U2 are to launch Carnaval De Luz – their sixteenth studio album and the primary album of recent materials from the band in 9 years. Carnaval De Luz is launched on November 13 by Island. You possibly can hear a model new observe titled “Silencio” beneath.
Produced by Jacknife Lee, Carnaval De Luz follows two surprise-released six-track EPs earlier this 12 months – Days Of Ash and Easter Lily – in addition to “Avenue Of Desires”, the primary taster from this new album.
The album, launched within the band’s fiftieth 12 months, additionally sees the band joined by a lot of collaborators, together with Brian Eno – co-writing and synthesizers on “Go (Carnaval De Luz)”, “The Biggest Present On Earth” and “Can’t Cease Us Now” – Martin Garrix (co-writing on “Glorify”), Daniel Lanois (pedal metal on “Torn”) and Dolly Parton, who duets on “Torn”, her final recorded vocal efficiency. There’s additionally extra manufacturing from Ryan Tedder on “Silencio”.
Says The Edge, “It’s a messy, provocative, sacred assortment of songs — and options the first-ever use of flat-wound strings on a U2 recording. Simply saying.”
Says Bono, “Roll up, roll up, roll up! Deliver your purple socks, your damaged hearts, your rose-tinted naivety… oh be amazed within the corridor of mirrors. There will likely be loud guitars, deep bass, some ecstatic rhythms and, sure, some silver tears will make an look!
“Trigger within the close to distance simply outdoors our carnival of sunshine there are all types of creatures… the identical creativeness that brings us our creativity can even deliver us monsters. So we make the drums louder. We construct a much bigger hearth. We make our tales wilder and funnier. We make the melodies sweeter and the songs, they higher shine, as a result of if the world is in darkness we higher not be.”
Carnaval De Luz will likely be accessible in codecs together with restricted version deluxe vinyl & CD boxsets, numerous restricted version colored and bespoke vinyl variants, customary CD, customary vinyl and digital obtain. Pre-order, pre-save right here. The tracklisting is:
Go (Carnaval De Luz)
La Reina
Avenue Of Desires
The Mirror Maker (Rosalía)
Superficiality
If The World Is At Warfare We Higher Not Be
Silencio
The Biggest Present On Earth
Glorify
Midnight Sunshine
Can’t Cease Us Now
Torn (Feat. Dolly Parton)