Come Ahead
Come Ahead is the twelfth studio album by Scottish band Primal Scream. It was released on 8 November 2024, and it is the band's first album in eight years.
Critical reception
Come Ahead received mostly positive reviews. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalised rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, the album received an average score of 68, based on 15 reviews.Personnel
Primal Scream- Bobby Gillespie – vocals
- Andrew Innes – guitar, mandolin, synthesizer
- Simone Butler – spoken word
- David Wrench – additional programming
- Jason Falkner – bass guitar
- Jay Bellerose – drums
- David Holmes – keyboards, loops
- House Gospel Choir – backing vocals
- Davey Chegwidden – percussion
- Alex White – horn, saxophone, piano
- Darrin Morris – keyboards
- Emre Ramanzanoglu – drums
- Brian Irvine – conductor, keyboards
- Aoife Burke – cello
- Maeve Sheil – double bass
- Bogdan Sofei – violin
- Larissa O'Grady – violin
- Dan Bodwel – double bass
- Adele Govier – viola
- Cillian O'Breachin – violin
- David O'Doherty – violin
- Emma Masterson – violin
- Paula Hughes – cello
- Nathan Sherman – viola
- Ingrid Nichola – violin
- David Kenny – viola
- David McElroy – violin
- Adrian Mantu – cello
- Christine Kenny – violin
- Anna Caragnano – spoken word, backing vocals
- Renee Alleyne – rap vocals, spoken word
- Yseult Cooper Stockdale – cello
- Paul Stephens – double bass
- Andreea Banciu – viola
- Daniel Gethin – alto vocals
- Josh Quinlan – baritone vocals
- Sophie Ellis – soprano vocals
- Matthew Minter – tenor vocals
- Felix Stephens – cello, conductor
- Nina Lin – violin
- Benjamin Darvill – harmonica
- Cian Nugent – guitar
- Daniel Thomas – piano
- David Holmes – production
- David Wrench – mixing
- Matt Colton – mastering
- Michael Harris – engineering
- Debbie Smith – engineering
- Alan Kelly – engineering
- Felix Stephens – engineering, arrangement, string arrangement
- Brian Irvine – arrangement, strings arrangement
- Josh Quinlan – arrangement
- Ralph Allwood – arrangement
- Daniel Thomas – arrangement
- Amy Ratcliffe – studio assistance
- Grace Banks – studio assistance
- Tim Pennells – studio assistance