Alabama Shakes have been offering bits of their new album Sound & Color recently, but NPR now has the entire effort available to stream ahead of its April 21 release. The new LP is the band's highly anticipated second album following the success of 2012's Boys & Girls. So far, fans have heard "Don't Wanna Fight" and "Gimme All Your Love" from the album.
"This album, so much more confident and wide-ranging than the band's outstanding 2012 debut Boys & Girls, is not merely Southern rock, any more than the Allman Brothers are merely Southern rock," NPR wrote about Sound & Color, which is due out later this month. "It's not just a new spin on soul, or even funk, any more than building a world the way [George] Clinton has can be called a spin."
The band, fronted by the electrifying Brittany Howard, stopped by Saturday Night Live last month to share the new tunes. They have shows at Coachella, Mountain Jam and Bonnaroo scheduled in addition to gigs overseas in the coming months.
It has been a crazy ride from the first album to the second, and the band wanted to thank its fans when it announced the new effort.
"It's been a while. We missed you!!! First, we wanted to thank each and every one of you for supporting the band over the last 3 years. It's been a really wild ride and we could not have done it without you. We talk all of the time about how lucky we are to have such amazing fans from far and near. Thank you!!" the group wrote.
The Athens, Alabama, outfit became indie darlings following the release of Boys & Girls. The record hit No. 6 on the Billboard 200 behind songs like "Hold On," "Hang Loose" and "I Ain't the Same."
First Listen: @Alabama_Shakes, 'Sound & Color' https://t.co/NOOmrAuVXx pic.twitter.com/e0BZGcbdWV
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