NEW BONUS SONG! This one pertains to The Prefab Sprout Project, and not the actual Prefab Sprout. Lol. As I am sure that right now many of you are thinking, "Project? Oh, yeah ...I forgot about those guys". And trust me, it's been difficult to focus on anything other than the new sprout release and all the news flowing freely now. But, I am pleased to post a new bonus song from a talented musician-song writer out of Belgium. Joel Lepers has written a love song "to Prefab Sprout" with the very cute and clever title of "PS I Love You".

The lyrics tell the story of this adoring fan who longs for more music from the band, but as the years roll on he becomes all the more discouraged ...until the leaked album shows up, and then his mood and mind set change dramatically.

I love this song, and the story (lyrics) are tailor made for this brilliant moment in time.

Joel wrote the song and plays every instrument on the track. He was kind enough to allow Andrea Perry and I to "do our vocal thing". Thanks Joel! More info on Joel can be found here.

Please listen to this great song by Joel Lepers!

John Birch and I just received word today for the NEW Prefab Sprout album, which will be called "Crimson / Red".

It was speculated that the album was in fact the mysterious "Devil Came A-Calling". And that certainly made perfect sense, since there is a song on the album with that title. Other possibilities might have been "Trapdoor Melancholy,"  which was another title mentioned by Paddy McAloon some years back. Still, I was delighted to find that all of us adoring Sprout fans had guessed wrong, and course, there was no way anyone could have honestly guessed "Crimson / Red". As to it's meaning? That remains a mystery, but Mr. McAloon does make reference to the title in the song "Adolescence", which also resides on the new album.  I must tell you, I've heard the album many times now, and it is truly one of the best Prefab Sprout albums to date. The lyrics are superb, master-class and unmatched by any other song-writer on the planet. The music is sublime, catchy and perfectly crafted to the lyrical mood of the song.

Each sprout record is quite different from the other, and as a long time fan I can honestly say that "I love them all".  But, this collection of songs is quite special, and I think that many old and new fans will really get excited about it. Best album of the year?  YES!  In my opinion.
I am in love with Crimson / Red.
At the moment .... the power of Prefab Sprout reaches out and stops the savagery. At least they do for me.

Well, as many of you might already know ...
There was this mystery person who leaked 10 unheard Paddy McAloon songs to Soundcloud. Apparently the songs were uploaded some months back, but it wasn't until June that the songs were actually discovered, once the link was dropped like a bomb on a fan-site.

Since that day much speculation has transpired as well as a whole lot of silence, from the Sprout camp. And many wondered if this leaked album would ever see a proper release. And then "it" happened. I did receive an email on Friday morning that did in fact confirm that Prefab Sprout was releasing the new album on October 7th of this year. Whew! Thank goodness. My good friend, and talented writer "John Birch" also received the same email, as it was addressed to us both by the same source.
John has a page on this site, and he will be divulging much more information within his July newsletter (day or two away).

For more information, please do sign up for John's newsletter and "like" our Facebook page as well. Both will become excellent NEWS hubs for the new album and other relative information. Thanks, Scott