
From Loudersound.
Jethro Tull have launched a video for Shoshana Sleeping, the first single to be taken from their upcoming album, The Zealot Gene, which is due to be released by InsideOut on January 28.
The Zealot Gene is Jethro Tull’s second studio album this century, and the first since The Jethro Tull Christmas Album in 2003. Alongside founder Ian Anderson, the current line-up of the band includes guitarist Joe Parrish-James, drummer Scott Hammond, pianist John O’Hara, and bassist David Goodier. Florian Opahle also plays guitar on the album.
The mythos and themes of Biblical storytelling are central to the lyrical content of the new album, as Anderson explains. “While I have a spot of genuine fondness for the pomp and fairytale story-telling of the Holy Book, I still feel the need to question and draw sometimes unholy parallels from the text,” he says. “The good, the bad, and the downright ugly rear their heads throughout, but are punctuated with elements of love, respect, and tenderness.”
Work began on The Zealot Game in 2017, and the album was originally slated for release in 2020 with a tour to follow, but it wasn’t to be. “It was so sudden,” says Anderson. “Amidst the concerns and warnings of the scientific community and a few more enlightened politicians, we all retreated in disbelief to our homes to wait out the storm.”
The Zealot Gene will be available in several formats, including two artbook editions: a limited edition 2CD+Blu-ray version, and a limited edition deluxe 3LP+2CD+Blu-ray set. Both artbook editions feature an additional CD of demos and initial ideas, and come with extensive liner notes and an interview with Anderson undertaken by No Man and Henry Fool singer/songwriter Tim Bowness.
There will also be a digipack CD and a 2xLP/CD edition. The Zealot Gene is available to pre-order now.
Jethro Tull: The Zealot Gene tracklist
1. Mrs. Tibbets
2. Jacob’s Tales
3. Mine Is The Mountain
4. The Zealot Gene
5. Shoshana Sleeping
6. Sad City Sisters
7. Barren Beth, Wild Desert John
8. The Betrayal Of Joshua Kynde
9. Where Did Saturday Go?
10. Three Loves, Three
11. In Brief Visitation
12. The Fisherman Of Ephesus
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- Jethro Tull - Sweet Dream - wide - UK - 7" vinyl - £8.00, $9.84, €8.96 (New Item) (arrived 01-Feb-2023 16:52)on February 3, 2023 at 7:17 pm
JETHRO TULL Sweet Dream (1969 UK wide centred 7" single manufactured by Island, also including 17, Chrysalis die-cut paper sleeve. The sleeve shows somelight ageing & the vinyl is in excellent condition WIP6070)
- Jethro Tull - Thick As A Brick - 2nd - EX - UK - vinyl LP - £30.00, $36.90, €33.60 (New Item) (arrived 16-Jan-2023 09:55)on February 3, 2023 at 7:17 pm
JETHRO TULL Thick As A Brick (1972 UK second issue LP, pressed by Island without the white 'i' logo or perimeter label text, superb fold-out thick card newspaper picture sleeve. Due to the design, the sleeve [VG] has succumbed to some light general edge wear/scuffing, which is not uncommon, & there is some mild age yellowing yet the vinyl remains in Excellent condition with just light evidence of play CHR1003)
- Jethro Tull - Heavy Horses - 1st - EX - US - vinyl LP - £15.00, $18.45, €16.80 (Back In Stock) (arrived 10-Jan-2023 14:31)on February 3, 2023 at 7:17 pm
JETHRO TULL Heavy Horses (1978 US first issue 9-track LP from the brilliant middle chapter of the Tull progressive folk phase, complete with lyric inner, textured & embossed picture sleeve with small promo punch hole. The sleeve shows a little light wear with some edge scuffing & the vinyl remains Excellent with just a few faint paper scuffs not affecting play CHR1175)
- Jethro Tull - Stormwatch - UK - vinyl LP - £10.00, $12.30, €11.20 (New Item) (arrived 10-Jan-2023 16:20)on February 3, 2023 at 7:17 pm
JETHRO TULL Stormwatch (1988 UK issue of the 1979 10-track LP, the third & final part of the band's 'folk trilogy', housed in a glossy picture sleeve. This copy remains in near as new condition CDL1238-1)
- Jethro Tull - Thick As A Brick - 1st - EX - UK - vinyl LP - £125.00, $153.75, €140.00 (New Item) (arrived 11-Jan-2023 15:14)on February 3, 2023 at 7:17 pm
JETHRO TULL Thick As A Brick (1972 UK first press two-part LP, pressed by Island with the white 'i' logo & perimeter text along the top of the label, housed in the original fold-out thick card newspaper picture sleeve. The sleeve remains in Excellent condition with a small amount of discolouring or scuffing around the edges. The vinyl displays some ght hairlines displaying light signs of play. A nice copy of this hard to find first issue CHR1003)
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