London-formed quartet The Big Moon are back with a new album, Forever – out October 30 via Fiction Records – and a fresh outlook inspired by songwriter Juliette Jackson's recent experience with hearing loss caused by a cholesteatoma, a rare type of cyst that can grow on the eardrum.

Having permanently lost "most of the hearing on one side," Jackson found herself writing from a place of healing, "a happy ending that didn't exist yet." "I didn’t know if I would ever get to that point," she shares in a press release, "but, by projecting and almost tricking myself into it, it actually became a really nice way of writing.”

Watch the video for lead track "Gravity" below.

“At the time I wrote this song, every time I collected my son from nursery he would run and slam into me and give me the biggest hug," Jackson says adding:

"I knew it wouldn’t last forever, and I savoured every one, and this song ended up commemorating that feeling. It’s about a love that you’re never really separated from, just elasticated, ready to snap back together.”

Forever, the band's fourth album, was recorded over three weeks in Norfolk and co-produced by The Big Moon and Sam Cohen (Kevin Corby).

Forever is out October 30. Pre-0rder here. Tracklist below:

1. Gravity  
2. Three Things 
3. Fun 
4. F.O.R.E.V.E.R  
5. Sounds  
6. You Remind Me That I’m Dying (and that it’s good to be alive) 
7. Speed Bump 
8. Can I Get A Reading Please 
9. I See You, Honey 
10. Chill 

The Big Moon tour dates:

07/02 Kirkham, UK @ Lytham Green *
07/04 London, UK @ Crystal Palace Park *
07/05 Scarborough, UK @ Scarborough Open Air Theatre *
07/10 York, UK @ Museum Gardens +
08/23 Halifax, UK @ The Piece Hall ^
11/18 Birmingham, UK @ O2 Institute 2
11/19 Edinburgh, UK @ La Belle Angele
11/20 Glasgow, UK @ St. Luke's
11/22 Bristol, UK @ Trinity Centre
11/23 Brighton, UK @ Concorde 2
11/25 Manchester, UK @ O2 Ritz
11/26 Leeds, UK @ Project House
11/27 London, UK @ O2 Academy Brixton

* supporting Alanis Morissette 
+ supporting Self Esteem 
^ supporting Public Service Broadcasting

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