Legendary British trip-hop group Massive Attack announced to much anticipation last year that they would be releasing two EPs and a full length album in 2016, a massive announcement considering they had not released any full-length material since 2010s Heligoland.
We have already been lucky enough to have received the first of these new records, with the release of Ritual Spirit. This announcement came along with the launch of an app developed by a team including the band’s own Robert Del Naja.
The app, called “Fantom,” is a fun and innovative little toy you can use to remix a few Massive Attack tracks using the data from your phone such as camera, location and time to alter the songs, using the original as a core to build upon.
The use of the app as a means of previewing the four songs on Ritual Spirit has been repeated here, with the surfacing of three brand new tracks on the app. Come Near Me, The Spoils, and Dear Friend, the tracks appearing on the Fantom app earlier and available to listen to right now. You can download the app here (iOS only, sorry)
The new music comes after Massive Attack’s performance at British Summer Festival, where they performed their classic Eurochild for the first time since 1998 as well as addressing the Brexit vote. The group also surprised festival goers by bringing famed collaborator Tricky onstage to perform Take It There with them.
Revisit the video for Voodoo In My Blood below:
https://youtu.be/ElvLZMsYXlo
Image: Pop Matters
The world of music has continued its retaliation to the terrifying Brexit referendum results, which will see the UK sever its connection to the European Union. The latest has come from the legendary trip-hop founders Massive Attack, who used their headline slot at last week’s British Summer Time Festival to address the vote.
They performed their 1994 song Eurochild, in what was a clear reference to the vote result, and made extra special considering that it was the song’s first live performance since 1998. 3D reportedly commented that, “We didn’t expect to be singing this 20 years later as a requiem.”
Their political statement continued, with the frontman stating, “As sons of immigrants, we are both very disappointed with the situation. We can’t allow ourselves to fall victim to the populist bullshit going on at the moment. We can’t let the bigots and racists back into this situation. It’s bullshit.”
A sentiment shared with many British musicians, exasperated frustration was a clear undercurrent in the performance. Massive Attack’s powerful song attains new meaning in today’s political climate, and it makes for an intense performance and statement. Watch below:
https://youtu.be/JBoexLtqcOU
Concertgoers also got another extra special surprise, in the form of a guest appearance from founding member Tricky, who until recently, had not collaborated with the group since the early 1990s. He joined the group on stage for an incredible rendition of Take It There. Watch:
https://youtu.be/G8sAcSkP9OA
Earlier this year, Massive Attack released their first new music since 2010, a short EP titled Ritual Spirit. The phenomenal, feature-filled four tracker included guest spots from Roots Manuva, Young Fathers (who performed with the group in the above videos), Azekel, and perhaps most importantly, Tricky, in his first song with the group since 1994.
Image: Music Tour
It’s video roundup time! Once again, Howl And Echoes are coming in hot with the freshest, most eyeball-stimulating music videos to be dropped by the artists you love and some of the artists you don’t know you love yet this week. We do all the dirty work and herd them all into one convenient web-based location for you to enjoy every Friday so that you don’t have to. Have yourself a good old gander at the latest offerings from:
Iman – Naive
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DUaXUEMeOC0
First up this week is the latest single from London singer-songwriter Iman. Naive is the first new material of 2016 for Iman, and she’s thundered out of the gate on this track. Huge, echoic vocals and a chorus that hooks you irretrievably, Iman’s voice is fiery and just seems effortlessly smooth. Naive is like late-90s RnB set to 21st century production. Stellar in other words.
The video was co-directed and co-edited by Iman herself and is a damn good first effort. Simple, artistic and full of movement, the video plants the focus exactly where it should be: square on the singer. Look out for more of Iman in 2016.
Alex The Astronaut – Half Of 21st Street
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8D2z7zbbtm8&feature=youtu.be
You would assume someone going by the name Alex The Astronaut would lead a life full of adventures, and you’d be correct in this case. At just 20 years of age, she’s already lived in Sydney, London and now Long Island, New York; where she is on a soccer scholarship, studying maths and physics and also somehow finding the time to be a burgeoning musical artist. There’s no way she sleeps though.
Half Of 21st Street is her debut single and is a ripper. A simple acoustic riff anchors the song, surrounded by a cacophony of different noises that add layer after layer to the song, its clever lyrics delving into a love story made stronger by her confident voice. The tempo picking up to play the song out was a fantastic touch too.
The video was filmed around New York City and will have anyone who has ever been wistful to return, the scenes in Washington Square Park (where you’ll see Alex The Astronaut showing off some of those soccer tricks) in particular.
Sky’s the limit for Alex The Astronaut from here.
LANKS – Golden Age
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2OJMyl23GVI
Melbourne multi-instrumentalist producer LANKS has gotten all kinds of creative this week on the video for latest single Golden Age. A punchy backbeat and some stabby synths, the song crests and falls beautifully while steered along by LANKS’ vocals showing off a wide range.
If the song doesn’t ensnare you, the video it’s accompanied by surely will. Points to LANKS again for creativity and dedication, rigging himself upside down in his living room for over three hours because really all of your blood belongs in your head and consciousness is overrated anyway.
Catch LANKS on his East Coast tour launching Golden Age when it kicks off in April.
Sex On Toast – Doubt
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6xAopnsc05Q
The Weekly Video Roundup awards for both Largest Group and Best Band Name go straight to Melbourne 10(!)-piece Sex On Toast this week and their latest single Doubt. It’s one of the most unique songs and videos I’ve seen so far this year, elements of everyone from Queen to Brian Wilson to Journey with a solid background of jazzy noise, the chorus will make you want to leap out of your seat.
The video only makes it better, with Sex On Toast enjoying all kinds of Caddyshack-esque hijinks on the golf course. ‘Zany’ is definitely the operative word here.
If you’re digging what you’re hearing (and seeing) and you happen to be in Melbourne then you can catch Sex On Toast all throughout the remainder of March as they enjoy a residency at the Gasometer.
The Last Shadow Puppets – Aviation
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fd1Xc6-6VVg
If you’ve not heard of The Last Shadow Puppets as a group before then you’ve definitely heard of them as part of their individual efforts. Like a British (and one Los Angeleno) indie rock version of The Avengers, members include Alex Turner (of Arctic Monkeys fame), Miles Kane (of The Rascals fame), producer James Ford (of Simian Mobile Disco fame) and Zach Dawes (of Mini Mansions fame). They released their debut album The Age Of The Understatement back in 2008 and went through a period of inactivity until last year, when they announced a new album was on the way in 2016.
Aviation is the third single from that upcoming record (titled Everything You’ve Come To Expect) and there’s an air of almost gothic darkness about it, with a very The Smiths-y guitar riff and backbeat coupled with Turner’s unmistakeable voice and some atmospheric strings. The video complements it well, shot on a sunny beach while Turner and Kane appear to have run afoul of a mob boss, ho has them digging their own graves in the sand while a blindfolded strings section plays them out.
Everything You’ve Come To Expect is out April 1st via Domino.
Massive Attack – Ritual Spirit (ft. Azekel)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fhI5T_NKYxc
Bristol trip-hop royalty Massive Attack have a new single out. Featuring fellow British singer Azekel, Ritual Spirit (from their recently released EP of the same name) is a slow-burning and almost menacing track held down by a handclap backbeat and pulsating synths, layers of sound surrounding Azekel’s haunting vocals.
They’ve enlisted some star power for their music video, one Kate Moss lending her talents to this one, swinging a lightbulb around as she dances in the dark. Simple yet very effective. Massive Attack reportedly have a new album in the works, the first since 2010’s Heliogoland. With Tricky back in the mix now after 20 years, Massive Attack fans have every reason to be chomping at the bit.
Ritual Spirit is out now via Virgin.
DMA’s – In The Moment
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YZAfwHLnmlk
Presently taking over the entire world after the release of their wildly acclaimed debut album Hills End, Newtown’s own DMA’s have released another video for one of the album’s many highlight tracks in In The Moment.
A soaring chorus, infectious and fuzzy guitar licks, Tommy O’Dell’s now unmistakeable croon, all have become part of the sound that has brought DMA’s to a worldwide audience and all are present on In The Moment. It’s accompanying video sees the trio looking unfairly cool in every shot, be it at sunset on a rooftop, riding pushies and kicking soccer balls in the street or a strobe-lit room in tuxedos.
DMA’s are killing it with everything they touch at the moment. You can catch them on their Hills End tour of Australia (that’s swiftly selling out!) when they return home from a monster American and European tour in May and June.
Flatbush Zombies – This Is It
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pxplVYIN1Fc&feature=youtu.be
One of the most hyped and widely anticipated debut albums in quite some time was Flatbush Zombies’ 3001: A Laced Odyssey, which dropped last week to some rave reviews. Their second single from the record was launched this week with a video to boot, This Is It.
The Brooklyn trio have absolutely brought the goods, This Is It just one very nifty slice of a cracking album. Clocking in at nearly six minutes, it’s sprawling and dark and magnificent. A simple piano melody dancing with some rapid-fire trap beats and some fiery hot verses on top of it all. What you might almost call some easy listening hip-hop.
The video mirrors the song’s simplicity, black and white shots of the group on a stark white background, the focus solely on them. We’re all waiting very patiently for an Australian tour…
3001: A Laced Odyssey is out now via Flatbush Zombies’ own label The Glorious Dead.
Image: YouTube.
Last month, Massive Attack surprised everyone with the release of a wonderful new four-track EP, Ritual Spirit. Their first new release since 2010’s Heligoland, each track was unique and stunning, and each had a different featured guest. The second video to accompany the release has now come out, for Voodoo In My Blood, featuring Mercury Prize-winning Scottish trio Young Fathers.
Starring actress Rosamund Pike, the spooky video begins with Pike alone in a long, brightly lit hall, checking around as though she can feel someone watching her. She soon reaches a point where a hovering ball begins to circle her head, with a fearful sense of suspense and uncertainly. As though hypnotised or perhaps drugged, she soon begins to laugh uncontrollably – with the laughter heard above the music.
The ball soon opens, stabs her eye (the ‘voodoo’ in her blood, we assume,) and she begins to convulse, fall, and writhe about, the ball commanding her every move.
It’s genuinely uncomfortable to watch – particularly when the film clip’s sound effects (such as smashing her head against the floor) can be heard above the music.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ElvLZMsYXlo
Considering we’ve now received two videos from Massive Attack’s four-track EP, they may just be gearing up to release two more yet. On top of this is the rumoured news that the trip-hop legends will be dropping a full new album later this year.
Image: Youtube
In this age of music streaming services, re-issued vinyl, Youtube and, dare we say it, illegal torrents, there’s just way too much music for the average Joe to consume on a regular basis. Enter Tobias Handke, your newest Howl & Echoes contributor. Each fortnight he’ll be giving his two cents on a number of new albums, EPs and mixtapes from all genres in hopes making sure you’re spending your hard earned on good tunes.
2 Chainz: Felt Like Cappin EP
Dropping out of nowhere last week, Georgia rapper and sometime philanthropist 2 Chainz delivered the surprise EP Felt Like Cappin. Enlisting a crack team of producers (Mike WiLL Made It, Timbaland, FKi, TM88), this six-track release finds Chainz at his boastful best, adapting his flow to suit the style of each beat maker involved. Far from one of my favourite rappers, you can’t deny Chainz’s witty lyricism and knack for a catchy hook, all of which can be found in spades on this EP.
His lackadaisical flow floats over Mike WiLL Made It’s pipe sampling MF’N before he switches style and gets aggressive on TM88’s trappy Not Invited. The obvious highlight of the tape is the Lil Wayne collaboration Back On The Bullshyt. Both drop rhymes bursting with punch lines but it’s Wayne who shines, reminding rap fans he can still spit despite the shit he’s shifted of late.
Verdict: At six tracks don’t expect too much, but as a stopgap before his next full-length player, this is a worthy addition to 2 Chainz musical catalogue.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=euxM6pj3sSg
Bloc Party: Hymns
Oh, how the mighty have fallen. Once champions of the UK music scene, Bloc Party are a shell of their former self, having devolved from post-punk pioneers into a boring and underwhelming indie electronic hybrid, failing to capture the magic of past glories with fifth album Hymns.
The band’s rapid decline comes as no real surprise. Since front man Kele Okereke began embracing modern dance culture Bloc Party have been on the decline, made even more obvious on Hymns by the absence of founding members Gordon Moakes (bass, keys) Matt Tong (drums). First single The Love Within sounds like a Kele solo off-cut while The Good News is Bloc Party doing country and as horrible as it sounds. It’s not all bad though. Only He Can Heal Me has enough spunk to light up the dance floor and the doomed relationship played out on Different Drugs is a melodic throwback.
Verdict: Like a stripped back version of their original sound with less emphasis on production, Hymns rarely hits the mark and would be better attributed to Kele’s solo career.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l_qMnUmic44
Massive Attack: Ritual Spirit EP
Trip-hop pioneers Massive Attack returned last month with the Ritual Spirit EP, their first record since 2010’s disappointing Heligoland. When I heard the news I was pretty excited, and then almost wet my pants when it was announced Tricky was on board, making his first appearance on a Massive Attack release since 1994’s Protection.
Along with Tricky, English rapper Roots Manuva spits bars on the brooding opener Dead Editors and fellow UK soul maestro Azekel lends his striking falsetto to the mystical Ritual Spirit, but for me it’s Scottish hip-hop act Young Fathers who steal the show. Already making waves throughout Europe with their cross genre breeding of indie, electronic and experimental hip-hop, they sound right at home over the steady percussion of Voodoo In My Blood.
Verdict: Four-tracks isn’t much to go by, but if this is a prelude to what we can expect album wise, put me down for two copies.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yl6KTek9-gI
BBC Radio 1 and 6 Music are well known for their incredible guest programs and mixes, curated and presented by some of the greatest living artists across electronic genres, hip-hop and plenty more. But this week they’ve released a particularly amazing Bristol 6 Mix Special, featuring none other than trip hop royalty Massive Attack and Tricky.
The mix comes only days after Massive Attack surprised us all with a four-track EP, Ritual Spirit. Their first new release since 2010, each track featured one collaborator, including Tricky – now, this is particularly special, considering that the Massive Attack founder had not played with remaining members 3D and Daddy G since way back in 1994.
Just to be clear, this mix wasn’t actually curated by the trio together. Tricky curates the first hour in a new mix, before sending us back in time to 2012, when Massive Attack dropped their own mix.
As a massive trip hop fan addict myself, this is one of my all time favourite BBC mixes. Featuring tracks from both artists, alongside music from others including James Brown, Bill Withers, De La Soul, Pink Floyd, Kraftwerk, Burial, Bjork, Booka Shade and Flying Lotus, there is something for everyone in this impeccable mix.
Listen to the whole thing here.
Below, check out the disturbing video for Massive Attack’s new Tricky-featuring song, Take It There.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hWSt_q7M3zI
We’re already in February. What? It’s already been one of the most insane months of new musical releases in memory, and we still have eleven months of 2016 to go. From a stunning David Bowie finale, to the long-awaited eponymous debut from Nevermen (a frontman supergroup consisting of Faith No More’s Mike Patton, TV On The Radio’s Tunde Adebimpe and rapper DoseOne) surprise releases from Massive Attack and Rihanna, new music from Kanye, PJ Harvey, A$AP Rocky and a tonne more, it’s actually overwhelming – and did I mention that’s just what we’ve been listening to in the past couple days?
The past thirty one days have been musically intense. And I’ve made a real effort to not just listen to hip-hop, considering that my 2015 was almost exclusively rap-centric. So to try and lay it all out, here’s your loyal H&E editor’s top four tracks of the month that has just passed.
4. Explosions In The Sky, Disintegration Anxiety
I fucking love Explosions In The Sky. I love post rock, and they’re among the world’s best when it comes to it. Their particularly unique brand of instrumental music, dominated by flickery guitars and immensely emotive, sweeping phrases, has stunned me both on record and on stage for years. They’re a band that I associate with at least two past relationships, meaning that I’ve had a tumultuous and at times, almost resentful connection with the Texan quartet. However, my relationship with EITS has prevailed although those relationships did not, and I was overjoyed to learn that they were gearing up to release their first new record in five years. Read our Flashback Friday piece on The Earth Is Not A Cold Dead Place to discover how another of our writers has been similarly impacted.
I was admittedly worried that their new material would rehash their old sound, but it doesn’t. It progresses. This track is heavier and shakier and darker than what we’ve heard from them before. It’s not soaring and majestic in a way I may have expected. It broods, it drones, it bathes in darkness and uncertainty. As the rhythm comes in, you’re not sure what to expect. Every layer that we’re familiar with is there, but they’re heading in a totally different direction – the road less taken, the road with a dark and distorted rhythm. Most importantly, it leaves me wanting so much more. And come April 1, when their album The Wilderness comes out, I have a feeling we’re in for something truly special.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xT2UmlUmDQI
3. Iggy Pop & Josh Homme, Gardenia
It’s difficult to quantify my collective respect and love for both Iggy Pop and Josh Homme, of QOTSA and Eagles of Death Metal recognition. The pair have separately released some of the most meaningful and influential music in my life and musical journey. When I heard that the pair were releasing a collaborative album, my heart nearly stopped. And the first single Gardenia is simply phenomenal.
To me, Iggy Pop’s career was nothing short of over. It’s been a long while since he’d released anything memorable – a judgement I doubt I’m alone in believing. But hey, it’s 2016. If the world can fall in love with Justin Bieber and Zayn Malik, it should not be surprising that at age sixty-eight, Iggy Pop may be on the brink of releasing one of the best records of his career.
Homme has reportedly called Post Pop Depression a sequel of sorts to Pop’s seminal solo album Lust For Life, and it’s easy to see why. Gardenia is equal parts fun and lustful, with a slinky post-punk rhythm, remarkably coquettish lyrics, and an almost teenage infatuation with this woman, Gardenia, along with her hourglass ass and the ditch of her spine. I haven’t heard a song that’s put this much of a smile in my face in a long while.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1m8TmlS20ZA
2. Massive Attack, Take It There ft. Tricky & 3D
I cannot believe that Massive Attack just dropped an EP. It was almost midnight when I heard the word that Ritual Spirit was upon us and I genuinely freaked out. Trip hop may just be my favourite niche genre ever, and other than Portishead, Massive Attack are very obviously the leaders of the clan. They hadn’t released new music since Heligoland in 2010. With incredible features from Young Fathers, Azekel, Roots Manuva and Tricky, they packed as much as they possibly could into the release – and I for one, am so grateful for that. I’m also grateful for the news that this isn’t the only MA we’ll be hearing this year – they reportedly have a second EP and a full album on the way.
The lead single and video is Take It There ft. Tricky. Now, the very fact that this track features Tricky makes it extremely special. A founding member of Massive Attack, he had not recorded with the group since way back in 1994. Also, I am a die hard Tricky fan. False Idols and Maxinquaye are two of my all time favourite albums, and everything he’s done as a solo artist has well and truly crept under my skin.
This song fucking rocks. It’s flawless. The dark blend of a rhythm with a heavy piano, and the hazy vocals, only complemented by the deeply disturbing video clip. It’s seductive and dark and sexy and yet kind of upsetting, and it does things to me in a way that only Massive Attack can manage.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hWSt_q7M3zI
1. The Drones, To Think That I Once Loved You
I have long classified The Drones as my favourite Australian band ever. My god, do I love The Drones. Every single time I’ve seen them live I am blown away. Each time I listen to them, I am blown away. And that doesn’t happen to me very often. Their incredibly unique sound – more poetry than lyrics, more garage versions of Nick Cave meets drunk punks than your average Aus rock, has endlessly been a source of emotive relation for me. So tormented and hyperbolised, yet so close to home, that I’ve experienced manic phases where I listen to them constantly, and then cannot play them for months on end, multiple times over the years.
I was honoured to chat with drummer Christian Strybosch last year (in what was his first ever media interview, funnily enough) about the ten year anniversary of Wait Long By The River…, during which he also revealed that they were working on a new album. Christian said, “it’s a bit of a departure from what The Drones have ever sounded like”, and with 2015’s Taman Shud and now this, I have a feeling we’re in for one of the best Australian albums in memory.
To Think That I Once Loved You feels like the spiritual sequel to Nine Eyes, from their unbelievable 2013 album I See Seaweed. “I’m all I needed finally on my own,” Liddiard boasted, having discovered solace in solitude. Yet there was always a sense of self-convincing in that song. And now, To Think… feels as though that character was ultimately uncertain in his sentiments, and fell back into a relationship with another – no doubt the same woman from the first song – only to once again come away from it, darker and more bitter than ever before. There’s an intensity, a realness in the new track, an emotional power that has shaken me to my core in a way that I have not felt in some time.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XibHLDrlUls
SURPRISE! Trip-hop legends Massive Attack recently announced a four-track EP, Ritual Spirit, set to be released later this year. But, it’s 2016, and by now we should all know very well that silly things like “release dates” and “official announcements” mean squat – so the Bristol artists have thrown all your planning out the window, and dropped the EP today.
The four track EP features a delicious range of guests, including Roots Manuva, upcomer Azekel, Young Fathers, and, most excitingly, Massive Attack founding member Tricky, who has not performed with the group since 1994.
Last week, the group shared snippets of new music via iPhone app Fantom, in which users could kind of remix tracks themselves. Now, the full Ritual Spirit EP is available.
You can listen to the whole EP here on iTunes, here on Spotify and here on Google Play and more. Below, watch the video for Take It There, featuring Tricky.
It’s really, really, really good (sure, Massive Attack and Tricky are both in my desert island acts, but a little bias never hurt anyone.)
The group have also announced that a second EP and a full album will both be coming later this year, signalling a welcome end to their musical dry spell – Massive Attack’s last release was 2010’s Heligoland.
Ritual Spirit:
1. Dead Editors (ft. Roots Manuva)
2. Ritual Spirit (ft. Aekel)
3. Voodoo in My Blood (ft. Young Fathers)
4. Take It There (ft. Tricky)
Here’s the artwork:
Musicians seem to be the group most likely to dispel the myth that “old dogs can’t learn new tricks”, especially where technology is concerned. Perhaps because the industry is now at the mercy of said technology, or maybe because most musicians seem to have the kind of fascination and curiosity that leads to the creation of crazy things – like theremins. Neil Young is taking on the quality of mp3 streaming aged 70, and now Massive Attack have launched their own iPhone app with some fairly serious technological innovation.
Named Fantom, and described as a “sensory mixer”, the app was partly designed by the group’s own Robert Del Naja. Designed to create personal remixes, the app’s website summarises the concept:
“Fantom creates personal remixes using your device.
The remixes reflect your movement and balance, the time of day or night, your location and your surroundings as captured by your device’s camera.
Try moving around and pointing your camera and recording the effects as it generates a live mix from your unique set of inputs.
With Apple Watch the Fantom watch app monitors your heartbeat and varies the harmonic and rhythmic cadences of the songs.
Movement will also create different effects on tracks. If you are stationary then the mix will also reflect this.
Live social media notifications sent via a Twitter feed will also trigger interesting sets of mix events.
Your individual Fantom audio mix data can be shared with others by sending video clips of your current mixes to your contacts using iMessage, Twitter, Email or Instagram.”
It has also been reported that the app contains new music from Massive Attack, the first since 2010’s Heligoland. Previews of four new tracks feature in Fantom, and snippets can apparently be remixed in real time. The track names have been announced as Dead Editors, Ritual Spirit, Voodoo In My Blood and Take It There. Sources have suggested that Tricky features on Take It There, the last time the UK producer collaborated with the group was back in 1994. Young Fathers also collaborated on Voodoo In My Blood and are currently supporting Massive Attack on tour.
Image via The Verge
You can download Fantom here and check out the new tracks for yourself.
Trip hop overlords and legends of the UK music scene, Massive Attack have left fans reeling with some really, really exciting news. Not only have they announced a European tour, but they’ve revealed that new music is well on its way – and we can expect to hear it before this year ends.
Kicking off in January 2016, the tour will take them through the UK, Ireland and Europe. They will be supported by Young Fathers, who played at Listen Out 2014 and will be returning to perform at Falls Festival 2015/16.
Along with the tour news came word of new music. There’s no official details yet, but the duo have told us that new music will be out “soon”. No, “soon” isn’t much, but it’s something. It’s a little grain of hope and excitement that’s left mega-fans like me, and presumably thousands of others, basically foaming at the mouth in anticipation.
It’ll be their first release since 2010’s wonderful Heliogoland.
For those in Europe, here’s the full list of festival dates. Tickets here.
01-19 Dublin, Ireland – Olympia Theatre
01-22 Glasgow, Scotland – O2 Academy
01-25 Leicester, England – De Montfort Hall
01-27 Leeds, England – O2 Academy
01-28 Manchester, England – The Apollo
01-30 Birmingham, England – O2 Academy
01-31 Portsmouth, England – The Guildhall
02-01 Brighton, England – The Dome
02-03 London, England – Brixton O2 Academy
02-04 London, England – Brixton O2 Academy
02-07 Copenhagen, Denmark – Tap 1
02-09 Esch Alzette, Luxembourg – Rockhal
02-10 Brussels, Belgium – Palais 12
02-12 Milan, Italy – Fabrique
02-14 Padova, Italy – Geox Theatre
02-16 Cologne, Germany – Palladium
02-17 Berlin, Germany – Tempodrom
02-20 Vienna, Austria – Gasometer
02-21 Munich, Germany – Tonhalle
02-24 Eindhoven, Netherlands – Klokgebouw
02-25 Amsterdam, Netherlands – Heineken Music Hall
02-26 Paris, France – Zenith
This was originally posted on Stoney Roads.