The Saints - Long March Through The Jazz Age (Blue Pressing)

Long March Through the Jazz Age stands as the final testament of frontman Chris Bailey — the last full-length from The Saints, recorded in 2018 and released posthumously in 2025.

This album trades the band’s early punk ferocity for a richly layered, widescreen sound — chiming guitars, strings, horns, and subtle keys weave through melancholic ballads and sweeping songs.

Opening with the defiant, west-tinged anthem “Empires (Sometimes We Fall)”, the record sets a tone of quiet resolve and reflection. From there it flows into tracks like “Judas” (string-laced and mournful), “Gasoline” (with a gritty country-rock swagger), and the stately “Carnivore (Long March Through the Jazz Age)”, where mournful trumpet and Bailey’s weathered vocals carry real weight.

Lyrically, the album is poetic, world-weary and honest — a reflective look at mortality, legacy, and the passage of time, filtered through decades of experience. Despite its orchestral arrangements, there remains a hushed bluntness that honours The Saints’ uncompromising roots.

This limited-edition blue vinyl pressing — with spot-UV sleeve, liner notes and download card — adds a collector’s flourish to what stands as the closing chapter of The Saints’ storied career.

Long March Through the Jazz Age is a bittersweet, cinematic farewell — equal parts elegy and defiance — from one of rock’s most restless, inventive voices.