The band also shared the second taster from the record, which you can listen to below, following the release of the album’s title track earlier this year. A hazy, sun drenched Barry White-inspired soul bop, the opening single from forthcoming album of the same name has become their biggest hit in over a decade, having been added to Radio 2's B list and being named their Record of the Week. July was largely expected to be the hottest month of the year, surpassing June temperatures, as experts predicted more heatwaves in the coming days. The conditions have been raising fears of a repeat of last year’s extreme heat conditions when Europe experienced its hottest summer on record in 2022, marked by an onslaught of scorching heatwaves, devastating droughts and raging forest fires driven by the human-induced climate crisis.

A deadly heatwave sweeping across Europe with temperatures forecast to shatter records in the coming days stands in complete contrast to the weather faced by the United Kingdom that has had wet and windy conditions continuing this week. The soulful yet psychedelic ‘High’ is a hazy Curtis Mayfield sounding track that references perhaps their most famous song with the line ‘Never been champion of the world’ has an irresistible refrain and some elegant backing vocals from Laura McClure who also excels on keys throughout the album.Submit your track and follow our Sport Playlists Spotify profile and it could be selected to feature on a range of our specially curated sport playlists.

The sea around the UK and Ireland also experienced an “unheard of” extreme marine heatwave that posed dangers to the coastal ecosystem. Dr Mabon explained that while it is difficult to pinpoint a single factor responsible for making Europe warm so fast, due to the complex relationships between the different elements in the system, “we can be in absolutely no doubt that a critical driver behind this warming trend is carbon dioxide emissions from the burning of fossil fuels”.The country’s blazing mercury led to the death of a 44-year-old man, while a tourist from the UK visiting Rome’s Colosseum fainted, prompting health warnings.

While mean ground temperatures are generally close to the air temperatures, they can sometimes be higher as the soil in summer can trap more heat. Spain, Italy and Greece have been experiencing scorching temperatures for several days already, damaging agriculture and leaving tourists scurrying for shade. The track ‘A Letter To My 21 Year Old Self’ is highly personal and emotive and sees Jon McClure reflecting on his last two decades in the music industry. Dr Melissa Lazenby, a climate change lecturer at the University of Sussex, explained that the current placement of a high-pressure system located further south is the primary reason for this divergence. Frontman Jon McClure described it as as being about “lazing around on a sunny day with your lover getting stoned.

As the UK gets prolonged showers – the Met Office predicts unsettled conditions to continue for the next few days – the Mediterranean region grapples with soaring heat that could touch a new European record as soon as this week. To an extent, the European heatwave we are seeing in summer 2023 reflects what has been observed over the last few years in the science. Products labelled '*item fulfilled by Exertis on behalf of hmv' will be supplied to you directly by Exertis via their approved couriers. The UK at the moment is not experiencing the same high temperatures as the rest of Europe and that is mainly due to the placement of the current high-pressure system, which does not cover the UK and is situated further south,” Dr Lazenby said, “which provides stable atmospheric conditions for enhanced warming and resulting heatwaves”.