The Libertines have made good on the promise of a new album during 2015, announcing that Anthems For Doomed Youth will drop on September 4. The band signed to Harvest Records/Virgin EMI during 2014 with the aspirations for a new record this year and it seems that the group has come through. This marks the first album in more than a decade for the rockers and, believe it or not, only the band's third album overall. Issues and disagreements caused the band to go on a lengthy hiatus following 2004's self-titled record.
Two songs have already been heard by hardcore Libertines fans, as "Gunga Din" and the title track have already been aired out in a live setting. The standard version of the album will come with an additional ten tracks, while a deluxe version will include four original tunes recorded live at Karma Sound Studios in Thailand.
Fans will also get a sense of deja vu from the album art, which was also released on Wednesday. The image features black outlines of the band members against a brighter background...almost exactly like the cover for the band's debut, Up The Bracket (although the figures were riot police in the latter). Both covers also feature "The Libertines" presented in a magazine cut-and-paste typeface, although the new release features the album title scrawled at the bottom in a different style.
Check out the tracklist below:
01) Barbarians
02) Gunga Din
03) Fame and Fortune
04) Anthem for Doomed Youth
05) Heart of the Matter
06) Belly of the Beast
07) Iceman
08) You're My Waterloo
09) Fury of Chonburi
10) The Milkman's Horse
11) Glasgow Coma Scale Blues
12) Dead for Love
13) Love on the Dole [Bonus]
14) Bucket Shop [Bonus]
15) Lust of the Libertines [Bonus]
16) 7 Deadly Sins [Bonus]
The band has been in the headlines plenty this week, after playing a surprise set at the Glastonbury Festival last weekend.
