David Holmes will release his long awaited fourth album 'The Holy Pictures' on 8 Sep via Universal's Mercury Records.
The new long player is set to be pretty personal to Holmes, who tells CMU: "The story of this album really began on the 4th of August 1996, when my mother, Sarah Holmes, passed away. I had always wanted to make a record about my life in Belfast and all the things attached to that - family, friends, loss, love and starting a family of my own. All the stuff that shapes the person you become".
The album will be preceded by a single release, 'I Heard Wonders', on 25 Aug, and Holmes will be DJing at various festivals before then, including The Big Chill, The Green Man and Electric Picnic.