Pet Shop Boys “Axis” (Boys Noize Remix) Currently Premiering Via Mixmag
Pet Shop Boys return in triumphant form with their new studio album ‘Electric’, the first to appear on their own label x2 (via Kobalt Label Services). The album is the first Pet Shop Boys studio album to be produced by Stuart Price.
‘Electric’ features nine tracks in total – eight brand new Pet Shop Boys’ songs plus a cover of Bruce Springsteen’s ‘The Last To Die’. The result is as uncompromising a collection of dance anthems as Pet Shop Boys have ever made.
Pet Shop Boys said: “‘Electric’ is very much set on the dance floor. Our latest album often evolves as a response to our previous album and, whereas ‘Elysium’ had a reflective mood, ‘Electric’ is pretty banging! And working with Stuart Price on a studio album is something we have wanted to do for a very long time.”
Stuart Price said: “Making ‘Electric’ was an exciting experience. We recorded it between Berlin, London and Los Angeles using various techniques between old school synth and drum machine programming and new school computer mangling. For me it was a chance to work with two people who shaped so much of my musical taste, yet who keep on pushing farther in both a natural and unexpected fashion. ‘Disco’ (from 1986) was an album that always spoke to me because it blended song arrangements with dance floor mixes, and that is what ‘Electric’ felt like to make. Allowing songs to be full length without considering the pop rules, disregarding classic structures and instead just working instinctively on what was fun and danceable.”
The track listing for ‘Electric’ is:
- Axis
- Bolshy
- Love is a bourgeois construct
- Fluorescent
- Inside a dream
- The last to die
- Shouting in the evening
- Thursday (featuring Example)
- Vocal
As previously announced, Pet Shop Boys will embark on the ‘Electric’ tour in May this year. The tour is created in collaboration with Es Devlin (creative director/designer) and Lynne Page (stage director/choreographer), and has already received rave reviews when it debuted in Mexico in March. Tour dates, including the newly announced North American dates, are as follows:
16 May – Luna Park, Buenos Aires, Argentina
18 May – Conmebol Bourbon Convention Center, Asunción, Paraguay
22 May – Credicard Hall, São Paulo, Brazil
25 May – Centro de Eventos Bima, Bogota, Colombia
3 June – Oktiaborski Concert Hall, St Petersburg, Russian Federation
5 June – Crocus City Hall, Moscow, Russian Federation
9 June – Falconer Salen, Copenhagen, Denmark
11 June – Grand Rex, Paris, France
15 June – Sónar Festival, Barcelona, Spain
18 June – O2 Arena, London, United Kingdom
20 June – Manchester Arena, Manchester, United Kingdom
23 June – Nokia Hall, Tel Aviv, Israel
26 June – Life Park, Istanbul, Turkey
29 June – Peace & Love Festival, Borlänge, Sweden
1 July – Dortmunder Music Week, Dortmund, Germany
3 July – KV Arena, Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic
5 July – Õllesummer 20, Song Festival Grounds, Tallinn, Estonia
7 July – Ruisrock Festival, Turku, Finland
9 July – ZMF, Freiburg, Germany
10 July – Tollwood Festival – Musik Arena, Munich, Germany
16 July – Ejekt Festival, Athens, Greece
9 August – SonicMania, Tokyo Makuhari Messe, Tokyo, Japan
11 August – Summer Sonic festival, Tokyo, Japan
17 August – Skeeno Hall, Jakarta, Indonesia
24 August – Impact Exhibition Center, Bangkok, Thailand
6 Sept – Berlin Festival, Berlin, Germany
12 Sept – The Jackie Gleason Theatre, Miami Beach, USA
13 Sept – Mahaffey Theatre, Saint Petersburg, Florida, USA
14 Sept – Symphony Hall, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
16 Sept – Beacon Theatre, New York, NY USA
17 Sept – Beacon Theatre, New York, NY USA
19 Sept – Music Centre at Strathmore, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
21 Sept – House of Blues, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
22 Sept – Mann Centre for the Performing Arts, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
24 Sept – Olympia Theatre, Montreal, Canada
25 Sept – Sony Centre for the Performing Arts, Toronto, Canada
27 Sept – Caesars Windsor – The Colosseum, Windsor, Canada
28 Sept – Auditorium Theatre, Chicago Illinois, USA
2 Oct – Paramount Theatre, Seattle, Washington, USA
3 Oct – Queen Elizabeth Theatre, Vancouver, Canada
4 Oct – Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall, Portland, Oregon, USA
5 Oct – Fox Theatre, Oakland, California, USA
8 Oct – Copley Symphony Hall, San Diego, California, USA
11 Oct – Hard Rock Hotel & Casino – The Joint, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
12 Oct – Shrine Auditorium, LA, California, USA
Axis is now available on iTunes here: http://smarturl.it/psbaxis
Pre-order links:
Electric (iTunes)
http://smarturl.it/psbelectricdigital
Electric Physical Album
http://smarturl.it/psbelectricphysical
Pet Shop Boys Store: http://smarturl.it/psbelectricd2c
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