On October 30, 2020, “Concord” label released “Hey Clockface”, the 31st Elvis Costello studio album. It was recorded 2019 – 2020, at “Suomenlinnan Studio” in Helsinki, “Les Studios Saint Germain” in Paris, “Leonia Sound” in New Jersey, and was produced by Elvis Costello, Michael Leonhart and Sebastian Krys.

Personnel:

• Elvis Costello – voices, voices via electrical wire, guitar, bass, piano, snare drum
• Bill Frisell – guitar, loops
• Nels Cline – guitar
• Steve Nieve – grand piano, upright piano, organ, mellotron, melodica
• Renaud-Gabriel Pion – contrabass clarinet, bass clarinet, Bb clarinet, tenor saxophone, bass flute, cor Anglais
• Danton Boller – acoustic bass fill
• AJUQ – drums, percussion, harmonies
• Michael Leonhart – trumpet, drums, guitar, synthesizer, bass, organ, trombone, piano, surdu
• Nick Movshon – drums
• Mickaël Gasche – trumpet, flugelhorn, serpent
• Chris Bullock – alto flute
• Pierre-François “Titi” Dufour – cello, foot stomps
• Emily Hope-Price – cello

Track listing:

All tracks by Elvis Costello, except where noted.

1. Revolution #49
2. No Flag
3. They’re Not Laughing at Me Now
4. Newspaper Pane – Elvis Costello, Michael Leonhart, Bill Frisell
5. I Do (Zula’s Song)
6. We Are All Cowards Now
7. Hey Clockface/How Can You Face Me? – Elvis Costello, Fats Waller, Andy Razaf
8. The Whirlwind
9. Hetty O’Hara Confidential
10.  The Last Confession of Vivian Whip – Elvis Costello, Steve Nieve, Muriel Teodori
11. What Is It That I Need That I Don’t Already Have?
12. Radio Is Everything – Elvis Costello, Michael Leonhart, Bill Frisell, Nels Cline
13. I Can’t Say Her Name
14. Byline