The Hanging Stars

The Hanging Stars perform at The Piper on 23 October 2026 at 7:00 pm.

London’s The Hanging Stars return with their sixth album, Just A Day, a collection of four-part harmonies, shimmering twelve-string guitars and chiming songs, touching on themes of longing, new beginnings and the fragility of the everyday. Recorded at Edwyn Collins’s Clashnarrow Studios in the Scottish Highlands, the album marks a new chapter for the band, produced with the guidance of Teenage Fanclub’s Gerard Love.

A line-up change at the end of 2024 proved to be a turning point for The Hanging Stars. "We needed to rethink things," says guitarist Patrick Ralla. "A new leaner approach – bass, drums, guitars, four-part harmonies. Certainly worked for The Byrds, Big Star and Teenage Fanclub." The result is a record with hooks and a renewed vision. The songs aim to offer escape for a little while.

Central to the record’s new direction was the involvement of Gerard Love, one third of Teenage Fanclub’s songwriting trio and the artist behind Lightships. Starting from demos exchanged between Glasgow and London, Love helped the band strip things back to their essence. He also joined the band for a week of recording, contributing vocals and arrangement ideas.