U2 will release ‘Carnaval DeLuz’ on November 13th.
The band formed almost exactly 50 years ago this week, when Larry Mullen Jr. pinned a handwritten note to the noticeboard of Mount Temple Comprehensive School on the Northside of Dublin which read: ‘Drummer Seeks Musicians To Form Band’.
Looking to the future, the Irish rock legends have released two surprise EPs this year – ‘Days Of Ash’ and ‘Easter Lily’.
New album ‘Carnaval De Luz’ continues this run, and it lands on November 13th.
Recorded in multiple locations and produced by Jacknife Lee, the record includes vocals from Rosalia and the late, great Dolly Parton.
The album also sees collaborations from Brian Eno (co-writing and synthesizers on ‘Go (Carnaval De Luz)’, ‘The Greatest Show on Earth’ and ‘Can’t Stop Us Now’), Martin Garrix (co-writing on ‘Glorify’), and Daniel Lanois (playing pedal steel on ‘Torn’); with additional production from Ryan Tedder on ‘Silencio’.
The Edge comments: “It’s a messy, provocative, sacred collection of songs — and features the first-ever use of flat-wound strings on a U2 recording. Just saying.”
Bono adds: “Roll up, roll up, roll up! Bring your purple socks, your broken hearts, your rose-tinted naivety… oh be amazed in the hall of mirrors. There will be loud guitars, deep bass, some ecstatic rhythms and, yes, some silver tears will make an appearance!
‘Cause in the near distance just outside our carnival of light there are all kinds of creatures… the same imagination that brings us our creativity can also bring us monsters. So we make the drums louder. We build a bigger fire. We make our stories wilder and funnier. We make the melodies sweeter and the songs, they better shine, because if the world is in darkness we better not be.”
New single ‘Silencio’ is out now – a return to their rock roots, it’s a powerful return from the Irish band.
The video for ‘Silencio’ was shot in Mexico City earlier this year and is directed by Cliqua, the Mexican-American directing duo Pasqual Gutiérrez and Raúl “RJ” Sanchez.
1.Go (Carnaval De Luz)
2.La Reina
3.Street Of Dreams
4.The Mirror Maker (Rosalía)
5.Superficiality
6.If The World Is At War We Better Not Be
7.Silencio
8.The Greatest Show On Earth
9.Glorify
10.Midnight Sunshine
11.Can’t Stop Us Now
12.Torn (Feat. Dolly Parton)
Photo Credit: Viviane Sassen
