British singer-songwriter Baxter Dury, more than two decades into a career of delivering deadpan lyrics over sometimes mournful indie music, has discovered the joys of making his fans dance.

For his ninth studio album, which releases September 12, the 53-year-old son of The Blockheads frontman Ian Dury teamed up with British super-producer Paul Epworth, whose past clients include Rihanna, Adele and Florence + the Machine.

The result is the nine-track album "Allbarone", recorded in a month-long burst of activity at Epworth's north London studio in January that has Dury drawl over synths, heavy basslines and electro-pop rhythms.

The new direction is partly inspired by Dury's post-Covid collaboration with current British dance music favourite "Fred again" and a widely lauded set at Glaston

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