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The album will be released on 18 May in Europe including Uk and 19 May in USA.
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The album will be a ten-song collection. This and some other information was given in a band statement picked up first by Rolling Stone. Three of those tracks are recent and future singles Motherfucker and Superhero and Matador, which the band first played live in late 2011.
The full track list is:
1. “Sol Invictus”
2. “Superhero”
3. “Sunny Side Up”
4. “Separation Anxiety”
5. “Cone of Shame”
6. “Rise of the Fall”
7. “Black Friday”
8. “Motherfucker”
9. “Matador”
10. “From the Dead”
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The band have revealed new artwork with their announcement today but as far as we know this is not the album cover.
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The album was recorded in the band’s rehearsal space – which we now know is called Estudios Koolarrow. Koolarrow is of course the name of Bill Gould’s record label. As Bill told us last week: “This album was a challenge in a lot of ways, it took time, patience and given the fact that we recorded in in a rehearsal room and not a recording studio…quite a bit of improvisation!”
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Mike Patton recorded his vocals separately at Vulcan studios, also in Oakland.
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Those vocals are something to look forward to according to Bill. He said in Rolling Stone: “Then Patton’s being Patton, crooning, screaming, with a bit of soul underneath it all. We’ve always taken strange influences and smashed them together.”
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Bill previously mentioned the Cramps, Link Wray, black metal and Balkan music as influences and today he spoke of his early favourites Siouxsie and the Banshees and Roxy Music as influences. He said: “”Hypnotic and gothic, we’re coming back to where we were with our first album,
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The record will sound unmistakably like Faith No More. As Puffy told the FNM Followers recently: “No one but ourselves to blame, but no one else knows what we sound like more than we do. It felt like we finally had all of the control, but also all of the responsibility too!”
Bill previously echoed that saying: “”I think this kicks things up a notch. And I think there’s parts that are very powerful and there’s parts that have a lot of ‘space.’ Everything we do, with our chemistry, the way we play; it’s always going to sound like us
Any word on the tour posters for the Japan shows. Really want to see them!!!!!!!
I believe Martin kvamme did a slew a tomahawk and Fantomas posters. Brilliant artist.
Faith. No Man ‘s facebook page says that Martin Kvamme has just finished the FNM Sol Invictus album artwork….however they got that scoop that is awesome news b/c most of his artwork has been awesome (I wasn’t crazy about Oddfellows, but then again, it completely fit the Order of the Oddfellows imagery which the album theme was based on).
I had to Google that to know what you mean, yes and the good thing is that I believe this album will surpass expectations. Faith no more never fails.
In German we say: “Vorfreude” is the greatest joy! LOL
I want this album now. Really can’t wait…well, I can, and we have, for years…but I don’t want to.
Admin-That’s the best part! I never expected any of this for even a second. I thought we’d just enjoy their various other projects and that’d be it. The fact that we had the reunion, then the album…man alive!
Thanks for the comments guys. I never for a minute thought they’d be back when they split.
My favorite album remains Introduce Yourself, then Angel Dust, …so I’m hopeful the next 2-word album title Sol Invictus follows that tradition!
Well said Grant, I too wish I could console my former self! It’s quite a thing that I’ve listened to this band just about everyday since 1998 when I found out about the breakup, and checked this website even after years of nothing showing up on it back in the 2000s….I don’t know how this band and it’s past and current members have gotten into my psyche so strongly.
I’ve been listening to Chuck’s song “Ericalution” on repeat since buying it and it just keeps getting better…I’m hoping that he can get his other new stuff out soon too!
I’m okay with the 10 track album…I think the songs are probably going to be on the longer side anyway considering the ‘space’ comments. WCAL and IY are 10 songs and while short, those albums feel very complete.
I was hoping that FNM was going to record Que Sacado and the Serbian Song and work them into an album somewhere since they seem to fit so well with Matador, but oh well…I also am hopeful that there will be some covers recorded and put out there.
Well, remember, it’s FNM. There’s been numerous extra tracks released for each of their last 4 albums. Hope that’s the case this time around. 10 songs is a good number for an album though. To me, albums get too bloated when they have much more than that. Leave the rest for special releases/b-sides.
Stoked…although I must say I was hoping for a handful more tracks on the album. Thought they might leave Motherfucker as a single….anyway, I’m sure it will be incredible. Can’t wait for MAY 9th in TORONTO!!!!!!
I’m so glad the U.S. tour is completely sold out. After all these years of ignoring the US , I hope this shows them there’s a huge demand for them here.
The promo shots, the album and song titles, the DIY attitude, the general vibe and descriptions of the album & especially the songs we’ve heard so far….I am loving it all so far.
If I could go back in time to 1998 Grant to console him about the band breakup with all this news of tours, an album, and that he’d see them again in NY a few years ago, and Philly in a few months….he’d be a happy guy. This has all been so worth the wait. Can’t wait to see how the band members unique experiences between the breakup and 2.0 inform the new album.
Cant wait, What a fucking awesome pic of the band…. May the dead live!!!!
These are the news we all were waiting for. Big news for us. Faith no more lovers.
I hope I could see them live.
Thank you. I´m so excited – I just can´t hide it.