Strawberry Hotel - new album out 25th Oct

[lemonjelly]

Originally Posted by 34958hq439-qjw9v5jq298v5j

Totally. Underworld have been my favorite band ever since I got a Sony Walkman. They've earned it too. It started with Beacoup Fish and "Born Slippy", then discovering all the wonderful mid-90s stuff, then later having all the Riverrun stuff and OWB really grow on me, getting obsessed with Barking, BBWFASF as a 'return to form', all the amazing Drift tunes...nearly everything they do is special to me. They've been so good for so long. As for this new album, I really like what we've heard of it so far. I get the rollout has been weird, but it always is. I just hope there's more coming!

There is also the need to re-invent, challenge themselves, and create something new to make people (including themselves) go WOW!. First time I heard denver luna at the albert hall was immense.

I am looking forward to see how the album flows, view it as a whole piece.

[StrangeLastName]

Any theories to why the tracklist on the website (and the back cover as far as I can see) lists most of the titles in regular title case, but "denver luna" and "and the color red" in all lowercase?

[purlieu]

Originally Posted by StrangeLastName

Any theories to why the tracklist on the website (and the back cover as far as I can see) lists most of the titles in regular title case, but "denver luna" and "and the color red" in all lowercase?

I mean, that's how they were listed on their respective 12" sleeves, and the art style has changed since then, so it might be because of that. Although that still doesn't really answer why they made such an odd decision.

[TheBang]

Originally Posted by StrangeLastName

Any theories to why the tracklist on the website (and the back cover as far as I can see) lists most of the titles in regular title case, but "denver luna" and "and the color red" in all lowercase?

Yeah, I noticed that too. That's the way those two singles were released last year. I guess they decided to retain that, but not continue the aesthetic to the rest of the new tracks.

[botkiller]

I assume it's stylistic, We know the boys and Tomato are all about the little things sometimes.

[dubman]

Originally Posted by botkiller

I assume it's stylistic, We know the boys and Tomato are all about the little things sometimes.

I don't think Tomato are involved at all this round?

[botkiller]

Oh weird, I didn't know that. The cover art is distinctly not Tomato so that would not surprise me. I guess regardless I have always seen UW as an art jam with the world's best music.

[TheBang]

I'm seeing preorders for the physical releases starting to appear at US retailers and Australia retailers. Still none appearing in Japan.

[potatobroth]

I keep doing what they don't want me to!! I'm playing the 4 released songs over and over and thus, shuffling!

[34958hq439-qjw9v5jq298v5j]

I am curious if there's something more conceptual to this album that would make them say that. I am intrigued by the fact that there's 2 versions of "denver luna" on this. iirc I don't think they've done anything like that before, outside of maybe some of the Drift stuff