‘Sound & Color’ – the massively anticipated follow-up to Alabama Shakes’ UK Top Three charting, three time Grammy nominated debut album ‘Boys & Girls’ - will be released on 20th April by Rough Trade Records.
Alabama Shakes have so far unveiled three tracks from the album:
‘Future People’ (brand new animated video)
here.
‘Don’t Wanna Fight’
here.
and ‘Gimme All Your Love’
here.
ATO Records will release the album in North America on 21st April. The album was recorded at Nashville’s Sound Emporium studio and was co-produced by the band and Blake Mills—a young guitar wizard who has played alongside Lana Del Ray.
Alabama Shakes will play the following dates later this year, which will include a sold out headline slot at The Great Escape Festival and a headline slot at Brixton Academy – their biggest UK show to date. There will be a pre-sale for the dates this Weds 25th March at 10am GMT on the band’s website www.alabamashakes.com followed by general sale this Friday 27th at 10am GMT.
May
Sun 3rd - Germany, Berlin, Astra
Wed 13th - UK, Birmingham, O2 Academy
Fri 15th - UK, Brighton, The Great Escape (The Dome) – SOLD OUT
Sat 16th - UK, Manchester, O2 Apollo
November
Wed 18th - UK, London, O2 Academy Brixton
Since the release of the Athens, Alabama group’s critically acclaimed 2012 album ‘Boys & Girls’ which has sold over a million copies worldwide, the band have been nominated for a Brit and Q Award, contributed music to the Oscar-winning films ‘Twelve Years A Slave’, ‘Dallas Buyers Club’ and ‘Silver Linings Playbook’, performed at The White House alongside Mavis Staples and Justin Timberlake for Barack and Michelle Obama, and become one of the most celebrated live acts in the world having delivered unforgettable performances everywhere from Jools Holland to the main stages of festivals including Glastonbury.
Alabama Shakes are lead singer/guitarist Brittany Howard, guitarist Heath Fogg, bassist Zac Cockrell, drummer Steve Johnson, and touring keyboard players Ben Tanner and Paul Horton.
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