The Cure’s Roger O’Donnell will release his new solo album “7 Different Words For Love” on 18th November 2022 on his own label 99X/10 (pronounced Ninety-Nine Times Out Of Ten).

Roger explains the genesis of the album as follows: “In March 2022 I was introduced to a local piano restorer and after talking to him about his work decided to have my Steinway restored. I’ve owned it for more than 20 years and it’s always been in need of some love and attention. Bill came to my house and we started chatting about pianos and keyboards and he asked me if I’d heard of the Una Corda. He said he was considering making one and asked if I would be interested in trying it out. I immediately fell in love with the instrument, something about its percussive yet fragile sound just made me play it in a certain way, I instantly started playing arpeggios and repetitive themes… I ended up with 7 songs and a title, ‘7 Different Words For Love’.”

Roger has also written the score for the new movie “Sam & Kate”, starring Dustin Hoffman and Sissy Spacek, which opened in theatres on 11th November. The score was inspired by the songs from “7 Different Words For Love”.

The collection is only going to be digital for now with a single piece of art made by Roger’s friend from art school Ian Wright. They are going to make this available as a signed limited edition art print in December. The album was mixed by Paul ‘Corky’ Corkett. Playing cello is another friend of O’Donnell, Miriam Wakeling.

Side-Line also covered The Cure’s ‘Mercenary Notes Pt. 1’.

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(Photo by Mimi Sheytanova) Out today is the latest project by Roger O’Donnell (keyboard player of The Cure), “2 Ravens”. The release comes digitally via 99X/10 Records / Caroline International while it will be released physically on 24th July.

At the same time O’Donnell also released a video for the album track “I’ll Say Goodnight” which can watch below.

The record originally began as an instrumental record, side one featuring two cellos and piano with side two featuring a string quartet. However, when Roger was introduced to Jannifer Pague (Vita and The Woolf) he sent it to her for input and one thing led to another.

The album provides a personal insight into Roger’s world and the influences on his life of rural England. The album was written in December 2016 after a year long tour with The Cure and recorded over five days at the Air Edel Studios in London with some of Roger’s favourite musicians: Alisa Liubarskaya, Miriam Wakeling, Aled Jones, Nadine Nagen and Daniel Gea.

The release was preceeded by two singles, “An Old Train” and “The Haunt”, both featuring Jennifer Pague.

Here’s the video for “I’ll Say Goodnight”.

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Chief editor of Side-Line – which basically means I spend my days wading through a relentless flood of press releases from labels, artists, DJs, and zealous correspondents. My job? Strip out the promo nonsense, verify what’s actually real, and decide which stories make the cut and which get tossed into the digital void. Outside the news filter bubble, I’m all in for quality sushi and helping raise funds for Ukraine’s ongoing fight against the modern-day axis of evil. Besides music I’m also an SEO and AI content flow specialist and have an interest in everything finance from stocks to crypto. There is music in everything!

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