Eleven Eight | the New Album By Boo Sutcliffe

Released 11 August 2023.

Available to order now on vinyl, CD and download at:
boosutcliffe.bandcamp.com/album/eleven-eight

The album features some new tracks, including “Last Word” which I only finished writing shortly before production of the album. In fact, the lyrics were only completed the day before we started recording them.

Eleven Eight also includes a couple of older but previously unreleased tracks, like “Bobby”, which has long been a live favourite, as well as songs from the 2021 EP You’re the Same as Me. In addition, there are re-imaginings of three songs from the Blink album. “Almost Done (v23)” and “Afterglow (v23)” now have delicious backing vocals by Claire Helm and new bass parts by Steve Robinson, as well as whole new mixes. “Afterglow (v23)” also features Andy Wright on viola; Normally a violin player, Andy had to go out and buy a viola – and learn how to play it – specially to record the track. He came through it all with flying colours and the viola really adds a lot to the sound and feel of the track.

“Meet Me in…(v23)” was completely re-recorded in a very different style. Pete Askew helped immensely by recording the steel-string acoustic, my vocal and the violin part at his Posh Croc Studios and Andy put together a superb string quartet arrangement. Corey Clough-Howard added a very sympathetic bass part that really helps the song move along while bringing out a lot of the nuance in the chord sequences and melodies. While I enjoyed the big orchestrated sound of the Blink version, I wanted something with a much more intimate, acoustic feel for this one and I’m very happy with how it turned out.

Track listing

CD and streaming track listing

Bobby
Afterglow (v23)
Eleven Eight
Meet Me in… (v23)
The Last Train
The Time, the Time
Margaritas on the Lawn
A Thousand Things
Say Something
You’re the same as Me
Almost Done (v23)
Last Word

Vinyl track listing

Side 1
Bobby
Afterglow (v23)
Eleven Eight
Meet Me in… (v23)
The Last Train

Side 2
The Time, the Time
Margaritas on the Lawn
Say Something
You’re the Same as Me
Last Word

Artwork

The front cover of Eleven Eight features a specially commissioned portrait of me by artist Jacquie Hughes. I love what she came up with and I’m very grateful to her for shining her talent on my project.

The vinyl and CD packages were designed by my good friend Gary Fenton.

The Team

I would like to thank the people who helped me put this album together for their invaluable support. There are too many to mention here, so my team of beautiful, creative souls has its own dedicated page.