Friday sees the beginning of a new and interesting chapter in the ever evolving history of Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark.
The English Electric tour starts in Vancouver. We are understandably a little nervous but also greatly excited.
Andy
Pitchfork have premiered English Electric. You can stream the record here.
Pitchfork have premiered English Electric. You can stream the record here.
Dresden will be premiering on BBC Radio 2 this morning after 11am. It will be the second single from English Electric.
We were on BBC Breakfast this morning. You can watch again here.
Metroland is out today!
It’s available digitally from iTunes (and all other good digital retailers)
You can also buy a limited edition 12″ single from the official OMD store
The collectors’ tin boxset of English Electric contains a 7″ single on blue vinyl with Our System on the A-side and exclusive track Frontline on the B-side. You can pre-order the boxset here: http://omd.firebrandstore.com/
Andy has written about the two tracks on the 7″:
“Our System is crafted from a bed track of the sound of the Voyager interplanetary space probe passing through the magnetosphere of Jupiter and lyrically contrasts the perfection of the space craft leaving our solar system against the imperfection of the social system here on earth.
Frontline was inspired by the ‘Arab Spring’ uprising of the recent past. The rhythm track is composed of gun and artillery fire and concludes with famous quotes about revolution. When will we write a pretty little love song?”
Metroland has been appropriately remixed by Metroland. They have put together their own video for their remix which you can watch here.
Their remix will feature on the digital release of Metroland, available next week.
We’re pleased to announce that we will be taking part in the annual Record Store Day celebrations on April 20th by releasing the The Future Will Be Silent EP. This strictly limited EP is a 10″ picture disc which comes in a full colour sleeve and has the following tracklisting:
A1: Please Remain Seated
A2: Time Burns (exclusive to this release)
A3: Decimal
B1: The Future Will Be Silent
B2: Atomic Ranch
It will be available on Record Store Day from your nearest participating independent record shop – please check www.recordstoreday.com or www.recordstoreday.co.uk to find out where your local shop is.
Night Café has just premiered on Graham Norton’s BBC Radio 2 show. It’s available to stream on YouTube here.
You can pre-order English Electric here.
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