“My relationship with prog is a complex thing, which has to do with my feelings about the 70s,” muses Paddy McAloon. “That period was very, very interesting. I reject the whole typical BBC documentary ...

When I got the double-disc "Columbia Legacy" edition of Prefab Sprout's Steve McQueen in the mail last week, my first thought was, "Great! One for Permanent Records!" But a few complications arose.

Prefab Sprout have announced vinyl reissues of three studio albums and one compilation. New pressings of their 1984 debut Swoon, 1988’s commercial breakthrough From Langley Park to Memphis, 1990’s ...

“Right from the start, I made it clear that the last thing on my mind was to become hip or flavour of the month, because there is nothing I hate more than the spurious kind of worthiness that comes ...

I like Paddy McAloon. A lot. Even his last record as Prefab Sprout, the mediocre, cheesy The Gunman And The Other Stories, didn’t shake my faith. Now he’s about to release the most remarkable record ...

Since debuting in 1982 with the dreamy single “Lions In My Own Garden,” English singer-songwriter Paddy McAloon and his band Prefab Sprout have distinguished themselves from their UK contemporaries by ...

Prefab Sprout's new record, their first since 2001, was discovered trapped in a bend in the time-space continuum. Themed around music's regal, spiritually transformative power, it was recorded by ...

It feels like Christmas has come early in the pretty city of Durham. A dapper-suited, kindly faced gent with a lustrous white beard greets Life&Style in a grotto-like café, though his soft ...

Paddy McAloon remembers it all too well: 23 January 2006, when the maverick genius behind Prefab Sprout was last able to sing his own songs. So how, asks Craig McLean, has he managed to create a new ...

As Prefab Sprout release their first album in 8 years, their thoughtful founder Paddy McAloon discusses his struggle with the creative urge. Reasonable, thoughtful and self aware: Paddy McAloon of ...