Steve Mason has recorded a session for Mary Anne Hobbs that will be broadcast tonight (Thursday 4th March) between 2-4am on her BBC Radio 1 show. Mary Anne has been a long-time supporter of the Beta Band throughout the years, with the band appearing several times on the Breezeblock. I imagine the new session tonight will feature tracks from Steve’s forthcoming album Boys Outside (scheduled for release on May 3rd through Domino Records). If you miss the show you’ll be able to listen again via the iPlayer from tomorrow.

Meanwhile, Steve has been busy posting album updates to his Twitter account. Apparently he shot the video for new single Lost and Found in Snowdonia last weekend. You can follow Steve on Twitter via @SteveMasonKBT. Also, check out his new official website and Facebook page, and if you want to hear some demos from the new album pop over to his MySpace.

Update: just spotted this Twitter exchange between Beta-fan @j0annepsi and Lauren Laverne that suggests a BBC 6Music session for Lauren’s show is on the cards too :)

Update2: The show is now up on the BBC iPlayer to listen again. In case anyone wants to skip straight to Steve’s new songs, the first part starts around 23minutes:

24m00 All Come Down
28m03 Am I Just A Man

Second part starts around 1h28:

1h28m33 Boys Outside
1h33m27 I Let Her In

New single out April 19th – Lost and Found
New album out May 3rd – Boys Outside