Mansun announcement

Hi everyone,

Firstly, big apologies for not updating you for such a long time. I will
try to keep you informed regularly from now on about future plans for
the band and myself - thank you so much for your patience. I'll try and
explain why things have been so quiet, and shed a bit of light on the
band's split (which was an incredibly difficult decision to make). But
more of that later...

Over the past few months I've been working with Parlophone on pulling
together the loose ends since the split of the band. What we have
decided is that Mansun's fourth album sessions will be released later
this year. These recordings will appear in a three CD package, entitled
'Kleptomania'. CD1 will be the fourth album sessions, CD2 will have the
best stuff from the EPs (the tracks that weren't ever available on the
albums), and CD3 will be rare and unreleased material that we have dug
up from the vaults at Abbey Road. I will also be writing detailed sleeve
notes for the release which should be out in the autumn of this year.

To explain... at the point of the band's split, we had completed four
sessions for the fourth album, and were potentially going to go into the
studio again to add a few extra songs. So the album wasn't fully
completed as such, although there are more than enough tracks from which
the CD1 of the forthcoming set will be compiled. New tracks appearing on
'Kleptomania' will include some of the songs that we played on the final
tour in 2002, like 'Slipping Away', 'Keep Telling Myself' and 'Getting
Your Way'. A full detailed running order of the whole album will be
announced soon and as I get further down the road of putting this record
together, I'll put up regular posts informing you of how it's
progressing.

So, what else have I been up to? Well, I've started work on my own solo
record, but am also busy with a few writing and production
collaborations at the moment. I'll be launching an official website of
my own in the very near future, where I want to go into a bit more
detail about what I've been doing and I'll also keep you informed of
what I'm going to be up to in the future. A message will be posted on
MANSUN.NET and to this e-mail list as soon as my new site is ready, and
I'll continue to have MANSUN.NET updated with news on any future Mansun
releases.

Thank you for your ongoing support and patience.


Paul Draper

Their debut album is one of my all-time favourite records. It was a pity when it all ended.