"Men in Love is a collaborative concept album by Irvine Welsh and The Sci-Fi Soul Orchestra, exploring the complexities of love, relationships, and the human condition. The album blends classic Motown and disco influences with contemporary electronic dance production, creating a unique and powerful sound that is both nostalgic and fresh.
From soaring anthems to intimate ballads, Men in Love takes the listener on a journey through the highs and lows of romance, celebrating the power of connection, vulnerability, and the enduring search for love in a chaotic world.
The album was released concurrently with Welsh's new novel, also titled Men in Love. The book is a sequel to Welsh's seminal work, Trainspotting, and continues the story of Renton, Sick Boy, Spud, Begbie, and other beloved characters. The album serves as a sonic companion to the novel, with its themes, lyrics, and musical atmosphere reflecting the experience and inner turmoil of its characters. The album also introduces The Sci-Fi Soul Orchestra, a unique musical entity with their own unique music releases in the pipeline”
BUT, WHY DISCO?
“In uncertain times, dominated by the ascendancy of soul dead oligarchs, their corrosive technology and looting economics, the great positive constant for humanity remains our infinite capacity for love.
Music is still the medium by which we bypass their reductive, low frequency world, and if we can sing and dance and express our collective love in joy and rapture, we render their pathetic schemes the irrelevant sideshows they deserve to be.
One of the greatest musical forms in delivering that ecstasy has been discotheque music. No matter how confused our men (and women) have been in the quest for love, as we are forced to earn a living to pay for our fun, our real predilections are to party like it’s 2099. So don’t diss the disco, let’s dance away the heartache or die trying, because nothing else makes any sense.”
- Irvine Welsh
IRVINE WELSH - MEN IN LOVE - THE BOOK
There wasn’t an album they wouldn’t buy, or a drug they wouldn’t try.
Then it spiralled out of control . . .
They were left with nothing.
Nothing but the eternal quest of all men: the search for love.
Opening in the late 1980s as rave culture is born and moving into the 1990s, Men In Love reunites the Trainspotting crew for a riotous new journey.
Renton, Spud, Sick Boy and Begbie leave heroin behind and seek joy, and the hope of redemption, on the dance floor. Each wants to feel alive in the closing years of Thatcher’s Britain, and they fill their days with sex and romance and trying to get ahead. Taking in Edinburgh, London, Amsterdam and Paris, the group charges towards an unexpected event: Sick Boy’s wedding day.
But is falling in love the answer, or just another doomed quest?
TRAINSPOTTING EDITION LP
Experience the official sonic companion to Irvine Welsh's Trainspotting sequel, Men In Love, in a truly unique way. This special Trainspotting Edition LP brings the novel's world to life, pressed on stunning Solid Orange Wax. Dive deeper with the exclusive polylined inner sleeve – it's like discovering a piece of the story itself, featuring Irvine Welsh's lyrics personally defaced by Sick Boy's own sharp, irreverent handwritten annotations. Completed with a collectible Trainspotting Edition Obi Strip, this is a unique artefact where the music, story, and characters vividly collide.
TRAINSPOTTING EDITION CD DIGIPAK
Go beyond the standard listen with this special Trainspotting Edition CD of the official sonic companion to Irvine Welsh's Men In Love novel. Housed in a premium Digipak, this enhanced CD includes a fold-out poster showcasing Irvine Welsh's lyrics as if ripped from Sick Boy's personal stash, complete with his infamous, no-holds-barred commentary scrawled across them. A direct link to the novel's world, offering the definitive CD experience for all fans wanting a deeper dive.
TRACKLIST:
A Man In Love With Love
You Gotta Be Strong
Damn Straight
Saviour
Love At Last
Supply Lines Of Love
A Whole New Side Of Me
Dreams
Men In Love
