Hot of the press that they’ll be headlining Parklife 2012, The Presets have officially announced the release of their long-awaited third album.
First offering fans a tantalising taste of their new album with the acid-fried visuals of a trailer with the tagline ‘Youth In Trouble’, the band have now confirmed that the highly-anticipated follow-up to 2008’s Apocalypso is in fact called Pacifica.
Due this September 14 on Modular Recordings, Pacifica is set to feature “ten prismatic, synth-laced songs” that will see the synth-rock duo once again boldly venture into new, uncharted musical territories. The album was self-produced by the pair of Julian Hamilton and Kim Moyes and mixed in Los Angeles with Tony Hoffer.
It’s been four years since The Presets were dominating the globe with 2008′s Apocalypso, but it feels like a lot longer. Their absence has been notable given how well their sophomore album captured the zeitgeist, spawning five hit singles and exceeding Triple Platinum sales. The Presets helped revolutionised dance music in Australia and abroad with their inventive outlook and vicious attack on genre boundaries.
They’ve achieved impressive commercial success also, with the monstrous “My People” dwelling in the ARIA charts for over 75 weeks, the longest charting single in Australian history, while also claiming six ARIA awards (including Album of The Year – the first electronic band to do so, Best Group, and Best Dance Release) at the 2008 ceremony and Apocalypso also receiving Triple J’s highly sought ‘J Award’ for Album of the Year.
Pacifica will be released in a number of fromats. Including your standard issue CD, vinyl and mp3 variations, but will also be available in a Limited Edition Deluxe version with strictly 1,500 copies to be produced worldwide. Housed in a 12” case with a lenticular cover, the Deluxe version will also include a hardcover book with expanded artwork, liner notes and a lithograph signed and numbered by Moyes and Hamilton.
All formats of Pacifica are available to pre-order right now from the band’s website. So chop chop!
As for ‘Youth In Trouble’? No official details yet, buy perhaps it’s the first single instead. Take another trip to burnt-retinas-ville below:
