Underworld are set to release their eighth studio album, Barking, on September 14 in the US (September 13 in the U.K. and Europe) via Cooking Vinyl. What a momentous occasion, am I right? Eight albums? That’s like 500 in dog years if, like, dogs released albums. Underworld have been kickin’ out the jams since Rick Smith and Karl Hyde met in Cardiff in the late 70s, but this album is different. Special. It’s the first album ever on which the duo have collaborated with some of the finest names in electronic music. Check that ish in the tracklisting below.
Or if you wanna check that ish live, just hop a plane to Merrye Londontown (or if you live there, you could walk or use public transit) and head on over to the Roundhouse in July, where they’ll be headlining the… iTunes festival. A smattering of other European festivals are planned for the rest of the summer.
Barking tracklisting:
01. Bird 1 (additional production by Dubfire)
02. Always Loved a Film (a/p Mark Knight & D. Ramirez)
03. Scribble (a/p High Contrast)
04. Hamburg Hotel (a/p Appleblim & Al Tourettes)
05. Grace (a/p Dubfire)
06. Between Stars (a/p Mark K & D. Ramirez)
07. Diamond Jigsaw (a/p Paul van Dyk)
08. Moon in Water (a/p High Contrast)
09. Louisiana
Dates:
07.17.10 - London, UK - Roundhouse
07.24.10 - Livorino, Italy - Italia Wave Love Festival
08.06.10 - Saalburg, Germany - Sonne Mond Sterne Festival
08.07.10 - Ibiza, Spain - Cream @ Privilege
08.27.10 - Paris, France - Rock en Seine Festival
08.28.10 - Zurich, Switzerland - Zurich Open Air
09.11.10 - Berlin, Germany - O2 Arena (We Are One Festival)
• Underworld: http://www.myspace.com/underworld
• Cooking Vinyl: http://cookingvinyl.com