Simple Minds have confirmed that their next studio album will be titled Sacrosanct, with frontman Jim Kerr saying the project reflects a point where making music feels “closer to faith” than a career.
The new album, set for January 29, 2027, follows an exceptionally active period for the group. Since releasing Direction of the Heart in 2022, the band have premiered a career‑spanning documentary, published a joint memoir that earned multiple “Books of the Year” nods, and performed to more than 1.5 million fans on their Global Tour - their biggest audiences since the mid‑1980s. It was during that run, still energised by sold‑out shows, that Jim and guitarist Charlie Burchill began developing the material that would become Sacrosanct.
