Royksopp

Röyksopp will release their new studio album this September.

The Norwegian band’s new album, Senior, will be released on 10 September and is a companion album to last year’s release, Junior.

Commenting on the new album, the band said: “The two albums (‘Junior’ and ‘Senior’) have a kinship, in that they represent Röyksopp’s two very different artistic expressions.

“’Junior’ – with emphasis on vocals, accessible melodies and harmonies, has the energy, the inquisitive temper and confident “hey-ho, let’s go!” attitude of youth, whereas ‘Senior’ is the introverted, dwelling and sometimes graceful counterpart, brimful with dark secrets and distorted memories, insisting “I’m old, I’ve got experience.”

‘Senior’ was written as a complete set of tracks, each designated to take a specific part in the bigger piece, according to the band.

“Each track is equally as important as its predecessor and successor. We feel that none of the tracks should be regarded outside of this context, i.e. separated from the rest of the album. Quite a brave/stupid thing to do in this day and age of iPods and cherrypicking, one might suggest. We couldn’t agree more – hell that’s even probably why we did it,” the band said.

See below for Senior tracklisting.

1 …And The Forest Began To Sing
2 Tricky Two
3 The Alcoholic
4 Senior Living
5 The Drug
6 Forsaken Cowboy
7 The Fear
8 Coming Home
9 A Long, Long Way

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