McFly's Tom Fletcher to release new album Space Band to coincide with book

McFly’s Tom Fletcher will be releasing an album to coincide with the publication of his latest children’s book Space Band (Puffin) this autumn. 

The album consists of eight original songs, based on characters and storylines from the novel, a book inspired by Fletcher’s experience in the band McFly and friendship with bandmates Danny Jones, Harry Judd and Dougie Poynter.  

The album has been written by Fletcher, produced by Jones and performed by McFly. It features upbeat pop songs including “Nothing Rhymes with Sausage”, “Pigeon” and “Loner”. Puffin said the music will “offer a unique, multi-dimensional reading experience for children, with lyrics from the songs included throughout the book”. TikTok will give followers an exclusive first listen to lead single “Nothing Rhymes with Sausage” today (31st August) with the song available to stream on all platforms from 2nd September.   

The book will be published in hardback on 13th October by Puffin with the album available to buy and stream on the same date.    

Fletcher said: “I am over the moon to be bringing two of my biggest passions together in this joint Space Band release! I had a blast bringing the story to life, recording songs from the book with life-long friends and bandmates McFly. Space Band is a really personal book for me, inspired by my own experiences of being in a band, so this album has brought it even closer to my heart. It’s been amazing to share it with Danny, Harry and Dougie and we can’t wait to take readers interstellar when we lift off this October.”  

Puffin said the book publication and album release will be a supported by an “out-of-this-world" marketing and publicity campaign. This will include a multi-city signing tour, high-profile national media coverage, unmissable out of home advertising, Tik Tok activity and more.