Stereophonics will release a new album, Make ‘em Laugh, Make ‘em Cry, Make ‘em Wait, on April 25 via EMI. The effort marks the British group’s 13th LP and follow-up to 2022’s Oochya!.
The band shared the first single from the album, “There’s Always Gonna Be Something,” a mid-tempo rock number that reflects on the human condition. Frontman Kelly Jones said in a statement that the song describes “the restlessness in uncertainty, struggling to arrive at acceptance. A part within all of us.”
Jones added that the album cover art was inspired by a Louise Bourgeois painting he saw in New York. “She believed art was a form of mental healing and a way to process difficult emotions,” he said. “The spelling caught me first, then the simplicity of the words etched onto a pink tile. So I tried scratching my title, inspired by my own art school teacher thirty…
