From Louder Sound.
Thunder have announced that their new studio album will arrive in early 2019.
The follow-up to 2017’s Rip it Up is titled Please Remain Seated and will feature “radically reworked versions” of tracks from throughout their career.
from throughout their career.
It’ll be released on January 18 via BMG.
Thunder frontman Danny Bowes says: “We’ve never been the kind of band that wanted to make the same album over and over, and we’ve never been scared to try new things.
“In fact, making Thunder music over the past 30 years has taught us that the more we challenge ourselves, the better we get.
“Having re-imagined and re-recorded Love Walked In in 2017, we were very stimulated by the process, and wanted to try it on other songs. We made it as live as possible, jamming ideas until we found an arrangement that felt good.
“We set ourselves three rules: work fast, don’t aim for perfection, and make it different to the original.”
Bowes adds: “Some songs fell together spontaneously, and some took a series of strange left turns before ending up in a place none of us predicted.”
The vocalist says that Please Remain Seated isn’t supposed to be a ‘best of’ or a change in musical direction and adds: “It’s just another brief stop along the journey to where we’re heading – wherever that is. We really like it, and we hope others will too.”
To mark the announcement, Thunder have released an animated lyric for their new take on She’s So Fine, which kicked off their debut album Backstreet Symphony in 1990.
And that’s not all. The UK rockers have also revealed a run of UK tour dates which will take place throughout February 2019. Thunder will be supported by Dan Reed who will be performing an acoustic set.
Tickets will go on sale from 9am on October 26.
Thunder 2019 UK tour dates
Feb 01: Cardiff St. David’s Hall
Feb 02: Ipswich Regent
Feb 04: Manchester Bridgewater Hall
Feb 05: York Barbican
Feb 06: Gateshead Sage
Feb 08: Glasgow Royal Concert Hall
Feb 09: Leicester De Montfort Hall
Feb 11: Bath Forum
Feb 12: Birmingham Symphony Hall
1. Bigger Than Both Of Us
2. Future Train
3. Girl’s Going Out Of Her Head
4. I’m Dreaming Again
5. Fly On The Wall
6. Just Another Suicide
7. Empty City
8. Miracle Man
9. Blown Away
10. Loser
11. She’s So Fine
12. Low Life In High Places
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THUNDER Backstreet Symphony (1990 UK 7" vinyl single,
also including No Way Out Of The Wilderness, picture sleeve
with the 1990 European tour dates supporting Heart on the
reverse EM137) THUNDER Bang! (2008 UK 12-track CD album, recorded at
Walton Castle in Clevedon, near Bristol, at various times
during the spring of 2008. The place is not a studio as such,
but the band thought the two foot thick stone walls and large
selection of rooms and turrets would work brilliantly, so they
moved all their recording kit to the place. All songs were
written by Luke, except 'Watching Over You' [which he wrote
with Andy J. Taylor, the son of former producer and Duran
Duran guitarist Andy Taylor and Mike Keen]. With picture
sleeve booklet STC2008-3) THUNDER Robert Johnson's Tombstone (2006 UK 11-track
PICTURE printed CD album, including The Devil Made Me Do It,
picture sleeve booklet STC2006-3) THUNDER Dirty Love (1990 UK 3-track 12" vinyl single,
featuring the Extended Version, also including Fired Up and
the live version of She's Fine, glossy picture sleeve. The
sleeve displays minimal wear whilst the vinyl shows only light
signs of play 12EM126) THUNDER Gimme Some Lovin' (1990 UK solid centre 7" vinyl
single, also including I Wanna Be Her Slave, picture sleeve
EM148) THUNDER She's So Fine - Donnington '90 (1990 UK limited
edition 3-track 10" single pressed on Blue Vinyl, also
including I Can Still Hear The Music and a live version of Back
Street Symphony recorded at theband's first appearance at
the Donington 'Monsters Of Rock' festival in 1990; within a
gatefold picture sleeve with live shots of the band from that
now legendary performance 10EM158) THUNDER Dopamine (2022 UK/EU 16-track double LP,
pressed on White and Brown vinyl. Gatefold picture sleeve
comes with lyric inners. The sleeve shows minimal wear; one
of the lyric inners has a small seam split and both vinyl are in
Near Mint condition. ) THUNDER Backstreet Symphony (1990 UK 10-track vinyl LP, their
debut studio album which includes the singles She's So Fine, Dirty
Love, Love Walked In, their cover version of the Spencer Davis
Group's Gimme Some Lovin plus the title track. The glossy picture
sleeve retains the 'Our Price' hype-sticker and shows some very
minor edgewear and comes with its illustrated lyric inner, whilst the
vinyl has just a few light surface scuffs - an Excellent copy EMC3570) THUNDER She's So Fine - Donnington '90 (1990 UK limited
edition 3-track 10" single pressed on Blue Vinyl, also
including I Can Still Hear The Music and a live version of Back
Street Symphony recorded at theband's first appearance at
the Donington 'Monsters Of Rock' festival in 1990; within a
gatefold picture sleeve with live shots of the band from that
now legendary performance 10EM158) THUNDER Backstreet Symphony (1990 UK limited edition
3-track 12" Picture Disc single with a superb band
picture on each side, also including a live version of An
Englishman On Holiday & No Way Out Of The Wilderness. The
disc comes issued in the clear PVC sleeve complete with the
back picture insert 12EMPD137)
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