KING Creosote will explore the tension and harmony between tradition and technology, between analogue and digital philosophies, on his September 2 album with the self-explanatory title of Astronaut Meets Appleman.

"It also invokes a feeling of being caught between heaven and Earth," says cult Fife musician Kenny Anderson, introducing his first King Creosote record since his belated 2014 breakthrough with From Scotland With Love.

“I wanted to push myself songwriting-wise, so I went in with hardly anything and had to wing it,” Anderson reveals. “I wanted to try and flip the clock all the way back to sound like a younger me – or a less cynical me. In the past, I've been fixated on twisting and wrenching every line, but here I've let that go a bit, and I hope that lets you concentrate more on the music; on what’s going on around it.”

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King Creosote's album sleeve for Astronaut Meets Appleman

On Astronaut Meets Appleman, King Creosote is still upsetting apple carts and dealing with the fallout, still appraising love and life, the moon, the stars; tide tables, bagpipe scores, zeros and ones; mathematics, ticking clocks and the beat of our hearts. “I always feel I’m reaching for something, but I never get there; I wanted to get out of the usual places," he says.

This philosophy is reflected in the album's far-flung geography, with recordings taking place at Analogue Catalogue in County Down, Ireland, An Tobar on the Isle of Mull and Glasgow's Chem19 studios, the headquarters of long-time ally and co-producer Paul Savage.

The track listing will be You Just Want; Melin Wynt; Wake Up To This; Faux Call; Betelgeuse; Love Life; Peter Rabbit Tea; Surface and Rules Of Engagement.

Astronaut Meets Appleman will be released as a one-press-only deluxe vinyl edition with a signed artwork print, alongside standard LP, CD and digital formats.