Garbage announced today that they are set to release their sixth studio album, Strange Little Birds. The new album is set for release on June 10 on the band’s own STUNVOLUME label. Birds follows up 2012’s Not Your Kind of People. Garbage is comprised of Shirley Manson, Steve Marker, Duke Erikson and Butch Vig.
The band worked in Butch Vig’s basement and Red Razor Sounds recording studio as they drew on a multitude of sources for inspiration. “The guiding principle was keeping it fresh, and relying on instinct both lyrically and musically”, said frontwoman Shirley Manson.
The band is also drawing influence from themselves as they delve back to the past from their 1995 debut album. Manson continues to say, “To me, this record has the most to do with the first record than any of the previous records,” she says. “It’s getting back to that beginner’s headspace.”
Garbage will perform at various festivals and headlining shows across Europe this summer. See below for confirmed dates and stay tuned for additional live dates to be announced in the coming weeks.
STRANGE LITTLE BIRDS TRACKLISTING
1. Sometimes
2. Empty
3. Blackout
4. If I Lost You
5. Night Drive Loneliness
6. Even Though Our Love Is Doomed
7. Magnetized
8. We Never Tell
9. So We Can Stay Alive
10. Teaching Little Fingers To Play
11. Amends
LIVE DATES
May 24 – La Cartonnerie - Reims, France
May 26 – Rock im Revier Festival – Dortmund, Germany
May 27 – Women Of The World Festival – Frankfurt, Germany
May 28 – Rockavaria Festival – Munich, Germany
May 30 – The Paradiso – Amsterdam, Holland
May 31 – Den Atelier – Luxembourg, Luxembourg
June 1 – Caribana Festival – Nyon, Switzerland
June 3 – Le Radiant – Lyon, France
June 4 – Montereau Confluence Festival – Montereau, France
June 5 – La Belle Electrique – Grenoble, France
June 7 – Center Urbane Kulture Kino Siska – Ljubljana, Slovenia
June 8 – Fabrique – Milan, Italy
June 10 – Nova Rock Festival – Nickelsdorf, Austria
June 13 – Troxy – London, UK
June 14 – Rock City – Nottingham, UK
August 8 – Lokerse Festival – Lokeren, Belgium
August 10 – A Summer’s Tale – Luhmühlen, Germany
