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First Studio Album of New Material in 24 Years!
Limited Edition 180g Crystal Clear Vinyl Double LP with 32-Page Booklet!
With Ensoulment, The The, one of the most acclaimed and cherished bands of the last few decades, release their first studio album of new songs in a quarter century. This 12-song album encompasses characteristic topics ranging from love and sex, war and politics, life and death - to the meaning of what it is to be human in the 21st century. Ensoulment was written, demoed, and mixed at Studio Cinéola in London.
The songs were further refined in rehearsals ahead of a six-day session at Real World Studios near Bath, where Matt was joined by long-standing The The members James Eller (bass), DC Collard (keyboards), Earl Harvin (drums), and Barry Cadogan (lead guitar). The album also marks the return of co-producer and engineer Warne Livesey, who previously worked on landmark The The albums Infected (1986) and Mind Bomb (1989). Additional performances include Gillian Glover (backing vocals), Terry Edwards (horns), Sonya Cullingford (fiddle) and Danny Cummings (percussion).
Features
- Limited Edition
- 180g Vinyl
- Double LP
- Crystal Clear Vinyl
- Gatefold Jacket
- LP-Sized 32-Page Booklet
- Made in Germany
Selections
Side 1:
- Cognitive Dissident
- Some Days I Drink My Coffee by the Grave of William Blake
- Zen and the Art of Dating
Side 2:
- Kissing the Ring of POTUS
- Life After Life
- I Want to Wake Up with You
Side 3:
- Down by the Frozen River
- Risin' Above the Need
- Linoleum Smooth to the Stockinged Foot
Side 4:
- Where Do We Go When We Die?
- I Hope You Remember (The Things I Can't Forget)
- A Rainy Day in May