Mark Stewart’s final album to be released

Details of Mark Stewart’s eighth and final solo album have been announced.

Completed shortly before his untimely passing in April 2023, The Fateful Symmetry is set for release on July 11 via Mute.

Across an illustrious career of pioneering music as leader of the The Pop Group, Mark Stewart & Maffia and as a solo artist, The Fateful Symmetry cements the artist’s legacy as one of the most vital voices from the DIY underground.

The first single, Memory of You, was release earlier today, which you can watch /listen to below.

The track was co-produced with Youth (Killing Joke), and features backing vocals by Hollie Cook. On the track, Youth comments: 

“Memory of You not only illustrates what a great singer Mark was but what a great writer he was too… the melody and lyrics could be from the Walker Brothers or a 50s crooner like [Frank] Sinatra; timeless yet still ahead of the pack.”

The short film for Memory of You has been created by film makers, Peter Harris, and Hugo Glendinning. Harris, most known for his for his art collaborations with Lee “Scratch” Perry, began collaborating with Stewart in 2020 when they started their BOMBART show together on Radio Alhara, and they went on to create a series of collaborative artworks and music.

The Fateful Symmetry track listing:

1. Memory Of You
2. Neon Girl
3. This Is The Rain
4. Everybody’s Got To Learn Sometime (Bébe Durmiendo Cumbia Bootleg)
5. Stable Song
6. Twilight’s Child
7. Crypto Religion
8. Blank Town
9. A Long Road

The Fateful Symmetry out on July 11v via Mute. Pre-order here.