The Hanging Stars
What it is
London's The Hanging Stars return with their sixth album, Just A Day due out on Loose on 19 June – a dazzling collection of four-part harmonies, shimmering twelve-string guitars and chiming songs, touching on themes of longing, new beginnings and the fragility of the everyday.
A line-up change at the end of 2024 proved galvanising. "We needed to rethink things," says Patrick Ralla. "A new leaner approach – bass, drums, guitars, four-part harmonies.
Certainly worked for The Byrds, Big Star and Teenage Fanclub." Central to that new direction was producer Gerard Love — one third of Teenage Fanclub's celebrated songwriting trio — who helped the band strip things back to their essence, joining them for a week of recording and contributing vocals, arrangements, and by all accounts a mean vegan curry.
The result is a wonderfully energising record of catchy hooks and renewed vision, engineered and co-produced by longtime collaborator Sean Read.
Questions
When does The Hanging Stars start and end?
The Hanging Stars runs Friday, 13 November 2026.
Where is The Hanging Stars?
The Hanging Stars takes place at St Matthias Church (Stoke Newington), St Matthias Church, Wordsworth Road, London, London.
