A-Ha return, hot off the back of their massive hit album ‘Foot Of The Mountain’, with their brand new single “Nothing Is Keeping You Here” on 21 September 2009 released on Universal Music Record Label (UMRL).

The keyboard driven rhythmic opening of “Nothing Is Keeping You Here” quickly gives way to Morten Harket’s trademark, rich and troubled vocal as A-ha explore the melancholy of potential loss. Swathed in beats and deep orchestration, the new single mix of the track is a stark contrast to the more measured instrumentation of the album version. The single was remixed by Steve Osborne (New Order, Placebo, Suede, Elbow).

Commenting on their return to their synth roots, Morten Harket explained, “The challenge is to figure out what direction to take. A song like The Sun Always Shines On TV is a good example. It’s essentially a ballad but we put a pounding beat to it – it turned into a power track. With this album, we tried different versions of the songs, but in the end we came back to synths. It’s how we started out in the ‘80s before we became more interested in acoustic and analogue instruments. This is a return to synth-based thinking.”

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A-ha’s Paul Waaktaar-Savoy, Magne Furuholmen and Morten Harket have sold in excess of 36 million records and their ninth studio album ‘Foot Of The Mountain’ looks set to continue the trend.

Claiming their highest UK chart position in 21 years, the critically acclaimed album reached #5:

“a masterpiece of pop desolation” – **** – The Times ‘Playlist’

“a fine specimen” – **** – Independent on Sunday

“unmistakable pop brilliance” – Evening Standard

“Epic” **** – The Times

“Sublime” – **** – The Sun

Following their triumphant show at Camden’s Roundhouse in July as part of the iTunes Live festival, A-ha will return to the UK in November 2009 for a UK tour:

(Dates and information subject to change.)

Mon 2 November, 2009 – National Indoor Arena – Birmingham
Tue 3 November, 2009 – Manchester Evening News Arena – Manchester
Wed 4 November, 2009 – O2 Arena – London

The single “Nothing Is keeping You Here” is released on 21 September 2009.

The album ‘Foot Of The Mountain’ is out now.

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The single and forthcoming album was produced by Steve Osborne (Doves, Elbow) and was mixed by Michael Brauer (Coldplay, Kooks). “Slowly” perfectly captures Grace’s trademark sound, boasting a rapidly infectious chorus.

Previous limited edition singles “Stand Still” and “Wonderful” received much praise including the former being included in The Sunday Times top 40 pop singles of 2006. Radio support for Grace has come from Jo Whiley and Zane Lowe at Radio 1 plus playlists at Virgin Radio and XFM.

Grace have recently performed live throughout the UK and their next show will be on April 25th at the Borderline in London.

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“Going to be huge” – The Guardian

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