Gary Kemp to release new album ‘This Destination’ in January

Gary Kemp will release his third solo album ‘This Destination' on 31st January 2025 through East West Records.

The album is the follow up to 2021's ‘INSOLO', and is his most personal body of work to date. ‘This Destination' sees the songwriter channel his own thoughts and feelings about the past, present and future through the guise of uncanny storytelling and character work. The album is simultaneously semi-autobiographical and an exercise in empathetic scene-setting. The first single is ‘Put Your Head Up'.

‘This Destination' features intricate and deliberate arrangements including strings by the renowned John Metcalfe (formerly of The Durutti Column and more recently string arranger to the likes of Peter Gabriel, Blur and U2). A special Dolby Atmos mix of the album, created by musician Steven Wilson, will be available alongside the release. Wilson uses spatial audio mixing which creates an immersive sound by placing audio elements into a three dimensional space. The effect is a stunning recreation of how we hear sound in the real world.

The album features keys and backing vocals by longtime collaborator Toby Chapman who co-produced the album alongside Kemp at London’s Reformation and RAK studios. Guy Pratt also plays bass on some of the songs.

‘This Destination' formats are detailed below:

• Red Gold Vinyl
• Standard CD
• Deluxe CD
• Digital
• Atmos

The tracklisting for the album is:

Standard CD

1. Borrowed Town
2. This Destination
3. Put Your Head Up
4. Take the Wheel
5. Dancing in Bed
6. Windswept Street (1978)
7. Johnny’s Coming Home
8. At the Chateau
9. Work
10. Giving it Up
11. I Know Where I’m Going

Deluxe CD

1. Borrowed Town
2. This Destination
3. Put Your Head Up
4. Take the Wheel
5. Dancing in Bed
6. Windswept Street (1978)
7. Johnny’s Coming Home
8. At the Chateau
9. Work
10. Giving it Up
11. I Know Where I’m Going

Bonus tracks:

1. Boy
2. True (live acoustic version)
3. Through the Barricades (live acoustic version)

Vinyl

Side A

        1.      Borrowed Town

        2.      This Destination

        3.      Put Your Head Up

        4.      Take the Wheel

        5.      Dancing in Bed

        6.      Windswept Street (1978)

Side B

        1.      Johnny’s Coming Home

        2.      At the Chateau

        3.      Work

        4.      Giving it Up

        5.      I know Where I’m Going