Liverpool, U.K. rockers Anathema have premiered an audio stream of their new song “Springfield”. Singer/guitarist Daniel Cavanagh issued the following statement:
“Here we present the song ‘Springfield’, it’s actually the song that closed our unforgettable Wembley gig with Opeth and it seemed to be a track that just fell into place without much effort. It seemed to do itself. The song forms part of a narrative that runs through The Optimist album, it’s a narrative that begins where A Fine Day To Exit left off. The album is a journey. The songs are ambiguous. There is no right or wrong way to take them. Make of them what you will.”
The song is taken from the group’s upcoming eleventh studio effort, The Optimist. The record is scheduled to drop on June 9th via Kscope Records. Pre-orders are live and available here. Recording began this past winter at Attica Audio in Donegal, Ireland and finished at Castle Of Doom Studios in Glasgow with producer Tony Doogan (Mogwai, Belle & Sebastian, Super Furry Animals) at the helm and was mastered at the legendary Abbey Road Studios. A European tour has been announced, with Alcest opening. Tickets are available on tomorrow at 10 am local time. Dates for a North American tour will be announced soon.
The Optimist track listing:
1. “32.63N 117.14W”
2. “Leaving It Behind”
3. “Endless Ways”
4. “The Optimist”
5. “San Francisco”
6. “Springfield”
7. “Ghosts”
8. “Can’t Let Go”
9. “Close Your Eyes”
10. “Wildfires”
11. “Back To the Start”
9/23 – Belfast, UK | Limelight 2
9/24 – Dublin, IE | Academy
10/02 – Reims, FR | La Cartonnerie
10/03 – Rennes, FR | L’Etage
10/04 – Paris, FR | Le Bataclan
10/05 – Lille, FR | L’Aéronef
10/06 – Tilburg, NL | 013
10/08 – La Rochelle, FR | La Sirène
10/10 – Bordeaux, FR | Rock School Barbey
10/11 – Toulouse, FR | Le Metronum
10/14 – Nimes, FR | Paloma
10/15 – Lyon, FR | Le Radiant
10/16 – Milan, IT | Alcatraz
10/18 – Pratteln, CH | Z7 Konzertfabrik
10/19 – Stuttgart, DE | LKA Longhorn
10/20 – Munich, DE | Backstage Werk
10/21 – Vienna, AT | Simm City
10/22 – Ljubljana, SI | Kino Šiška
10/24 – Bucharest, RO | Arenele Romane
10/25 – Sofia, BG | Orpheus Studio
10/27 – Budapest, HU | Dürer Kert
10/28 – Prague, CZ | Lucerna Music Bar
10/29 – Frankfurt, DE | Batschkapp
10/31 – Berlin, DE | Astra
11/01 – Hamburg, DE | Uebel & Gefährlich
11/03 – Malmö, SE | Kulturbolaget
11/05 – Oslo, NO | Rockefeller
11/06 – Stockholm, SE | Kagelbanan
11/08 – Tampere, FI | Klubi
11/09 – Helsinki, FI | The Circus
11/10 – Tallinn, EE | Rock Café
11/12 – Warsaw, PL | Progresja Music Zone
11/13 – Gdańsk, PL | Stary Maneż
11/14 – Poznań, PL | MTP2
11/15 – Erfurt, DE | HSD
11/16 – Cologne, DE |Live Music Hall
11/18 – Luxembourg, LU | Kulturfabrik
