(LP) The The - Ensoulment (2LP)

September 6th, 2024. Standard Black 180g 2LP Vinyl

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).

TRACKLIST: 

Side A:

1. Cognitive Dissident
2. Some Days I Drink My Coffee by the Grave of William Blake
3. Zen and the Art of Dating

Side B:

1. Kissing the Ring of POTUS
2. Life After Life
3. I Want to Wake Up with You

Side C:

1. Down by the Frozen River
2. Risin' Above the Need
3. Linoleum Smooth to the Stockinged Foot

Side D:

1. Where Do We Go When We Die?
2. I Hope You Remember (The Things I Can't Forget)
3. A Rainy Day in May