The The share ‘Cognitive Dissident’ and announce first album in 25 years, ‘Ensoulment’
The The have introduced particulars of ‘Ensoulment’ – their first album in 25 years. Try the total tracklist beneath, in addition to the brand new single ‘Cognitive Dissident’.
Introduced at the moment (Could 17), the album marks the primary new music from the post-punk band since ‘NakedSelf’, which was shared again in 2000.
“Nothing to cover – nothing to concern/ Nobody to censor – nobody to smear/ The revolution’s been authorised/ The long run? Privatised,” the frontman sings forward of the looming riffs and gritty bass strains. Test it out beneath.
Set for launch on September 6 through Cinéola and earMUSIC, ‘Ensolument’ was written, demoed and combined by the group’s predominant artistic power, Matt Johnson in London, earlier than the tracks have been additional refined by the opposite members.
Whereas it comes as the primary official album from The The since 2000, within the years for the reason that band have shared 4 soundtrack albums for movies, together with Tony and Hyena.
In line with the band, the essence of the brand new album captures the identical attraction that first put The The on the map, but in addition sees the members create one thing that’s the good illustration of their right here and now.
“Johnson is characteristically unafraid to sort out the emotional complexity inherent within the human situation – intimacy in an age of alienation; democracy in a post-truth age; empire and vassalage; and the inexorable rise of AI – but the album is equally shot by means of with hope,” reads a press launch for the LP.
In addition to the signature emotive lyrics, the album can be set to see The The embrace and discover matters round love, warfare, politics and what it means to be human in at the moment’s society.
It options beforehand unpublished works of Matt Johnson’s late brother Andrew (AKA artist Andy Canine) on the quilt, and is on the market to pre-order here.
“It’s important to be hopeful,” Johnson stated. “And I hope folks get out of the album what we put into it. It was created below very blissful circumstances, with a terrific vibe amongst the band and all of the those that labored on it. There was a number of thought, a number of work, a number of love, a number of laughter!” Discover the total tracklist beneath.
The monitor itemizing of Ensoulment is:
1. ‘Cognitive Dissident’
2. ‘Some Days I Drink My Espresso By The Grave Of William Blake’
3. ‘Zen & The Artwork Of Relationship’
4. ‘Kissing The Ring Of POTUS’
5. ‘Life After Life’
6. ‘I Need To Wake Up With You’
7. ‘Down By The Frozen River’
8. ‘Risin’ Above The Want’
9. ‘Linoleum Easy To The Stockinged Foot’
10. ‘The place Do We Go When We Die?’
11. ‘I Hope You Bear in mind (the issues I can’t overlook)’
12. ‘A Wet Day In Could’
At present additionally sees the post-punk heavyweights announce particulars of an upcoming tour throughout North America, in addition to one other present in London.
For the latter, the date comes as an extension of the band’s four-date run of reveals within the UK. As an alternative of ending with the beforehand introduced date in Manchester on September 30, the tour will now draw to an finish with a last slot on the Brixton Academy in London on October 31.
The newly-shared North American dates will kick off later that month, and embrace slots in Atlanta, Philadelphia, New York, Seattle, Chicago and extra. It’ll finish with a present on the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles on November 8.
Tickets go on sale at 10am native time subsequent Friday (Could 24) for US dates and on Monday (Could 20) for the London present. Go to here for US tickets, here for UK tickets, and discover a full record of reveals beneath.
The The’s 2024 tour dates are:
September
25 – Usher Corridor, Edinburgh
27 – The Civic at The Halls, Wolverhampton
28 – Alexandra Palace, London
30 – The Apollo, Manchester
OCTOBER
1 Oct – Brixton Academy, London [NEW]
11 – Tabernacle – Atlanta, GA
12 – Durham Performing Arts – Durham, NC
14 – The Anthem – Washington, DC
15 – The Fillmore – Philadelphia, PA
17 – Beacon Theatre – New York, NY
19 – Orpheum Theatre – Boston, MA
20 – MTELUS – Montreal, QC
22 – Massey Corridor – Toronto, ON
23 – Masonic Cathedral Theatre – Detroit, MI
25 – The Salt Shed – Chicago, IL
26 – Palace Theatre – St. Paul, MN
29 – Mission Ballroom – Denver, CO
30 – Eccles Theater – Salt Lake Metropolis, UT
NOVEMBER
2 – Paramount Theatre – Seattle, WA
3 – Roseland Theater – Portland, OR
4 – Orpheum Theatre – Vancouver, BC
7 – Fox Theater – Oakland, CA
8 – Shrine Auditorium – Los Angeles, CA
The UK dwell reveals are the band’s first since their massively profitable ‘The Comeback Particular’ world tour in 2018. These marked the primary time Johnson and co. had performed dwell in 16 years, and included London reveals at The Royal Albert Corridor, Brixton Academy and The Troxy venues.
These have been then adopted by a world tour encompassing venues in Europe, North America and Australia.
Again in 2021, The The introduced a brand new multi-format venture referred to as ‘The Comeback Particular’, which documented their Royal Albert Corridor live performance from 2018, and was accompanied by a dwell album, movie and ebook.