Good riddance to bad news, we say. Oasis, please stay broken up. From your friends at BLURT.

By Fred Mills

While the music biz buzz over the weekend was clearly centered around Noel Gallagher's surprise announcement at the Oasisnet.com site that he was quitting the band he'd founded, perhaps it's less instructive to parse Gallagher's words than those of the folks who determined their level of punditry qualified them to do the parsing.

First, that Gallagher statement, posted late Friday:

"It's with some sadness and great relief to tell you that I quit Oasis tonight. People will write and say what they like, but I simply could not go on working with Liam a day longer. Apologies to all the people who bought tickets for the shows in Paris, Konstanz and Milan."

All currently scheduled Oasis concerts were cancelled in the wake of the statement. Apparently the band had been preparing to perform Friday at a French music festival, but the two brothers had a huge argument - one observer, singer Amy McDonald, would subsequently Twitter, "Oasis cancelled again with one minute to stage time! Liam smashed Noel's guitar, huuuge fight!" - leading the festival organizers to announce that the show was off: "The group no longer exists. They will not play tonight and they are cancelling the rest of their European tour... The group no longer exists. They will not play tonight and they are cancelling the rest of their European tour."

On Saturday Britain's Daily Mail looked into the situation, pointing out that relations between the brothers had deteriorated in recent months to the point that they "traveled separately on tour and only saw each other onstage." (Periodically the two have taken potshots at one another during separate interviews.) The paper also posted photos of Liam plus the other Oasis members leaving their Paris hotel.

Let's not forget, however, that this isn't the first time Gallagher has split from his brother and his band - acting, depending on your point of view, like a diva or just drunk and pissy - as he briefly quit in 2000 at a show in Paris. Liam Gallagher, for his part, famously "quit" in 1995 on the eve of a U.S. tour, although that was short-lived as well. As the Gallagher's mom Peggy told reporters this weekend, "They're just tired at the end of the tour. They've had fights before and got over it. The funny thing is, they didn't fight as children. They didn't fight until they started the band." And erstwhile Creation Recs boss Alan McGee chimed in as well, telling the BBC, "It's obviously the worst fall-out that they've ever had, and they've had some pretty bad ones. But they love each other. They'll come back together." So it's probably way too early to predict whether or not this marks a final divorce or just another temporary separation.

Speculation among insiders is that Liam's heavy drinking on the tour may have been the trigger in all this; the singer reportedly had been acting out and insulting everyone around him, including his brother's family. After leaving Paris, Liam left for Italy with his wife Nicole. By Saturday, Noel had taken to the band's website again to clarify his position:

"I feel you have the right to know that the level of verbal and violent intimidation towards me, my family, friends and comrades has become intolerable," the guitarist said. "And the lack of support and understanding from my management and band mates has left me with no other option than to get me cape and seek pastures new."

Still, when a professional turd like Perez Hilton weighs in on the personal foibles of a rock band, it's entirely possible that said rock band has, in the parlance, jumped the fucking shark anyway. Leave it to Hilton to dredge up the most unseemly quote in the whole Liam-versus-Noel tit-for-tat. Hilton wrote on his site:

"A recent remark Liam made regarding Noel's daughter, Anais, was reportedly the final nail in the coffin for Noel! Liam allegedly ‘jokingly suggested' that Noel was not the real father of his 9-year-old daughter!!!

"‘It was a dumb thing to say,' an insider close to the brothers says. ‘They had a big fight when he made the gag. Noel went for him. He was in a blind fury. And he still hasn't calmed down.' Noel considered his brother's comment ‘unforgivable,' which led to his abrupt exit from the band."

Ah well... who cares. The band was long past its expiration date. Can anybody even name a song or album title of the band from the past half-decade or so?

Good riddance, Oasis. Please, don't get back together. Save us the drama.

Announces 7^th studio album to mark two decades of doin' it their way.

By Blurt Staff

With six studio albums, five 7-inches, two EPs, a live CD, a B-sides album, and numerous soundtrack and compilation appearances under their belts, SoCal punks Strung Out are venturing once more into the record bins. Mark your calendars for Sept. 29 when they release their seventh studio LP, via Fat Wreck Chords.

"With Agents Of The Underground, I wanted to acknowledge the fact that we are still alive and kicking just below the consciousness of the mainstream media and are celebrating our place here in "The Underground"," says Strung Out vocalist Jason Cruz. "Like a resistance movement, we move freely and without boundaries. We say what we feel and do it all our own way, and we've done it all this time without radio, without TV, and without the help of a corporate record label. We are the essence of what the punk rock movement started out as and has strayed so far from. We are living proof that you can succeed by doing things your own way."

The band proves on Agents Of The Underground that they are still doing it their own way after all these years. Unlike previous releases, the five-piece enlisted an existing fan of the band, Cameron Webb (Motorhead, Ignite, Social Distortion), to produce the album, which helped the group record their strongest album to date. "We've done a lot of touring and made a lot of records," admits Cruz, "and we have learned A LOT. I have a tendency to defy expectation and abandon what has already been achieved, and Cameron was great at balancing what people want to hear from Strung Out, and at the same time, letting the band move forward. I believe this album is truly the culmination of everything we've done."

Santa Cruz and Santa Barbara fans can get their first taste of the new album by checking out the band during the group's upcoming live shows (see dates below). That will be followed in October with a full U.S. tour.

Sep 5 - Santa Barbara, CA @ Velvet Jones (21+)
Sep 6 - Santa Barbara, CA @ Velvet Jones (18+)
Sep 25 - Long Beach, CA @ The Shore
Oct 1 - San Antonio, TX @ Rock Bottom
Oct 2 - Austin, TX @ Red Seven
Oct 3 - Dallas, TX @ Granada Theatre
Oct 4 - Houston, TX @ Meridian
Oct 5 - New Orleans, LA @ Howlin' Wolf
Oct 7 - Tallahassee, FL @ The Engine Room
Oct 8 - Ft. Lauderdale, FL @ Culture Room
Oct 9 - St. Petersburg, FL @ The State Theatre
Oct 10 - Orlando, FL @ The Social
Oct 11 - Jacksonville, FL @ Freebird Café
Oct 12 - Atlanta, GA @ The Masquerade - Downstairs
Oct 14 - Fayetteville, NC @ Jester's

Oct 15 - Raleigh, NC @ Volume 11 Tavern  
Oct 16 - Virginia Beach, VA @ Ohana's Night Club
Oct 17 - Jermyn, PA @ Eleanor Rigby's
Oct 18 - Columbus, OH @ The Basement
Oct 19 - Toledo, OH @ Frankies
Oct 20 - Milwaukee, WI @ Turner Hall
Oct 22 - Sauget, IL @ Pop's
Oct 23 - Tulsa, OK @ The Marquee
Oct 24 - Albuquerque, NM @ Launchpad
Oct 25 - Colorado Springs, CO @ Black Sheep
Oct 27 - Fort Collins, CO @ Aggie Theatre
Oct 28 - Casper, WY @ Downtown Grill
Oct 30 - Layton, UT@ V2
Oct 31 - Tempe, AZ @ The Clubhouse
Nov 1 - Victorville, CA @ Karma

"Expect something unusual": Participating artists include TROUBLE (Sam Hillmer & Laura Paris) // Calvin Johnson // Screaming Females // Mick Barr // Up Died Sound // Skeletons and the Kings of All Cities // Alexis Gideon // Ty Segal // Regattas // Nine 11 Thesaurus // Sam Mickens // Dome Theater // Mike Pride // Extra life // Pygmy Shrews // Effi Breist // John Fell Ryan // The Coathangers // Desolation Wilderness // Random Cutting // Excepter // Symbol // Zs // Arrington Dionyso // Dan Friel // Mega Calderos // Chuck Bettis // Pterodactyl // Normal Love // Vaz // Make A Rising // Clan of the Cave Bear // Electroputas // High Red Center // The Sian Alice Group // The Present // Loud Objects // Grooms // Symbol // Shooting Spires // Crash Diet Crew // Videohippos

By Blurt Staff

You Are Here (The Maze) is a performance festival in a sculptural maze taking place at Williamsburg's Death By Audio venue (49 South 2^nd St, Brooklyn) from September 10 - October 2, 2009, with performances starting each evening at 9pm and running late.

 Emphasizing the sprawling and interconnected nature of New York's underground, a trip through the maze offers a peak inside NYC's diy art/music scene. A meditation on passage and desire, You Are Here engulfs the space and presents beckoning inhabitants, dead ends, and uplifting epitaphs. Medium and genre vary and overlapping and simultaneous performances are frequent, each performer establishing a different corner or dead end as his or hers. Participating artists in the 3-week festival include Calvin Johnson, Screaming Females, Skeletons and the Kings of All Cities, Zs, Excepter, Mick Barr, The Coathangers, Knyfe Hyts, The Present, Loud Objects, Grooms, Effi Briest, Extra Life, Mike Pride, Dan Friel, Ninjasonik, Vaz, Pygmy Shrews, Nine 11 Thesaurus, and many many others.

For more information, visit: www.myspace.com/youareheremaze

The tentative schedule is below, although the You Are Here organizers hasten to add that it's all intended to "subvert prefab expectations for both audiences and performers-there is no prescribed order, start time or end time, duration, location of performance, relation of audience to performers, and so on. All of the participating artists have been asked to create something site-specific since the performances will, in fact, take place within the maze. Audiences will be asked only to expect something unusual."

Maze Schedule

Thursday 9.10.09

Skeletons Big Band
Knyfe Hyts
Pterodactyl
Gowns
Dan Friel
Social Junk
Mincement
+Delicious Beverages

Friday 9.11.09

The Sian Alice Group
Nine 11 Thesaurus
Experimental Dental School
Reading Rainbow
+Delicious Beverages

Saturday 9.12.09

Extra Life
Lichens
Pygmy Shrews
Up Died Sound
SETH (jeff and lala from excepter)
Interdependence Project
+Delicious Beverages

Sunday 9.13.09

The Present
Opsvik & Jennings
Rich Johnson
Blast Off!
+Delicious Beverages

Monday 9.14.09

Calvin Johnson
Arrington Dionyso
Desolation Wildnerness
Regattas
City Center

Tuesday 9.15.09

Loud Objects
Twisty Cat
Random Cutting
Mega Calderos
Aftermath

Wednesday 9.16.09

White Suns
Chaos Magic
Little Big
Buckets of Bile
Bird Music

Thursday 9.17.09

Grooms
Videohippos
Starring
PC Worship
Anamanaguchi
Dome Theater

Friday 9.18.09

Ty Segal
The Mantles
The Holy Experiment
BJ Rubin
Worlddancearound
Dome Theater
+Delicious Beverages

Saturday 9.19.09

High Red Center
Alexis Gideon
Make A Rising
Shelly Short
Ribbons
+Delicious Beverages

Sunday 9.20.09

Vaz
Clan of the Cave Bear
Necking
Baby Birds Don't Drink Milk
+Delicious Beverages

Monday 9.21.09

Sam Mickens/Mike Pride Duo
Jantar
Nsumi
Tbd

Tuesday 9.22.09

Drummer's Corpse
Hunter Gatherer
Aaron Seigel
Meredith Arena

Wednesday 9.23.09

Shooting Spires
Legs
Grafitti Monsters
Crime Novels
Lord Easy

Thursday 9.24.09

Sam Hillmer/ Arrington Dionsyo Duo
Charlie Looker
Daniel Carter Quartet
Total Bolsheviks

Friday 9.25.09

Effi Briest
Electroputas
Regattas
Chuck Bettis / Mario Diaz de Leon
BJ Rubin
Dome Theater
+Delicious Beverages

Saturday 9.26.09

The Sleepy Doug Shaw
Hannah Marcus / Tianna Kennedy
The Screaming Females
Cheap Ventilators
The Weird Fantasy Band
+Delicious Beverages

Sunday 9.27.09

Symbol
Laurel Halo
The Slowest Runner in the World
Post Abortion Stress

Monday 9.28.09

Telecult powers
Syn. Toffs
Bassoon
Alterazioni Video Collective

Tuesday 9.29.09

The Coathangers
Nervehunt (Justin from Teeth Mountain / Ryan from Wavves)
Xray Eyeballs
Swimmingcitiesoceanofblood

Wednesday 9.30.09

Nymph
Emma Kupa (of Standard Fare)
Ava Luna

Thursday 10.1.09

Crash Diet Crew
Cntrl Top
Hotchacha
Islands Eyelids
Deborah Karp/ Meredith Arena

Friday 10.2.09

Zs
Excepter
Mick Barr
Noveller
BJ Rubin
Dome Theater
+Delicious Beverages

For fans of Avett Brothers, Old Crow Medicine Show, String Cheese Incident, Del McCoury Band and more.

By Blurt Staff

Hard-twanging, string-bending Minnesota roots band Trampled by Turtles, are headed out on a 40+ date fall tour. The coast to coast run will have them on the road literally up to Christmas so you have no excuse not to catch ‘em along the way. They'll be supporting their recently-released Duluth album.

If you need convincing, check out some songs at their sites:

www.trampledbyturtles.com

www.myspace.com/trampledbyturtles

Separating the band from the pack is the contrast of their lightening fast punk-influenced barn-burners and their lonesome Townes Van Zandt-inspired ballads. As Artvoice Buffalo put it, ""Their most recent release, Duluth, mirrors the raw intensity of their live performances, which are sure to leave audiences simultaneously raising hell and crying in their beers."

They'll buy you a beer, too.

Tour Dates:

August 30 | River City Roots Festival | Missoula, MT
August 31 | Urban Lounge | Salt Lake City, UT
September 2 |Alive After Five | Boise, ID
September 4 | Pig Out in the Park | Spokane, WA
September 5 & 6 | Chilliwack Bluegrass Festival | Chilliwack, BC
September 9 | Oak Park Theater | Minot, ND
September 10 | West End Cultural Centre | Winnipeg, MB
September 12 | Harvest Festival | Clarks Grove, MN
September 19 | Bristol Rhythm & Roots Reunion | Bristol, TN
October 11 | Middle East | Cambridge, MA
October 12 | Monkey House | Winooski, VT
October 14 | 92 Y Tribeca | New York, NY
October 15 | Iron Horse | Northampton, MA
October 16 | Narrows Center | Fall River, MA
October 17 | The Ale House | Troy, NY
October 18 | A.B.C. | Harrisburg, PA
October 20 | IOTA Club | Arlington, VA
October 21 | Pour House | Raleigh, NC
October 22 | Whitehorse Black Mountain | Black Mountain, NC
October 23 | Smith's | Atlanta, GA
October 24 | Deep Roots Festival | Milledgeville, GA
November 6 | First Avenue | Minneapolis, MN
November 10 | Shank Hall | Milwaukee, WI
November 11 | High Noon | Madison, WI
November 12 | Radio Radio | Indianapolis, IN
November 13 | TBA | Kentucky
November 14 | Blueberry Hill | St. Louis, MO
November 19 | Red Carpet | St. Cloud, MN
November 20 | The Aquarium | Fargo, ND
November 21 | Ramkota Hall | Sioux Falls, SD
November 28 | TBA | Chicago, IL
December 4 | Doug Fir | Portland, OR
December 5 | Tractor Tavern | Seattle, WA
December 6 | Sam Bond's Garage | Eugene, OR
December 7 | TBA | Ashland, OR
December 9 | TBA | Arcata, CA
December 11 | TBA | Santa Cruz, CA
December 12 | TBA | San Francisco, CA
December 14 | Urban Lounge | Salt Lake City, UT
December 16 | Belly Up | Aspen, CO
December 17 | Hodi's Half Note | Fort Collins, CO
December 18 | Bluebird Theater | Denver, CO
December 19 | Bluebird Theater | Denver, CO

Perhaps released to combat an already-issued bootleg DVD, hmm?

By Blurt Staff

According to the press release, "Nirvana's August 30, 1992 headlining appearance at the UK's Reading Festival is one of the most bootlegged concerts in the annals of rock'n'roll."  If that's the case, bootleggers be damned, because a licensed copy of that entire performance -- color-corrected video from the original film and improved audio matering--will soon be available. Nirvana Live At Reading will be issued in a limited edition CD+DVD Deluxe Edition as well as DVD-only, CD-only configurations on November 3, 2009, followed by a 2 LP version on November 17, 2009.

                            

While much of the show was a performance of the Nevermind tracklist, also noteworthy were early performances of "All Apologies," "Dumb," and in its first ever public performance, "tourette's." You'll also note on the track listin gbelow covers by the Wipers and Fang(!) as well as older numbers from Bleach.

 

Only 2 of the 25 performances on the DVD have ever been released before.

 

Nirvana Live At Reading DVD:

1.     Breed

2.     Drain You

3.     Aneurysm

4.     School

5.     Sliver

6.     In Bloom

7.     Come As You Are

8.     Lithium

9.     About A Girl

10.   tourette's

11.   Polly

12.   Lounge Act

13.   Smells Like Teen Spirit

14.   On A Plain

15.   Negative Creep

16.   Been A Son

17.   All Apologies

18.   Blew

19. Dumb

20. Stay Away

21. Spank Thru

22. Love Buzz*

23. The Money Will Roll Right In

24. D-7

25. Territorial Pissings


 

*not included on CD

Incidentally, earlier this year a bootleg DVD of the same show was released titled Life Take No Prisoners. You can compare the tracklisting, below, to the official release:

01. The Rose/Intro
02. Breed
03. Drain You
04. Aneurysm
05. School
06. Sliver
07. In Bloom
08. Come As You Are
09. Lithium
10. About A Girl
11. Tourette's
12. Polly
13. Lounge Act
14. More Than A Feeling/Smells Like Teen Spirit
15. On A Plain
16. Negative Creep
17. Been A Son
18. All Apologies
19. Blew
20. Dumb
21. Stay Away
22. Spank Thru
23. Love Buzz
24. The Money Will Roll Right In
25. D-7
26. Territorial Pissings
27. The Star Spangled Banner

Padded Cell, Prince Language and others do the deed...

By Blurt Staff

DFA Records will release a brand new collection of remixes of the classic LCD Soundsystem musical epic 45:33 as a series of vinyl 12 inch singles this Summer before releasing the whole set as a CD/Download album on September 15th.

One of the most unique pieces of modern dance music ever released, 45.33 was originally a one off collaboration on iTunes for Nike, but was subsequently released on and expanded CD & Vinyl in its own right in Nov '07 due to overwhelming demand.

James Murphy (LCD Soundsystem, DFA Records founder etc) is currently in the studio recording the follow-up to 2007's massively critically acclaimed Sound Of Silver album, set to drop in early 2010.  

45:33 was integral to shaping Sound Of Silver, and here segments & parts of the record have been lovingly and respectively re-interpreted by some of dance music's most innovative players. The Tracklisting is as follows:
 


1. Runaway Remix
2. Prince Language Remix
3. Prins Thomas Diskomiks Remix
4. Theo Parrish's Space Cadet Remix
5. Trus' Me Remix
6. Padded Cell Remix
7. Pilooski Remix
8. Riley Reinhold Remix  

First new material the band has cut since 1992. Limited string of shows so don't miss your chance.

By Blurt Staff

Legendary Chicago punks Naked Raygun announce east coast dates and a 7" vinyl series this fall. They recently made their first trip into a recording studio in over a decade (this is the first new material since 1992 and first recording since 1997), tracking at Transient Sound in Chicago. The songs will be released as a series of 7" records, the first of which is available for presale at www.RiotFest.org - fans will receive exclusive free stuff and mp3 download card with early purchase. The band plans East Coast dates in September; will headline Riot Fest Chicago in October before getting down to work on their new album, due in 2010.  The tour hits cities Naked Raygun hasn't played in almost twenty years; joining them on the tour are Philadelphia hardcore stars Paint It Black and Chicago's own Shot Baker. 

Easily the most influential band bursting forth from the initial Chicago punk rock explosion, Naked Raygun also holds the distinction of being the longest running.  When many of their peers were either breaking up or going metal in the mid-to-late 1980s, Naked Raygun soldiered on with their trademark sound, combining infectious vocal melodies with muscular guitar and a precision rhythm section.  Echoes of the golden era of Raygun sound can be heard in punk rock circles worldwide.

The band broke up in 1992 and save for a one-off reunion in 1997 to celebrate the release of the Last of the Demohicans collection, stayed inactive while band members tended to family business and occasionally other musical projects such as The Bomb and Pegboy.

In the fall of 2006 drummer Eric Spicer began to get the itch to play the old songs again and gathered the guys together again to reunite for Riot Fest in Chicago.  The overwhelming response from the sold out crowd of four thousand prompted Naked Raygun to re-form permanently with their final lineup of Spicer, Bill Stephens on guitar, Pierre Kezdy on bass and Jeff Pezzati on vocals.

Naked Raygun returned to action by playing shows across the Midwest and embarking on their first West Coast tour in over a decade with Bay Area legends the Swingin' Utters.  The band also released their first DVD via Riot Fest Records, entitled "What Poor Gods We Do Make."  The CD/DVD package combined a documentary covering the lifespan of the band with performances from their sold out performance at Riot Fest 2006.

During a recent two night stand at the House of Blues in Chicago, Naked Raygun debuted their first new songs in seventeen years. Watch for ‘em. 

Tour Dates:

September 9, 2009

The Mideast (Cambridge, MA)

with Paint it Black, Shot Baker

18+ - tickets $15.00 - Showtime TBA

http://www.mideastclub.com/

September 10, 2009

First Unitarian Church (Philadelphia, PA)

with Paint It Black, Shot Baker

7:30pm - $12.00 - all ages

http://www.r5productions.com/

September 11, 2009

Ottobar (Baltimore, MD)

with Paint It Black, Shot Baker

Doors 7pm Show 8pm - $15.00adv $17.00 doors - all ages

www.ottobar.com

September 12, 2009

The Music Hall of Williamsburg (Brooklyn, NY)

with Paint It Black, Shot Baker

Show 8pm, $15.00 - 16 and over

http://www.musichallofwilliamsburg.com/search

September 13, 2009

Maxwell's (Hoboken, NJ)

with Paint It Black, Shot Baker

Show 8pm Tickets $15.00 adv $17.00 doors

http://www.maxwellsnj.com/

Also getting profiled in a certain rock mag very soon...

By Blurt Staff

Getting ready for that David Bazan (ex-Pedro the Lion) CD Curse Your Branches that drops next week via Barsuk? Watch for a review of it at the BLURT site, and also keep your eyes peeled for the next print issue of BLURT, due late September, with an exclusive interview and profile for Bazan. We sent our favorite cub reporter up to his house in Edmonds (near Seattle) - several times - to hang out, catch the vibe, and get the scoop on the man, the myth, the legend, and the new record.

Here's an MP3 teaser from the album just to keep your attention:

"Bless This Mess"

Meanwhile, this news just in from Barsuk:

Throughout 2009 Bazan has been performing solo in living rooms all across America. On August 31st, Brooklyn Vegan will present a performance to the entire world in Bazan's first and only Online House Show, with a live audio and video feed of the event.

To watch, fans can direct their browsers to the BV site where they'll also be able to participate in the event with a live chat and Twitter feed, from which Bazan will take a handful of questions for his customary live question and answer session.

Go to the BV site Monday, August 31st @ 8:00pm EST To Watch And Participate:

http://www.brooklynvegan.com/bazan

After the online event, Bazan has a few more house shows before trading in the living room for rock clubs on his first full-band tour in over four years. Joining Bazan on the trek will be Say Hi's Eric Elbogen on guitars, Andy Fitts of Aqueduct on keys and guitar, longtime contributor and Sufjan compatriot Casey Foubert behind the kit, and perennial Bazan associate Blake Wescott on guitar.

Tour Dates:

10/01 San Francisco CA Independent
10/02 Costa Mesa CA Detroit Bar
10/03 San Diego CA Casbah
10/04 Los Angeles CA Troubadour
10/05 Tucson AZ Solar Culture
10/07 Austin TX Mohawk
10/08 Denton TX Dan's Silverleaf
10/09 Memphis TN Hi-Tone Café
10/10 Murray KY Lovett Auditorium / Murray State
10/11 Birmingham AL Bottletree
10/13 Orlando FL The Social
10/14 Atlanta GA Drunken Unicorn
10/15 Chapel Hill NC Cat's Cradle
10/16 Washington DC Black Cat
10/17 Philadelphia PA Kung Fu Necktie
10/18 New York NY Bowery Ballroom
10/20 Cambridge MA TT the Bear's
10/21 Montreal QC Il Motore
10/22 Toronto ON Lee's Palace
10/23 Pontiac MI Pike Room
10/24 Chicago IL TBA
10/25 Champaign IL Highdive
10/27 Madison WI High Noon Saloon
10/28 Minneapolis MN Turf Club
10/29 Iowa City IA The Picador
10/30 Lawrence KS Jackpot Saloon
10/31 Omaha NE Slowdown
11/01 Denver CO Hi Dive
11/02 Salt Lake City UT Kilby Court
11/05 Vancouver BC Media Club
11/06 Portland OR Mississippi Studios
11/07 Seattle WA Neumos

But the previously announced world tour is still on.

By Blurt Staff

With the recent news of Massive Attack's new studio album now in flux - the tentatively titled Weather Underground was slated for October, but now it's due next February - word arrives that the band will still be dropping their first new material in three years on Oct. 6 via Virgin.

It's an EP of four new tracks. The lead song "Splitting The Atom" features Robert Del Naja (3D), Grant Marshall (Daddy G) and Horace Andy, while TV On The Radio frontman Tunde Adebimpe guests on "Pray For Rain". The EP also has remixes of two new tracks; "Psyche" featuring Martina Topley-Bird is given the re-rub by Van Rivers & The Subliminal Kid who have recently remixed Bat For Lashes and The Big Pink, while the Guy Garvey fronted "Bulletproof Love" is stripped back to a minimalist reworking by Christoff Berg, who alongside Van Rivers & The Subliminal Kid produced the Fever Ray eponymous album.

Meanwhile, the upcoming full-length will feature collaborations with Damon Albarn, Hope Sandoval, Martina Topley-Bird, Guy Garvey and Tunde Adebimpe.

Earlier this year, Massive Attack won the Outstanding Contribution to British Music Award at the Ivor Novello Awards.  Massive Attack will headline this year's Bestival on Friday, September 11th ahead of their first full UK tour in three years that begins on September 17th in London. Check www.massiveattack.com for dates and details.


EP Tracklisting:

1.      Splitting The Atom
2.      Pray For Rain
3.      Bulletproof Love (Van Rivers and The Subliminal Kid Remix)
4.      Psyche (Flash Treatment)

A gift for the fans...

By Blurt Staff