Razorlight will release ‘Planet Nowhere’ – the first album from the band’s classic line-up in 16 years – on October 25.
Comprising singer Johnny Borrell, guitarist Björn Agren, drummer Andy Burrows and bassist Carl Dalemo, the LP is the first to feature all four members since 2008’s ‘Slipway Fires’.
Planet Nowhere: OUT on the 25th October.
— Razorlight (@Razorlight) July 26, 2024
Pre-order the album now on the official store to get early access for the UK tour pre-sale!
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Arriving on the back of the group’s 2018 ‘Olympus Sleeping’ and a 2022 greatest hits collection, ‘Planet Nowhere’ was born of a five-day session with producer Youth at his Space Mountain studio in Spain, which led to the band recording a full album.
He says: “I’d been down in the barranca, and came back up to find the studio empty. So I picked up this weird six-string bass/guitar hybrid I’d never seen before and wrote this thing. On our last night, I started playing it with the guys. The drums came in hard, the bass pounded. It sounded like shit. Absolute shit.
“But Youth was there, saying ‘Can, Velvets, see where it takes you’ and ‘Why don’t you try it like that?’ But still the track just wouldn’t budge, locked in its own inertia. Youth says, ‘You’re getting there, just one more’ and almost instantly the song came out, from nothing to something, like a statue coming up out of marble.”
That song is Scared Of Nothing, which serves as the lead track from the album and is out now.
‘Planet Nowhere’ is out October 25 and available to pre-order from the official Razorlight store. Listen to Scared Of Nothing below.
Tracklist: Razorlight – Planet Nowhere
1. Zombie Love
2. U Can Call Me
3. Taylor Swift = US Soft Propaganda
4. Dirty Luck
5. Scared Of Nothing
6. F.O.B.F.
7. Empire Service
8. Cyclops
9. Cool People
10. April Ends
Alongside the album, Razorlight will perform a run of intimate UK shows throughout October, including stops in Birmingham, Edinburgh, Leeds, Manchester, Brighton and Bristol.
Tickets go on sale Friday (August 2) at 9am BST and are available here. The full list of dates is below.
AUGUST 2024
11 – Zebedees Yard, Hull
30 – Wollaton Hall. Nottingham
OCTOBER 2024
18 – Castle and Falcon, Birmingham
19 – Mash House, Edinburgh
20 – Brudenell Social Club, Leeds
21 – Band On The Wall, Manchester
22 – Komedia, Brighton
24 – Bristol Strange Brew, Bristol
NOVEMBER 2024
21 – O2 Academy Brixton, London