Golden Days

Mamas Gun have announced details of their new album, Golden Days. The London quintet's new album adds to a bustling back catalogue: albums including Routes to Riches, The Life & Soul and Cheap Hotel have - alongside the likes of Charles Bradley, Curtis Harding and the Dap Kings - helped fuel the vanguard of 21st century soul - as well as spawning Top 10 hits on four continents. Golden Days itself chronicles the band's decade-long journey to date. For the first time ever, Andy Platts, the group founder, along with bassist Cameron Dawson, guitarist Terry Lewis, keyboardist Dave Oliver, and drummer Chris Boot, took production duties into their own hands, recording the songs live, whilst using analogue equipment. The album swells with notable contributions from horn players Andy Ross and Dominic Glover, who've performed and recorded with Amy Winehouse and Incognito, songwriters Connor Reeves (Tina Turner, Joss Stone, Joe Cocker) and Christopher Braide (Sia, Lana Del Ray, Paloma Faith), and artist/producer Shawn Lee (Jeff Buckley, Kelis, Saint Etienne), who lent his genius to the album's mix