Bringing their story to the present, The Boo Radleys new single, “Seeker”, introduces the bands eighth album. Where last years album, joyful in tone yet brooding with heavyweight lyrical themes, came together as an exploration of the isolated ideas of each member, Eight is, according to vocalist and co-songwriter, Sice formed of songs recorded purposefully to appear together on an album. Before adding, There is also a greater depth of integration, which means that its more difficult to tell which member of the band the song originated with.

Reflecting on “Seeker”, the new albums opening track, written about leaning on those we trust to share lifes highs and lows, bassist and co-songwriter, Tim Brown says: This song started out as a three-chord synth pop tune and mutated into a brassy bop courtesy of trumpeter, Nick Etwell. The electric guitar flourishes were added by Louis Smith before Sice added layers of backing vocals which help drive the song along and bring it to its joyful conclusion.