Danny & The Champions Of The World

You Are Not A Stranger Here, ’ the long - awaited new album by Danny & The Champions of the World, will be released through Loose on 18th October. Their seventh studio release and first since 2017’ s ‘ Brilliant Light, ’ ‘ You Are Not A Stranger Here ’ is the sound of a band e xploring new and surprising musical terrain. Produced by Champs keyboard player Thomas Collison and featuring frontman Danny George Wilson ’ s most compelling songs to date. The old contradiction that in creating something intensely personal, you can share something inspiringly universal, is at the heart of a remarkable new album by Danny & the Champions of the World, whose formidable body of work dates back to 2007. It's full of brilliantly cohesive performances that come together to reach a new creative peak, founded on the most reflective and deep - seated lyrics to date by frontman Danny George Wilson. It's an intricate and beguiling tapestry of highly - crafted sounds by a ban d at the top of their game and a songwriter on an honest and unpretentious quest for some truth. If that sounds potentially dark and doom - laden, the results are anything but, on a record that's deeply relatable, infectious and moving