GRAFFITI ON THE TRAIN (VINYL)

In the past 15 years Stereophonics toured virtually all over the world, chalking up five UK Number One albums along the way.



Following their Best Of compilation 'A Decade In the Sun' which sold over a million copies in 2008 and their last LP 'Keep Calm And Carry On', released in 2009, the group quit Universal Records, acquired a new rehearsal "den" in west London and breathed a sigh of relief.



"I wrote two screen plays which I'm developing.and then I based a lot of this record on one of those screen plays, So then I'm writing about these two characters in the story rather than writing about me, And as soon as you do that, you start to think outside the box a little, You're not trying to write this beginning, middle and end, verse chorus single thing."



It was the second screen-play, Graffiti On A Train ,which helped inspire the band's new record and gave it its title; a fascinating, filmic LP unlike anything the group have attempted in the past, Loosely telling the story of two friends who flee the country after a tragic accident, the record is both reflective and surprisingly fragile, It's also more experimental and spontaneous than previous albums, while still possessing Jones' key lyrical writing traits (the eye for minutiae and the detailed sketching of the songs characters).