Re: New album speculation 2024
 

There is no logo on the new T-shirts ...

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Had a dream a couple of nights ago that Karl was telling me how upset he was that he was simply the vocalist on the new tracks. In the studio Rick had brought somebody else in to use the mixing desk that Karl usually used. He just felt like the singer brought in at the end to add the hooks to the tracks, and was on the verge of leaving Underworld. He was so upset by it that he'd turned to drinking again. This is why the album had been delayed.

Re: New album speculation 2024
 

Jesus

Re: New album speculation 2024
 

There's a new listing for a release called Strawberry Hotel here:

https://www.hmv.co.jp/artist_Underwo...Hotel_15178707

It's an import from the UK and a CD, release date of Oct. 25. The catalog number (UWR00098CD) is the next in series (Denver Luna was UWR00097).

The pricing suggests it could be an album. And that the fact that it's listed as a CD (there hasn't been a commercial CD single since 2007). If it is an album, then the catalog number sequence suggests there wouldn't be any single releases before the album.

Re: New album speculation 2024
 

Cool! I guess the title can still change, but a date is nice.

Re: New album speculation 2024
 

Finally something!

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It's starting to show up in some more listings too:

https://www.kroese-online.nl/artikel...rawberry_Hotel
https://www.sounds-venlo.nl/0044003424654-4691333/
https://www.platomania.nl/article/14...tel/underworld

Re: New album speculation 2024
 

cool, but strange that it would show up like that without any kind of announcement.

will keep an eye on the inbox. guess we should expect an email soon.

hopefully a tour for it also.

later
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Re: New album speculation 2024
 

Another odd wrinkle for this potential album title: beyond naming the album after a key song (which, though a classic trope and the most epic of the new songs, is something Underworld haven't done), there's the issue of Strawberry Hotel being an actual IP - (https://www.strawberryhotels.com/)

I'm sure the Europeans already knew, but I had just figured the song title was normal Underworld mashup imagery and discovered the actual company while looking for more album listings today. Seems strange, hoping it's a placeholder. Maybe it is just a single...

Re: New album speculation 2024
 

Yeah, it's a bit odd. Things could always change though, too. The Drift album went into distribution systems with its original title, "Drift Songs" and was changed later to "Drift Series 1". The Drift Songs data still persists out there in some systems.

Re: New album speculation 2024
 

True - and in that case I actually preferred the original title, especially since there doesn't seem to be a Drift Series 2 release...

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Pedantic note: Mk2 have not done so, but both ?Underneath the Radar? and ?Change the weather? were album titles and tracks. 😉

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And no Drift 2 would be super annoying. I hate having a vol. 1 and no vol. 2…

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I'm glad finally it's something promising, but it's a bit sad that we have to learn it from webshops, and not from UW as a big album announcement.

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webleaks are nothing new, and have been going on for quite some time now.

but at least an official announcement should be coming out.

later
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Re: New album speculation 2024
 

Ha, you should try being an FSOL fan. They have no PR team, so everything either comes from Amazon, HMV, etc., or is a surprise drop by the band that is only ever spread by word of mouth.

Happy that this is finally coming along, anyway, however it's announced. Having a title track is surprising, but they're a band who like to surprise, so I suppose that works. Of course it could always be an EP.

Re: New album speculation 2024
 

maybe the track name will change.

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I'm all about every FSOL release and love the surprises, one of my all-time favorites after Underworld (really loving Mind Maps 5 and the recent scheduled broadcast/album drop for it was a lot of community fun). :)

Nothing ever feels like it's dragging with them though, as there is no real album cycle and they constantly put out 2-5 a year. And between their Bandcamp notices and email list I still feel like I have some idea what is going on (which Underworld used to be amazing at - remember all the free download emails, studio broadcasts, and Xmas messages?!)

Just miss how much community Underworld used to curate, especially with the peak of Drift, and concern that this is the last big go round for them (much as I hate to consider it). We'll see, just glad something seems to finally be on the horizon now, even if unofficial so far.

Re: New album speculation 2024: Strawberry Hotel 25/10/2024?
 

Those listings have started disappearing from retailers. This additional one characterizes the release as a "CD / Single":
https://www.wook.pt/musica/tbc-cd-tbc/30257674

Re: New album speculation 2024: Strawberry Hotel 25/10/2024?
 

Yeah, that's fair. I suppose for all their releases with major distribution, the news is almost always leaked via people finding them on Amazon and so on beforehand, but as you say, it's not quite the same as there's always been another record a few months before.

And so the mystery continues. Maybe it's an EP? Given that they haven't put out a CD single single 'Crocodile' I can't imagine one coming along now.

Re: New album speculation 2024: Strawberry Hotel 25/10/2024?
 

aww. started getting that new-album-tingle. now its all numb again :P

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Hmm... so two of the original listings have gone and two are still there, plus one new one. Seems like something is probably still happening for that date and the pricing did seem like a full album.

I would normally have expected Strawberry Hotel to be the next single drop from the ones we know, but definitely not on CD, as everyone's mentioned. The new "CD / Single" info may just mean one physical CD (vs. two or more, which is getting more common), as it's part of a details/specs section, hard to tell.

Hopefully these listings have been noticed (and our noticing has been noticed) and something is getting announced soon...

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Nah, that site uses CD / Album on its album pages. Although interestingly the linked page now just states TBC CD rather than anything titled.

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Ah, good catch, should have looked around on there. Oh well, ever hopeful...

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It's september and still nothing official. I think there won't be new album in 2024. Those webshop listings could be just accident.

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There's something coming soon. The underworldlive.com website was updated earlier this week. There's a new link to IIFU. Probably short for "I'm in fucking Underworld" like it said on the recent Brighton shirts. Links to https://iifu.club, which is not public yet. Maybe some kind of membership or subscription club?

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Thing is I get what you mean, it is kinda weird how silent they are, but I think it would be hard for the shop listings to emerge from nothing, also it would be a real shame because 'Strawberry Hotel' is maybe the track of the 6 we know that I've wanted to hear the most

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That is quite an odd redo of the Underworldlive site, looks like someone is building in public. The links still in the store menu don't work to all the old pages (Events, News, Drift) and looks like news is currently only the single homepage item now.

The IIFU link is definitely going to be I'm In Fucking Underworld and most likely some Worldofunderworld-type initiative or membership club, which hopefully points to us getting additional stuff (which is cool) and not it replacing a new album.

Definitely looks like a next phase/release upgrade happening, and I'm mainly just glad the new logo font has survived, as I really want to see a full album in the style from the single drops and concert title graphics, feels very Tomato-y. :)

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Also, I do find the "JOIN THE MAILING LIST for priority access to ticket pre-sales in the future..." statement encouraging on the Live page. And with the current live dates just now completed, maybe this is the gap they have been waiting for to announce things...

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That's interesting, because Tomato hasn't been involved at all, since all the new stuff started last year.

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Yeah, no solid idea how much Tomato has actually been involved for a long time now, the new design just feels very Tomato to me. I know Drift was all Simon Taylor for Tomato, but it actually felt the least like them for some reason. Guess it's more John Warwicker's stuff that's felt the most recognizably Underworld/Tomato with all the font sculpture, but he's been gone from them for a while.

Any word on who has been doing the new stuff, then? Really liking the concert graphics. :)

Re: New album speculation 2024
 

A guy named Max Angles was credited for the artwork on the 12" jackets last year. I believe he's been doing all the art direction since "and the colour red". I haven't been able to find much about him online.

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Strawberry Hotel has a collection/category on the Underworld Store now (empty for now, or more likely, the products are hidden):

https://store.underworldlive.com/col...rawberry-hotel

Could still be a limited single drop, like the previous ones last year, but might also be an album. A lot of those CD listings for Oct. 25 mentioned previously keep popping up on different/new retailers.

Re: New album speculation 2024
 

It never fails. Every time I decide to check the forums I get some good info. A Strawberry Hotel release would certainly be epic! Been a while since I've browsed the threads, but hello to all you veterans. :cool:

Re: New album speculation 2024
 

Sweet, that's great news! This is starting to feel a bit like a backwards ARG treasure hunt though, with us making up things in the absence of actual clues/given info. Know it's just us jumping the gun, but has been well over a year now for this ramp up with scant to go by. Glad to see something happening.

Also, Max Angles sounds suspiciously like a fake name for art direction, but probably not...

Re: New album speculation 2024
 

Here we go...

https://music.apple.com/nz/album/str...tel/1761865594

And it has a track with my name!