KT Tunstall is celebrating two decades since her breakthrough debut album Eye To The Telescope with a brand-new single, ‘Cancerian’, lifted from the album’s forthcoming 20th anniversary reissue Eye To The Telescope: The Stargazer Edition (out October 31 via BMG).
Co-written with Tommy D (Beyoncé, Adele) and produced by Grammy nominee Robert Adam Stevenson, ‘Cancerian’ is classic KT – gritty guitar riffs, a foot-stomping beat and a big hook-laden chorus – with a wink of humour thrown in.
KT Tunstall – ‘Cancerian’
The track balances introspective folk with bluesy swagger, channelling the push-and-pull of Tunstall’s star sign. “‘Cancerian’ is written from that middle ground of awe and skepticism, and pokes some gentle fun at anyone being sure of how the future will turn out,” the artist explains.
The single lands alongside one of her “favourite videos ever,” an animated clip by Amy Lucas that reimagines the zodiac as a surreal star-sign boxing match. It’s also the second of three unearthed songs set to appear on The Stargazer Edition, alongside ‘Anything At All’ and the title track ‘Eye To The Telescope’.
First released in 2004, Eye To The Telescope propelled Tunstall to global stardom with hits like ‘Black Horse and the Cherry Tree’ and ‘Suddenly I See’ (immortalised on the opening credits of The Devil Wears Prada). The record went multi-platinum, netted BRIT and Ivor Novello Awards, Grammy nods and – more recently – an Outstanding Song Collection Award at The Ivors.
The reissue will arrive as a collector’s edition on vinyl and CD, with rare B-sides, live recordings, and the three newly completed songs, also packaged digitally as a standalone Stargazer EP. It’s a milestone project that finds Tunstall looking back without losing her knack for pushing forward.
Pre-order it HERE.
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