The Amazons have announced their third studio album, ‘How Will I Know If Heaven Will Find Me?’ – listen to new single ‘Bloodrush’ below.
Tickets for their 2022 UK and Ireland tour will be available here.Following on from 2019’s ‘Future Dust’, the 11-track “anthem-packed” record will arrive on September 2 via Fiction.
You can pre-order/pre-save it here.The Reading band’s upcoming full-length LP was produced by Jim Abbiss (Arcade Fire, Arctic Monkeys, Adele) and features co-writing collaborations with the likes of Maggie Rogers and Jamie Hartmann.Having thought they had half of their new album written, The Amazons later found that the COVID-enforced lockdown period in 2020 provided a wave of unexpected inspiration.In turn, frontman Matt Thomson began penning material solo on an acoustic guitar for his LA-based girlfriend who he’d been separated from for months.“The gap between us was no longer being bridged by WhatsApps and Facetimes,” he explained in a statement. “I sent letters but that didn’t do it either.
We felt further apart than ever.”Thomson continued: “Writing songs about what we’d do when we were together again became my way of taking control of the situation.
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