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Simple Minds New Single “First you Jump” Out Now. This is the second track taken
from the band’s eighteenth studio album ‘Direction of the Heart’.
‘First You Jump’ is a Kerr-Burchill co-write with Simple Minds’ long-time bassist Ged Grimes. It’s a
classic transcendent Simple Minds anthem, one about the anxiety of the times and how we will rise
above them.

The accompanying video was filmed in July during the soundcheck for Simple Minds concert in the
Ancient Theatre Taormina, Sicily. This stunning, historic setting is captured in panoramic and aerial
camera shots, intercut with close ups of the band performing the song on a glorious sunny day.

‘First You Jump’ features on Direction Of The Heart, Simple Minds’ first album of new material since
2018’s outstanding UK Top 5 album Walk Between Worlds. Throughout its nine tracks Direction of
The Heart finds the band at their most confident, anthemic best on an inspired celebration of life,
none more so than on lead track ‘Vision Thing’.