Circa Waves - Death & Love

This is a pre-order item and is expected 24th October 2025.

Liverpool’s indie powerhouse Circa Waves announce the second chapter of their brand new album Death & Love via Lower Third/[PIAS].  

From being well-received at press, to strong UK radio support, Death & Love Pt.1 was both terrifying and liberating to write, and is the first instalment of urgent, 9-track hits of cathartic guitar-pop, serving as a powerful coping mechanism to help process frontman Kieran Shudall’s near-death experience. Both parts are set for physical release on the 24th of October. 

The album sees supreme indie hits including a nice big slab of Strokes-y dancefloor destruction of ‘Like You Did Before’ to its first offering ‘We Made It’, as well as the extremely topical and longing ‘American Dream’. 

Back in early 2023, Kieran received a call from doctors to say that the main artery in his heart was severely blocked. Two days later, he was lying on an operating table watching a wire being inserted into his heart to fix it. What followed was the cancelling of a lot of shows, working out a lot of medication, and most crucially, now having to navigate a new way of life.

And the results are quite simply stunning. Self-produced by Kieran, and engineered by Matt Wiggins (Adele, Lana Del Rey, Glass Animals), the nine tracks that make up Death & Love Pt.1 ooze nostalgia, and hark back to the sounds and themes that made Shudall want to pick up a guitar in the very first place.

Death & Love is an incredibly powerful snapshot in time - a reflection on a moment of true terror, and the joy of coming through the other side. It’s a brave and remarkable next step for a band in the finest form of their career. 

TRACKLISTING

Side 1
American Dream
Like You Did Before
We Made It
Le Bateau
Hold It Steady

Side 2
Let's Leave Together
Blue Damselfly
Everything Changed
Bad Guys Always Win

Side 3
Lost In The Fire
Stick Around
Cherry Bomb
Ten Outta Ten
Love Me For The Weekend

Side 4
Sunbeams
Old Balloon
Sweet Simple Thing
Wave Goodbye

PRODUCT DETAILS

Artist:  Circa Waves
Label:  Lower Third
Condition:  New 
Genre:  Indie, Rock & Alternative
Format:  Vinyl LP
Cat Number:  LWRTD010LPX
Released:  24th October 2025