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New Mark Lanegan Band album coming in October
By Andy Malt | Published on Thursday 25 April 2019
The Mark Lanegan Band will release a new album, ‘Someone’s Knocking’, in October, it has been announced. They’ve also confirmed UK tour dates for December. So consider that a reminder that – while the weather might have just warmed up – the summer will be over soon and we will all be plunged back into darkness. Thanks, Mark.
Speaking of being plunged into darkness, Lanegan says: “It seems to me that the entire world is in a weird, precarious place right now. I try to not be someone in a constant state of worry and alarm but watching the massive divide that is taking place and the political situations, especially in the US and UK makes me think, ‘what the fuck are these idiots thinking?'”.
He goes on: “The hatred, racism and all this other fear-driven shit, these ‘adults’ that continually drive the machine that perpetuates this ignorance to their own ends should all be in prison cells instead of the non-violent drug ‘offenders’ in them now”.
“I can’t specifically say how any of this effects my writing”, he adds. “But I know that most of the things that occupy my thoughts have a way of coming back out in a song”.
Anyway, as I’ve sure you’re all expecting, the video for the first single for the album, ‘Stitch It Up’, is like a mini-episode of a silly sitcom.
“I had a blast making this video”, says Lanegan. “My head was pounding from laughing so hard the day of the shoot. It was extremely tough to keep a straight face when Donal [Logue] was in character. There’s a reason it’s the first video of mine I’ve been in for the last fifteen years”.
‘Someone’s Knocking’ is set for release on 18 Oct. If you fancy a bit more of Lanegan’s characteristic chirpiness, you can catch him and his band on tour at these dates:
10 Dec: London, Roundhouse
11 Dec: Bristol, SWX
13 Dec: Sheffield, Leadmill
14 Dec: Edinburgh, Liquid Rooms
15 Dec: Manchester, Ritz
17 Dec: Dublin, Button Factory
18 Dec: Belfast, Empire Music Hall
