DEL AMITRI have unveiled a new single from their forthcoming album - their first studio release in almost two decades.

It's Feelings was unleashed today (Friday, February 19) with a date for Fatal mistakes now set down for May 14.

The band announced the album alongside the track Close Your Eyes and Think of England before performing live on Children in Need Scotland later that same day.

Produced by Dan Austin, It’s Feelings was written by frontman Justin Currie and guitarist Iain Harvie, with mixing courtesy of their long-term collaborator Mark Freegard.

Currie said: “It’s a simple fact that human beings have no idea what makes them feel the way they do.

"Their feelings are often guided by instinct, which means that their actions aren't always rational. Listening to new music is similar.

"You can explain what's good or bad about a song, but it doesn't mean anything if you don't feel it."

The song will be accompanied by a music video, directed by Stuart Breadner. It opens by showing a man waiting anxiously as his friend lays unconscious in hospital.

It cuts to an alternate reality in which the stricken man is alert and moving, but he constantly faces symbolic frustration: a locked lighthouse, a bridge that leads nowhere.

Instead, he braves a final swim to shore, resulting in a closing shot that blurs the boundaries between the two words.

Del Amitri will celebrate the album’s release - their first in 19 years - by playing a special streamed show, details of which will be announced soon.

They also hope to be able to confirm an extensive UK tour later this year.

LISTEN: Del Amitri - It's Feelings on Spotify