Deep Purple, the biblical forefathers of rock and metal, will release a new studio album called “SPLAT!” via earMUSIC on July 3.
The album will be available in all formats and variants! You can already pre-order it.
With more than 120 million albums sold since their formation in 1968, Deep Purple long ago secured their place in rock history.
Frontman Ian Gillan says: “Where we are now with this incarnation of Deep Purple, we feel like a very ‘modern version of ourselves as we were in the seventies.”
For the new album, Deep Purple teamed up once again with renowned producer Bob Ezrin. Together they’ve made a record that draws on the sound and attitude that have always set Deep Purple apart from everyone else. “SPLAT!” is the heaviest Deep Purple album in years, recorded the way the band has always approached things: playing in the studio like it’s a live show.
Ian Gillan: “I have to say we’ve largely gone back to material that stands alongside songs like “Highway Star,” “Smoke on the Water” and “Lazy” – the same dynamics, balance and level of fun as when we were making records between 1969 and 1973.”
“SPLAT!” is tied together by a story that was Ian Gillan’s idea. The album doesn’t portray the end of the world as a sudden destruction – an apocalypse – but instead, the concept behind “SPLAT!” is a journey through the gradual transformation, or metamorphosis, of humanity toward its end. To celebrate the release, Deep Purple will keep up their massive touring schedule, which this year alone includes no fewer than 86 shows in 28 countries across three continents.
So the new music, that is the album “SPLAT!, is already on its way, and Ian Gillan is clearly enjoying it: “Deep Purple are in a great place right now.”
Tracklist for “SPLAT!”:
1. Arrogant Boy
2. Diablo
3. The Rider
4. The Lunatic
5. The Only Horse In Town
6. Sacred Land
7. The Beating Of Wings
8. Guilt Trippin’
9. Scriblin’ Gib’rish
10. Jessica’s Bra
11. Third Call
12. My New Movie
13. Splat!
