Richard Hawley, one of the UK's finest musicians, will release his sixth studio album Standing at Sky's Edge on May 4th. The record, his first since 2009's acclaimed Truelove's Gutter, is his debut release for Parlophone.

Billed as a 'euphoric sonic assault on the senses', Hawley says of the album: "I wanted to get away from the orchestration of my previous records and make a live album with two guitars, bass, drums and rocket noises!"

That last nugget of information interests us very much!