Today, Simple Minds has announced the release of their brand-new studio album, Sacrosanct, which is to arrive on January 29, 2027, through BMG. The album finds the lifelong collaborators Jim Kerr and Charlie Burchill in supremely confident form on one of their most vital albums in decades: one that recaptures the magic and majesty at the very heart of Simple Minds. The band is heralding the announcement with Sacrosanct’s first single, “Beginner Boys.”
Regarding the choice of album title, Kerr said: “We called the album Sacrosanct because after a lifetime of doing this — nearly 50 years of writing songs together — it’s stopped feeling like a career and started feeling like something closer to faith. Calling the record Sacrosanct isn’t an exaggeration. It’s just honest.”
“Beginner Boys” is inspired by Kerr watching his twin grandsons grow up and thinking about what it means to raise a good man today and “how strength, tenderness, courage and gentleness might still belong together, even when the wider culture around them can send mixed signals. It’s less a statement than a question I hope they’ll spend their lives answering for themselves.” Featuring an outstanding, restrained vocal from Kerr, and the unmistakable shimmering guitar of Burchill, the song belies an infectious euphoria.
Sacrosanct Track List
- Elysium
- King Of The Underworld
- Beginner Boys
- Jerusalem (State Of Mind)
- Our Secrets Are The Same
- Songs
- Alive In This Moment
- The Next Right Thing
Photo Credit: Raymond Flotat
