Almost 30 years since the release of their debut album, Immigrants, Emigrants and Me, Power of Dreams are set to return with a new double A-side release, 'America' / 'Across The Shannon' – out on FIFA Records on July 4.

The release arrives ahead of Power of Dream’s first studio album in 25 years, Aüslander – serving as a powerful re-introduction to one of Ireland’s most thrilling bands of the '90s.

“Many of the new songs are tracks that I have been keeping to one side in recent times in my job as a songwriter," explains Craig Walker. "They were very obviously Power of Dreams songs. I have found the experience of looking back and reflecting a really interesting one. I would only have ever done this when I felt there was an artistic purpose to a new record.”

Aüslander, due to be released later this year, will be followed by a special 30th anniversary remastered release of Immigrants, Emigrants and Me, that will also feature a special collection of previously unreleased material.

There are several connections between Immigrants, Emigrants and Me and Aüslander, perhaps most obviously in the albums' titles –  'Aüslander' meaning ‘foreigner’ in German. Walker’s years of touring living outside Ireland in England, France and Germany have also influenced many of the songs.

“There’s a lot of personal stuff in the album,” he says. “That only worked in the context of a Power of Dreams' album. There’s a song for my mother, who played a huge part in the band’s beginnings. She allowed us to rehearse in her kitchen, garden shed for years and never complained once. I wrote the song ‘Margaret’ in 2000 when she was dying in hospital.”

'America' / 'Across The Shannon' will be available to download on Saturday, July 4, here.