Phoenix have announced a new album, and teamed up with Vampire Weekend's Ezra Koenig for a lead single 'Tonight'
It's the first time the band have collaborated with a guest vocalist.
Phoenix have announced their new album, 'Alpha Zulu'.
Set for release on 4th November, the news arrives alongside new single 'Tonight', which features Vampire Weekend's Ezra Koenig - the first time the band have used a guest vocalist. The video, directed by Oscar Boyson, was shot in Tokyo and Paris (partly in the band’s own studio in Musée des Arts Décoratifs).
"I was a bit afraid, when there was too much beauty around us, that to create something could be a bit hard," Christian Mazzalai (guitars) says of their studio time. "But it was the opposite: we couldn’t stop producing music. In these first 10 days, we wrote almost all of the album."
Check out the new single below; the record's full tracklisting reads:
Set for release on 4th November, the news arrives alongside new single 'Tonight', which features Vampire Weekend's Ezra Koenig - the first time the band have used a guest vocalist. The video, directed by Oscar Boyson, was shot in Tokyo and Paris (partly in the band’s own studio in Musée des Arts Décoratifs).
"I was a bit afraid, when there was too much beauty around us, that to create something could be a bit hard," Christian Mazzalai (guitars) says of their studio time. "But it was the opposite: we couldn’t stop producing music. In these first 10 days, we wrote almost all of the album."
Check out the new single below; the record's full tracklisting reads:
- Alpha Zulu
- Tonight feat. Ezra Koenig
- The Only One
- After Midnight
- Winter Solstice
- Season 2
- Artefact
- All Eyes On Me
- My Elixir
- Identical
The band also have some UK/EU tour dates coming up:
NOVEMBER
16 – London, UK – Brixton Academy
18 – Milan, IT – Alcatraz Club
20 – Berlin, DE – Columbiahalle
22 - Brussels, BE - Ancienne Belgique
23 – Brussels, BE – Ancienne Belgique
25 - Amsterdam, NL - Paradiso
26 – Amsterdam, NL – Paradiso (sold out)
28 - Paris, FR - Olympia (sold out)
29 – Paris, FR – Olympia (sold out)
NOVEMBER
16 – London, UK – Brixton Academy
18 – Milan, IT – Alcatraz Club
20 – Berlin, DE – Columbiahalle
22 - Brussels, BE - Ancienne Belgique
23 – Brussels, BE – Ancienne Belgique
25 - Amsterdam, NL - Paradiso
26 – Amsterdam, NL – Paradiso (sold out)
28 - Paris, FR - Olympia (sold out)
29 – Paris, FR – Olympia (sold out)