In April 2025 the Nightingales released a new album “The Awful Truth” and were due to embark on a UK tour shortly afterwards before a serious illness interjected and fucked up the year’s plans.
The album came out via Fire Records who were responsible for the deluxe reissues of the band’s earlier records plus the “King Rocker” movie (see below) but “The Awful Truth” was the first all new album for the label.
Recorded in a remote spot in the old DDR, the album contains 13 songs produced by the band’s bassist Andreas Schmid and comes packaged in a beautiful sleeve featuring a painting by Tomasso Salini.
It is the Nightingales’ first release since September 2023’s “Live In Balsall Heath”, a (now sold out) limited edition double LP which is an unadulterated 68 minute document of a live show that the ‘Gales played in Birmingham, augmented by guest musicians, including sax god Terry Edwards.
Following that album’s release the group were pleased to undertake their first post pandemic tour of mainland Europe, featuring visits to Germany, Italy, Austria, Switzerland, Czechia and a long weekend of shows in Ireland.
The Nightingales were less busy than usual in 2024 but did play the Rockaway Beach and Green Man festivals in addition to their own headline ‘Off The Beaten Track’ tour in May, featuring gigs in some smaller, less visited towns.