June 25, 2007 14:22

Edwyn Collins makes musical return after life-threatening illness

Orange Juice man to release new solo album

Edwyn Collins is set to make his musical return after a life-threatening illness.

The singer and producer - who most recently produced The Cribs and Little Barrie - is set to release ’Home Again’ on September 17 which will be proceeded by the single ’You’ll Never Know’ a week earlier.

The former Orange Juice singer's comeback follows, two cerebral brain haemorrhages in early 2005.

Collins began working on this album in late 2004 and continued working on it following a long period of rehabilitation after his illness.

The tracklisting is:

‘One Is A Lonely Number’
‘Home Again’
‘You’ll Never Know’
‘7th Son’
‘Leviathan’
‘In Your Heart’
‘Superstar Talking Blues’
‘Liberteenage Rag’
‘A Heavy Sigh’
‘Written In Stone’
‘One Track Mind’
‘Then I Cried’

Collins' last studio album was 2002’s ’Doctor Syntax’.