitting up mid-song, at the Hammersmith Palais in front of 3,000 people when on the verge of Big Time indie greatness, the band has reunited. Just as their status as one of the UK’s most influential guitar bands of the 80s continues to grow and to influence a host of younger artists, and thirty-nine years after that acrimonious split, it seemed the time was right to record their debut album.
Last year, after a sell-out show at London’s MOTH club and their heralded appearance at the Glas-Goes Pop festival, the group was invited by BBC 6 Music’s ‘Riley & Coe’ to record its fourth BBC session, at Maida Vale’s famous Studio 4. Within 6 months the session was rush-released by Precious Recordings of London on glorious ten-inch vinyl.
Enter Hamburg-based, Tapete Records, who, hearing rumors about new Loft material, snapped up the album and signed the band without hearing a single note.
The album was recorded in Hackney in August and produced by Dexys’ Sean Read with the original Loft lineup of Pete Astor (guitar /vocals) Andy Strickland (guitar), Bill Prince (bass), and Dave Morgan (drums).
“Time has been kind to us I think; where once the world felt impossible and threatening, we seem to have learned to be more careful of each other and focus on playing together,” says singer, guitarist, and songwriter, Pete Astor.
“We’re having a blast. It’s incredibly exciting to not only be setting out on tour again but now with a brand new set of songs to play alongside some of our, ahem, ‘greatest hits’, says drummer, Dave Morgan.
“The Loft has always been just the four of us and it’s a real thrill to be writing and recording and playing across the UK with the band again. We’re sounding better than ever….” says guitarist Andy Strickland
Don’t take their word for it – see for yourself on the Everything Changes, Everything Stays The Same tour in March 2025.