Signed by all 6 members of the live band.

Having retired from the live scene at the back end of 2016, Dave Hemingway has been keeping busy with guitarist, songwriter and collaborator Phil Barton. Cool To Be Kind marks the arrival of SUNBIRDS - a new band, with new songs, and a new sound.

“Although a lot of the songs have a Country feel” says Dave, “they’re still about life in England. You’re going to feel a bit daft singing about pick-up trucks and low down honky tonks when you live in Yorkshire.”

Produced by Teo Miller, (The Pretenders, Placebo, Robert Plant), the album captures truthful, open-hearted and sometimes funny songs. The formation of SUNBIRDS also sees the introduction of new discovery Laura Wilcockson on vocals plus violin and session drummer to the stars Marc Parnell.

“There’s no exact science here” says Phil “we’re just enjoying ourselves and expressing whatever we want, whether it’s about love, greed, social equality or Gary Lineker’s crisp adverts”.