Texas - Hi

Released 28th May 2021.

When most musicians reach a career milestone they take it on tour. Texas, whose debut album turned 30 last year, had bigger ambitions. Rather than simply perform their old songs, the Scots set out to meet their old selves the wide-eyed kids who made Southside, their two million-selling, Top 3 debut, and the band who bounced back eight years later with the six times platinum White On Blonde.

The vaults at Universal were raided for recording sessions for both albums, stored on tape and DAT and never digitised. Top of Texas list was their first, failed attempt at I Dont Want A Lover, scuppered by Chic bassist Bernard Edwards.

Just after we signed, we were in the studio with Bernard and Chics drummer Tony Thompson, recalls guitarist Johnny McElhone. Bernard got coked up and ended up running away to Mexico before Sharleen even started her vocals. But thats a whole other story.

Late in 2018, the aborted versi