Kate Jackson has announced plans for her debut solo album 'British Road Movies'.
The singer left The Long Blondes after their split in 2008, moving to Rome to become a painter. Specialising in architectural paintings, she spent long days wandering the streets of the Italian city, focussing on her love of visual art.
Gradually, though, Kate Jackson felt the pull of her homeland. Moving to Suffolk, the singer began writing new material, and found a kindred spirit in Bernard Butler.
The guitarist has overseen new album 'British Road Movies', a work informed by everything from The Fall to Iain Sinclair.
Kate explains: "The road, much written about in American popular song, and an American cinematic staple, is often ignored in British culture. As an island our roads lead somewhere far too quickly to hold adventure. We are not the land of Jack Kerouac but of Antiques Road Trip. But who is to say our roads can’t be cinematic?"
'British Road Movies' is the result. Out in May, the album will be accompanied by an exhibition of Kate's paintings, completed while working as artist in residence at Smiths Row contemporary art gallery in Bury St Edmunds.
Check out new cut 'Metropolis' below.
'British Road Movies' will be released on May 20th.
