It's been more than four decades since we last heard new music from Haircut One Hundred, but The band have now returned! The song called 'The Unloving Plum', comes from the band's upcoming album, which is set for release in 2025.
The original chapter of Haircut One Hundred beamed briefly yet brightly. They achieved the kind of success that they could have only dreamed of: four UK Top 10 hits, all of which were definitive ‘80s classics – ‘Love Plus One’, ‘Fantastic Day’, ‘Favourite Shirts (Boys Meets Girl)’ and ‘Nobody’s Fool’ – followed by a debut album, ‘Pelican West’, which peaked at #2 during an eleven week run in the Top 10, in the process reaching Platinum status.
They're best-known for songs such as 'Fantastic Day' and 'Love Plus One'
Haircut One Hundred are best-known for their Top 10 hits in the early 80s. The band, released their debut album 'Pelican West' back in 1982, with songs such as 'Favourite Shirts (Boy Meets Girl)', 'Love Plus One', 'Fantastic Day', and the non-album track 'Nobody's Fool'.
That was 42 years ago. But now after a lengthy absence, Haircut One Hundred are back: fuelled by the power of friendship, a love of adventure, and the simple joy of seeing wherever their unexpected next chapter will take them. Their return now gathers pace with today’s release of their first new music in 40 years with the new single ‘The Unloving Plum’. Listen HERE.
At the moment. Haircut One Hundred are touring the US with fellow new wave veterans Howard Jones and ABC. Recently, they announced that they’ll soon release a new album — their first in 40 years, and their first with Nick Heyward in even longer than that. Today, lead single “The Unloving Plum” arrives. The band has been playing it live for a little while. It’s a sparkling, jangly old-school guitar-pop tune with big blasts of horn. Check it out below.
Despite it seeming that the Haircut One Hundred chapter was over, band members Nick Heyward, Graham Jones and Les Nemes reunited for a band meeting, and they quickly slipped into being old friends, and were reunited as a band.
The band have recently completed a North American tour, where they joined ABC and Howard Jones, and are set to take to the stage in the Preston in September, before appearing as special guests for David Gray at Manchester a few days later.
‘The Unloving Plum’ sparkles with the exuberant joy of a band loving what they do. The joyous, brass-assisted, instantly unforgettable pop that they’re best known for is still their most compelling trait, but it’s a natural evolution that takes in touches of jangly, Beatles-esque pop and an anthemic Britpop-flavoured power. While vocalist/guitarist Nick Heyward explains what it means to him, it also speaks to the universal experience of something great in life emerging from what you initially thought was the worst possible outcome.
Speaking about their new song, Nick said: “It’s about that first bad relationship that you have, which makes you think the first bite of the unloving plum is poisonous. Being dismissed by someone for the first time feels awful, but it turns out to be the best thing that could’ve happened. The unloving plum takes you to the depths, but that’s a step you often need to go through to find the loveliest thing you’ve ever experienced.”
Haircut One Hundred are back and sounding great. Listen to 'The Unloving Plum' now!
