The album focused mainly on themes such as loss, depression, grief and positivity, while dedicating “Quick Fade” to Jon. The album was released in October of the same year to widespread critical acclaim in the British music press , with Kerrang! alongside the heavy rock magazine Metal Hammer giving the…
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Alt-J supported Wild Beasts in April 2012
In April, the band announced that a box-set entitled Blur 21 —containing all seven Blur studio albums, four discs of unreleased rarities and three DVDs—would be released in July.
The band was booked to enter a recording studio in April 2012, however, the members ultimately used this time for personal musical projects as opposed to recording Brand New.
Creed reconvened in late 2011 and early 2012 to begin work on a potential fifth studio album. A tour was also announced in which the band would perform their first two albums, My Own Prison and Human Clay , from front to back over the course of two nights, with…
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In April 2012 Albarn told The Guardian that he and Hewlett had fallen out and that future Gorillaz projects were “unlikely”.
Patrick and Jonny Radtke entered the studio with producer Bob Marlette in April 2012 to work on the sixth Filter studio album, titled The Sun Comes Out Tonight . The first single off the new album, “What Do You Say”, was released on April 2, 2013. A track entitled “We…
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In an April 2012 interview with Metro , Albarn was more optimistic about Gorillaz’ future, saying that once he had worked out his differences with Hewlett, he was sure that they would make another record.
In April 2012, the band announced that Living Things would be the title of their fifth album and called it a “return to form”. Shinoda stated that they chose the title Living Things because the album is more about people, personal interactions, and it is far more personal than their…
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In April 2012, Love, Erlandson, Auf der Maur and Schemel reunited at the Public Assembly in New York for a two-song set, including “Miss World” and the Wipers ‘ “Over the Edge”, at an after-party for the Hit So Hard documentary. The performance marked the first time the four members…
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