The Chemical Brothers have announced details of their ninth studio album, No Geography, to be released on Virgin EMI & Astralwerks on 12th April 2019.
Tom & Ed also today unveiled their latest euphoric single from the new album - Got To Keep On - available now everywhere.
Fans who pre-order No Geography in digital format will instantly receive “Got To Keep On” plus the previously released tracks MAH and Free Yourself. No Geography will also be available on vinyl.
Pre-order now at NO GEOGRAPHY
“At some point during the recording of No Geography, Tom Rowlands and Ed Simons pushed the reset button. It began with the construction of a studio within a studio - a tiny makeshift room that housed the kind of kit they’d previously used to record the bulk of their first two albums; equipment that had sat gathering (freestyle) dust in Tom’s attic for the last twenty years. That experimental space offered a freedom and the chance to create music and tell their own story in a way they hadn’t done for years.Wherever possible, things were done differently. Randomness and jagged edges were encouraged and songs were built around vocal samples; voices were wound tightly into music that Tom and Ed found themselves following wherever it led them. Snatches of dialogue from the late ’60s experimental Dial-A-Poem project were chosen that reflected the mood in the studio. Songs were road tested in front of audiences as part of the 2018 live set (which took in two shows at Alexandra Palace - the band’s biggest UK headline shows to date) and honed in regular DJ sets the world over.”No Geography features the previously released tracks Free Yourself and MAH (“a short & bloody ride into our modern media psychosis” The Guardian) and the new single Got To Keep On. Several of the tracks on No Geography feature vocals by Norwegian singer/songwriter Aurora who wrote and recorded parts in the band’s studio in close collaboration with the band. Japanese rapper Nene also features on Eve of Destruction.
No Geography track list:1. Eve Of Destruction2. Bango3. No Geography4. Got To Keep On5. Gravity Drops6. The Universe Sent Me7. We’ve Got To Try8. Free Yourself9. MAH10. Catch Me I’m Falling
Don’t miss The Chemical Brothers live show across the globe in 2019:
Sat 11th May Corona Capital Guadalajara Festival, Mexico
Sun 12th May Arena, Mexico City, Mexico
Wed 15th May The Shrine, Los Angeles, USA
Thu 16th May The Greek Theatre, Los Angeles, USA
Fri 17th May Bill Graham Civic Auditorium, San Francisco, USA
Fri 24th May All Points East Festival, Victoria Park, London
Thu 11th Jul Mad Cool Festival, Madrid, Spain
Sat 13th Jul NOS Alive Festival, Lisbon, Portugal
Sun 21st Jul Deichbrand Festival, Cuxhaven, Germany
Sat 24th Aug Creamfields, Daresbury, UK
Thu 21st Nov Leeds First Direct Arena, UK
Fri 22nd Nov Manchester Arena, UK
Sat 23rd Nov Glasgow The SSE Hydro, UK
Thu 28th Nov Cardiff Motorpoint Arena, UK
Fri 29th Nov Birmingham Arena UK
Visuals Directed by Adam Smith & Marcus Lyall (@Smithandlyall)
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