Midge Ure returns with a new solo album titled Fragile on July 7th. Ure announced the news via a statement on his newly launched album microsite, plus he explained the philosophy behind the album:
"Music inhabits a very strange and different world these days but I would still like to think that what moved me and drove me to become a musician all those years ago still exists and lives on for many people out there. That indefinable something which makes you listen to a piece of music over and over again where you can't feel satisfied until you hear that guitar melody or that vocal phrase just one more time.
I think an album, like a diary, should reflect all the highs and lows and good and bad you have experienced over the time period it has taken to write.
That is exactly what I hope Fragile does."
The album's first single, "Because," will be released in the coming weeks, but for now fans can check out a 10 minute collection of samples from the album here, plus read Ure's full statement on Fragile here.
UPDATE 6/24/14: Ure's new single "Because" was released. Stream it below and read more here.
Published May 25th, 2014 @ 7:40 AM