And we’re back baby! Turin Brakes have announced their 10th studio album. It will be called Spacehopper and will be out 23rd May 2025. That’s in two months time!
Here’s the new cover art:
The album itself contains of the following tunes:
- The Message
- Pays To Be Paranoid
- Spacehopper
- Almost
- Lullaby
- Today
- Horizon
- Old Habits
- Silence and Sirens
- Lazy Bones
- What’s Underneath
Most songs clock in around 3 – 4 minutes but the final two songs (Lazy Bones and What’s Underneath) are the shortest (1:56 minutes) and the longest running for a nice 6 minutes and 33 seconds. And the title track is available to stream/download today:
Spacehopper (the song) is a combination of an almost glamrock chorus, vintage TB harmonies and a full band sound. The band say about the new album:
With seven top 40 singles, six top 40 albums and over a million record sales worldwide, Turin Brakes return with a brand-new record – Spacehopper out 23rd May via Cooking Vinyl.
Produced by the band alongside Grammy-winning Guy Massey (with credits such as Kylie Minogue, Ed Sheeran and Spiritualized), Spacehopper is their first new music in over three years and marks the 10th studio album from Turin Brakes, a big milestone for a band who released their debut album over 24 years ago – The Mercury Prize nominated The Optimist LP which catapulted them into the mainstream and achieved Gold status in the UK. They are a band that understands the art of longevity and Spacehopper promises to be a worthy edition to a rich and sonically diverse catalogue of albums, finding the South London 4-piece in a reflective mood…
“We deliberately went back to Konk Studios where we made The Optimist LP, having stayed away for 25 years,” says Olly Knights. “In some ways to connect to the source but also to be who we are now in that amazing room. It felt like some deep invisible forces were being moved around. The new record is totally its own thing; there are little nods to the debut, but it’s a different beast. It can never be as simple and perfect as the debut, so we didn’t try; we backed ourselves.”
“We honestly don’t normally get self-reflective but the whole album 10 thing definitely made us want to play with everything that throws up. The dreams, what worked out, what didn’t, the regrets, the nice surprises… It just seemed like a good moment to admit we’re in on our own legacy in a way.”
Pre-order option are available now too, with the album being available via the official Turin Brakes store in a transparant blue colour variant and a white red blue splatter version. A lot of pre-order links and pre-save links are listed here (not all of them are live yet). There’s also a test pressing available.
The band will also go on a new UK and Ireland tour this November, on the back of the excellent acoustic tour that will finish in April. The band will first play in Belfast and Dublin and then head across the UK with dates in London, Glasgow, Birmingham and other cities, finishing up in Bournemouth on the 30th. Tickets go on general sale after a presale you can get access to if you sign up for the mailinglist/pre-order the album. The dates are:
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