New Underworld album - Barking (Sept. 13, Sept 2 Japan)

[gaborez]

The new album is called barking. it's out on September 13th (September 2nd in Japan).

little bit of info here:

http://www.gigwise.com/news/56722/Un...medium=twitter

and a bit more here:
http://www.nme.com/news/underworld/51363

http://trafficjpn.com/news/show/433

[Track listing]
1. Bird 1 (additional production by Dubfire)
2. Always Loved A Film (a/p Mark Knight & D. Ramirez)
3. Scribble (a/p High Contrast)
4. Hamburg Hotel (a/p Appleblim & Al Tourettes)
5. Grace (a/p Dubfire)
6. Between Stars (a/p Mark K & D. Ramirez)
7. Diamond Jigsaw (a/p Paul van Dyk)
8. Moon In Water (a/p High Contrast)
9. Louisiana
10. <Japan only bonus track>

‘Barking’ is the title of Underworld’s first album in three years, and their first to be constructed with a brilliant cast of co-conspirators. All the tracks were written by the band in their Essex studio before being given to handpicked studio heads from across the whole spectrum of dance music to add some of their style and creativity to the band’s raw material. The result is a pimped-up Underworld record and their finest collection of songs in over a decade.

From the first undulating pulses of submariner bass, the first vocals – soft like a whisper in the ear - and the first fizz of hi-hats that force along the pace, the sound is unmistakably Underworld. Electronics wrapped effortlessly around songs; streams of consciousness lyrics that form indelible images; a perfectly balanced mix of melody and rhythm. Underworld’s sixth studio album is a thundering return to form, although it’s fair to say that the band responsible have never really been below par.

[gaborez]

hmmm

is bird 1 actually a version of strumpet?

There is one bird in my house...

[DwarfeD]

This is going to be a long, long summer... Nevertheless the tracklisting looks promising. Finally proper versions of ALAF, Between Stars and Diamond Jigsaw. Also nice to see the return of Moon in Water, which was one of the better new things they did in that broadcast. Can't wait to buy this on vinyl!!

[King of Snake]

collab with Paul van Dyk??? That sounds scary.

[Dirty0900]

Nine tracks as well, hopefully there going to be a decent length. Hope Moon in water has been tweaked, got the rip and I still skip it now and then. Looking forward to diamond jigsaw and between stars.

Safe to say that Strumpet has been renamed to 1 bird.

[big screen satellite]

superb - diamond jigsaw

that's all i wanted to see

album is full of collabs which is great too....

i'm so looking forward to this - i hope it is 'barking' (mad) too...

[unwound floors]

Well, this is bloody exciting, isn't it?

[DwarfeD]

Originally Posted by King of Snake

collab with Paul van Dyk??? That sounds scary.

It kinda does. But a collab with Dubfire seems rather nice, since I loved his reworks of Booka Shade's Charlotte and Smith & Selway's Transit Time.

Looking at last.fm it seems that there are some promo's floating around , since someone has been listening to the Barking already. It also reveals that Grace has a duration of 5:11 and Hamburg Hotel would last 5:15. Other new tracktitles won't show up yet, which may indicate that those tracks are the collaborations.

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what a shame there's absolutely fuck all on underworld live.

fucking terrible.

[stimpee]

Artwork revealed on UWlive: http://www.underworldlive.com//news/...e.asp?DID=1355