SIMPLE MINDS launch new album Direction Of The Heart with Vision Thing single

14 June 2022

Scottish arena rockers SIMPLE MINDS have announced a new album. Direction Of The Heart, the follow-up to 2018's Walk Between Worlds, will be released on October 21 and is available to pre-order now(opens in new tab).

The band have also released a new single, Vision Thing. With music written by guitarist Charlie Burchill and lyrics from band frontman Jim Kerr, the song pays tribute to Kerr’s father, who passed away in 2019.

Other tracks on the album include Human Traffic, which includes a guest appearance from SPARKS singer Russell Mael, and a cover of The Walls Came Down, originally the 1983 debut single from Californian new wave band THE CALL.

The album was recorded at Chameleon Studios in Hamburg, with production assistance from Andy Wright, who has previously worked with the likes of Jeff Beck and ECHO & THE BUNNYMEN, and Gavin Goldberg (Bill Wyman, Imelda May).