Strawberry Hotel - new album out 25th Oct

[saintrik]

Why assume that they don't have a coordinated roll-out plan for tomorrow (Friday), when the new single is actually available in the UK and US? The links that were shared were from NZ/AU where it was already Friday.

Seems to me like they get one good shot at press in the online outlets (Pitchfork, Stereogum, NME, etc.) and want to advertise the new album and new single when they can actually be purchased/pre-ordered in the biggest markets.

I imagine they also released information to retail a few weeks ago with an embargo on sharing publicly, and we saw a few minor online retailers screw that up. There's probably also a press embargo at play.

Difficult to have a coordinated international campaign and also cater to the trainspotters who are hunting for any internet morsel.

[aphasein]

This is closer to what I was expecting. We'll see if it fits, may end up using it instead.

[TheBang]

The Store's been updated, and everything's been posted for sale:

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

No limited editions that I can see. Just the double vinyl, and CD. Several shirts based on the tchotchkes in the album art photo, a couple lithos, and a keyring.

Also, you can sign up to be in fucking Underworld now:
https://www.iifu.club/

[negative1]

Originally Posted by TheBang

The Store's been updated, and everything's been posted for sale:

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

No limited editions that I can see. Just the double vinyl, and CD. Several shirts based on the tchotchkes in the album art photo, a couple lithos, and a keyring.

Also, you can sign up to be in fucking Underworld now:
https://www.iifu.club/

well, i'm getting the LP and cd version..
but yeah, i'm sure they'll put out a deluxe version at some point.

they've been doing it for several versions.

but you could just also buy all the art and keyring and put that together too.

later
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[ultradave]

I'm not gonna lie. This seems a bit of a let down for an album release. I think the only thing that will get me excited about this LP is if the track we all heard titled as Strawberry Hotel be on the album. I have no issue if they gave it another title, but the options are slim considering the bulk of the track times are rather short. This has to be the worse album cover in UW history. The artwork for Black Poppies is even better. aphasein - I think I'll use your album cover too! Don't get me wrong, I am excited for a new UW album for sure... I just don't know how I feel about this one - guess I will have to wait until October 25th to find out. I do hope some of these smaller tracks are blended into other tracks on the album.

[darmok]

Originally Posted by ultradave

I'm not gonna lie. This seems a bit of a let down for an album release.

I don't know about you, but I haven't heard the whole album yet. Hard to say it's a letdown until then, especially when they say "don't shuffle".

[ultradave]

Originally Posted by darmok

I don't know about you, but I haven't heard the whole album yet. Hard to say it's a letdown until then, especially when they say "don't shuffle".

Sorry, what I meant was the radio silence on when and if an LP would drop. I had just decided to stop in on the forums to see if any news came up, but nothing solid and then I wake up to an email to pre-order the new album. It didn't leave me with much anticipation like in the past. New album excitement was missed. As far as the music goes, I'm always excited to get new UW tracks regardless of style and length. I absolutely love Denver Luna (Acapella) and I am glad to see that both versions of DL will be on the new album and the "don't shuffle" comment gives me something to look forward to. Don't read too much into my rants. I've been a huge UW fan since 96 and after all these years I never skip Born Slippy.NUXX!!!

[purlieu]

Originally Posted by ultradave

I'm not gonna lie. This seems a bit of a let down for an album release. I think the only thing that will get me excited about this LP is if the track we all heard titled as Strawberry Hotel be on the album. I have no issue if they gave it another title, but the options are slim considering the bulk of the track times are rather short. This has to be the worse album cover in UW history. The artwork for Black Poppies is even better. aphasein - I think I'll use your album cover too! Don't get me wrong, I am excited for a new UW album for sure... I just don't know how I feel about this one - guess I will have to wait until October 25th to find out. I do hope some of these smaller tracks are blended into other tracks on the album.

Slightly baffled by this negativity. I mean yeah, the cover's not a classic. Lots of short tracks and the phrase "Please don't shuffle" suggests to me that we're probably going to be looking at four side-long suites. Two of the tracks we've heard from the album so far are beatless, two solid techno tracks, so it looks like it'll have a good range of styles. The tracks heard live are promising. So... yeah, I'm optimistic this will be, at the very least, an interesting album.

[evwhitton16]

Originally Posted by ultradave

I think the only thing that will get me excited about this LP is if the track we all heard titled as Strawberry Hotel be on the album. I have no issue if they gave it another title, but the options are slim considering the bulk of the track times are rather short.

tbh I agree but given that Gene Pool live was 10 min and here it's nine, the OG version of SH may well be Sweet Lands Experience (4:44) or more likely (Lewis In Pomona) 5:38 or Hilo Sky (5:04) given it's runtime. plus, even live it sounded basically finished and correct me if I'm wrong but they seem to very rarely bin finished tracks.

[TheBang]

A few observations based on the credits on the back cover of the vinyl:

Art by YEAR0001 https://year0001.com/
Nina Nastasia appears on Iron Bones
Esme wrote and performs Ottavia. It's transcribed from Monteverdi's L'incoronazione di Poppea, so it may be a choral piece (like "A Moth at the Door" in Drift).