New album from '90s Brit pop band Cast due in January; select U.S. tour dates in the fall

Having kicked off the summer with the first two shows opening for Oasis, there’s still much more to come from Cast before the year is out, including their first US dates in 29 years, with Oasis and The Brian Jonestown Massacre, and a just-announced headline show at New York’s Sony Hall on September 3. 

Cast are set to continue into 2026 with the news that they will release their new album, ‘Yeah Yeah Yeah’, on January 30 via the Manchester-based independent label, Scruff of the Neck Records. New single ‘Poison Vine’ features soul legend, P.P. Arnold.

Frontman John Power had written some song ideas, but an unexpected opportunity to start recording emerged late in 2024 - months before he had originally planned to hit the studio. He travelled to Spain with bandmates Liam ‘Skin’ Tyson (guitar) and Keith O’Neill (drums), where the trio recorded the set with producer, Youth (The Verve, Primal Scream), at his Space Mountain studio. 

John says, “‘Yeah Yeah Yeah’ just arrived out of the blue. There was a window of opportunity - Youth was free, the studio was free, and the band were free - and I thought, let providence prevail. No one had heard the songs apart from myself and (Creation Records founder) Alan McGee, but we both thought that we had something. You could feel it, even though none of the songs were really finished, and so we decided to roll with it and record them. It was more than just trying to capture a vibe - it was about trying to record something majestic, which is how Youth describes the record.”

John admits to being blown away by P.P. Arnold's delivery.

“There’s an angst to ‘Poison Vine’ that wrote itself: ‘Something deep inside you want me to find.’ It’s got a groove and a sassiness throughout the track, but when I heard them two vocals kicking in on the chorus, then I just knew we had it! I thought, that’s it, that’s the real thing.””

A Sixties soul survivor, Arnold is enjoying a new spell in the spotlight following her sensational Glastonbury set. The London-based American artist rose to prominence with classic solo hits such as ‘The First Cut Is The Deepest’ and ‘Angel of the Morning’, but she has played a part in all manner of famous moments, including Ike & Tina Turner’s ‘River Deep, Mountain High’, as well as collaborators with everyone from Small Faces and Nick Drake to Peter Gabriel and Rogers Waters, through to The KLF and Oasis. She first met Youth at a gig just a few days prior to recording ‘Poison Vine’ and will also feature on a second song on the 'Yeah Yeah Yeah' album.

‘Yeah Yeah Yeah’ is available to pre-order HERE. It will be released on vinyl, CD, cassette and all digital formats. The most eye-catching format is a mouthwash effect liquid-filled 12” vinyl, which has been signed by the band and is limited to just 100 copies. The first 500 orders of any physical product from the band’s official store will also receive a signed print.

U.S. Tour dates:

SEPTEMBER

1st - East Rutherford, NJ - MetLife Stadium (special guests to Oasis)
3rd - New York, NY - Sony Hall (headliners)
6th - Los Angeles, CA - Rose Bowl Stadium (special guests to Oasis)
7th - Los Angeles, CA - Rose Bowl Stadium (special guests to Oasis)
9th - New York, Webster Hall (special guests to The Brian Jonestown Massacre)
10th - Philadelphia, Union Transfer (special guests to The Brian Jonestown Massacre)