Sundowners third album Pulling Back The Night comes seeped in 70s vibes via shimmering heat haze and beaching on Merseysides shores. This exclusive Blood Records release comes on neon green and black starburst effect LP, signed by the band and hand-numbered on a first-come-first-serve basis.

Members Fiona Skelly and Niamh Rowe reveal the first single (titled the same as the album), co-written with indie-pop powerhouse, Clean Cut Kid, from their third long-player, one sculpted in collaborative spirit with Paul Weller, Steve Craddock and members of The Coral.

Written and recorded around the Wirral, Liverpool and Surrey, and mixed by James Skelly, a sense of beautiful yearning pervades the free-flowing alt-folk ofPulling Back The Night, moored in choppy waters at the confluence of pain and joy. Sundowners explain the single in brief, saying:Tumultuous lovers whose strengths are their weaknesses. Sick with self-destruction and the only cure is each other.

Influences including Jackson Browne, Shangri Las, Rolling Stones, Mapache, Drug Dealer, Weyes Blood, Kacy and Clayton and Marlon Williams can, by Skelly and Rowes open admission, claim a place amongst the constituency of greats whose weight is felt acrossPulling Back The Night.

As well as Mike and Evelyn of Clean Cut Kid joining Sundowners for the first single,Pulling Back The Nightsimpressive list of collaborations can now be revealed, starting with two tracks co-written with Paul Weller, titledNight WatcherandA Thousand Doors, alongside further tracks recorded with Weller and drummer Steve Pilgrim.

The Corals Nick Power shares credits onIm Not The Oneas Steve Craddock joins on guitars, Skelly takes a co-writing and performing position onWild Sisters, while their bandmate, the multi-instrumentalist Paul Molloy appears on five out of ten.

Please note that Blood Records is a pre-ordering platform and this record is due for releaseon April 22nd2022.All images for illustrative purposes.