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Echo & The Bunnymen have announced the release of their new studio album. Titled Meteorites, it marks the band’s 12th full-length effort to date and first since 2009′s The Fountain. It will be released in the UK on April 28th and in the US on June 3rd through 429 Records. That’s the album artwork below.

Spanning 10 tracks, the album was produced by Killing Joke bassist Youth. The recording lineup included frontman Ian McCulloch, guitarist Will Sergeant, guitarist Gordy Goudie, and bassist Stephen Brannan.

Frontman Ian McCulloch is quoted as saying “it’s the band’s best work for a very long time.” He added, “Meteorites is what Echo and the Bunnymen mean and are meant to be — up there in heaven — untouchable, celestial, beautiful and real. It has changed my life.”

In support of the release, Echo and the Bunnymen plan to embark on a world tour. A UK leg has already been announced and dates for the US are forthcoming.

Meteorites Tracklist:
01. Lovers On The Run
02. Is This A Breakdown
03. Holy Moses
04. Meteorites
05. Explosions
06. Icarus
07. I Loved The Devil
08. Constantinople
09. Market Town
10. New Horizons

Echo and the Bunnymen 2014 Tour Dates:
05/02 – Leamington Spa, UK @ Assembly Rooms
05/06 – Paris, FR @ Alhambra
05/07 – Antwerp, BE @ Trix
05/08 – Utrecht, NL @ Tivoli
05/10 – Oxford, UK @ Academy
05/11 – Wolverhampton, UK @ Wulfurn Hall
05/13 – Newcastle, UK @ Tyne Theatre
05/14 – Manchester, UK @ Ritz
05/16 – Edinburgh, UK @ Queens Hall
05/17 – London, UK @ Shepherds Bush Empire
05/18 – Bristol, UK @ Academy
05/20 – Liverpool, UK @ Philharmonic

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 Post subject: [2014-06-03] Echo And The Bunnymen "Meterorites" (429)
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I am, of course, a huge fan of their first four albums. Porcupine and Ocean Rain in particular.

Of their more recent work I really enjoy "Flowers" but they can be more spotty and I'd like them to embrace their weirdness just a little more. They are at their best, IMO, when their pop sensibilities are combined with their experimental side.

One of the best bands of the 80's. Let's hope this album is a return to form after the mediocre Fountain.


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Is it bad that my favorite E&tBM album is Reverberation, the one without Ian?

Don't get me wrong, I like most of the other stuff, but I absolutely love Reverberation.

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Hank wrote:
Is it bad that my favorite E&tBM album is Reverberation, the one without Ian?

Don't get me wrong, I like most of the other stuff, but I absolutely love Reverberation.

How do you feel about Electrafixion?

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Hank wrote:
Is it bad that my favorite E&tBM album is Reverberation, the one without Ian?

Don't get me wrong, I like most of the other stuff, but I absolutely love Reverberation.


Yeah-that's not good! Reverberation is a mess to me-Echo & The Bogusmen as Mac once said. But to each his own.

I adore this band-one of my Top 10 acts ever.

The first 5 albums are classics.

Evergreen is one of the best comeback albums ever made.

After that, it's been OK or really good with Siberia and Flowers being very good.

Didn't care for The Fountain but looking forward to this one and the tour.

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Linda wrote:
Hank wrote:
Is it bad that my favorite E&tBM album is Reverberation, the one without Ian?

Don't get me wrong, I like most of the other stuff, but I absolutely love Reverberation.

How do you feel about Electrafixion?


Hadn't actually heard of them, but the youtube clips I've just listened to sound good. Very much a product of its times, with the massive guitars.

Love McCulloch's Dorothy drag.


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Hank wrote:
Is it bad that my favorite E&tBM album is Reverberation, the one without Ian?

Don't get me wrong, I like most of the other stuff, but I absolutely love Reverberation.


Yeah-that's not good! Reverberation is a mess to me-Echo & The Bogusmen as Mac once said. But to each his own.


To be clear, I'm sure much of my love for that album is due to that being the only lineup of the band I've seen live. I chatted briefly with Jake Brockman before the show, before my friend I was with let me know he was with the band.

I just like how much that album revels in bright psychedelia, rather than the dreary package they wrap around a core of psychedelia on their other stuff.

Absolutely, they shouldn't have called that band by that name, but judged on its own merits, it's pretty awesome.

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Bump: I've added the pre-order link to the first post, and here's a taste of the album courtesy of 429 ...


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Meh. They've done better.

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Not really excited by this. Wish they'd get back to being a little edgier but I guess those days are long gone.


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The new album is streaming here-

http://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/m ... bum-stream


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The more I play this, the more I like it and appreciate it.

It's not a classic, and it's not up to Evergreen, but it's rather good.

It's also doing well and in fact is their first album to chart in the US since 1987!

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I'm a big fan as well but I count everything from Evergreen forward as awesome. I like dreary or maybe I like there sound of dreary whatever the case an EATB release never disappoints me. Okay, "What are you going to do with your life" could be considered a bit maudlin but at least you can listen to it all the way through. So many bands today put out an albums worth of material of which only two or three songs are actually listenable. I like how EATB keep the track number to 10 songs. Yes they could obviously put three or so more songs on but why? I am looking forward to this release myself, I can't wait.
BTW, Electrafiction "ROCKS". It's loud, in your face, brazen R&R. I highly recommend picking it up if you haven't done so already. If you can find a copy of the 2 disk version buy it but the more popular single disk version is just fine. Enjoy!

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Doozle wrote:
I'm a big fan as well but I count everything from Evergreen forward as awesome. I like dreary or maybe I like there sound of dreary whatever the case an EATB release never disappoints me. Okay, "What are you going to do with your life" could be considered a bit maudlin but at least you can listen to it all the way through. So many bands today put out an albums worth of material of which only two or three songs are actually listenable. I like how EATB keep the track number to 10 songs. Yes they could obviously put three or so more songs on but why? I am looking forward to this release myself, I can't wait.
BTW, Electrafiction "ROCKS". It's loud, in your face, brazen R&R. I highly recommend picking it up if you haven't done so already. If you can find a copy of the 2 disk version buy it but the more popular single disk version is just fine. Enjoy!


Do you like this new one Doozle?

I really do, although it took me a while to find my feeling with it.

It's great to see it doing well (also made the UK Top 40), and fans are mostly (not totally) in approval.

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It's been my experience with EATB releases that complete approval is an inpossability at best. Most want a return to the earlier loud sound while the band tends to become more mellow. The thing is I really like their take on mellow. Heck I even like The a Fountain, it's a great album containing an entire CDs worth of listenable songs.
I haven't had the chance to listen to Meteorites yet (I'm away from home) but I will pop it in soon as I get back.EATB consistently release very good sounding albums. I wish all my favorite bands would be as consistent as they are!

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I like this album even more now.

And I am upset I couldn't see them last night in Philly as I had to work for the Phillies.

That being said, Echo & Bunnymen are on Letterman tomorrow night August 21!

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