Django Django confirm new LP Born Under Saturn and UK tour
Art-rockers Django Django have confirmed the title and release date for their long–awaited second album – Born Under Saturn is due for a 4 May release.
The Scots-Anglo-Irish quartet teased the release of the new record with lead single 'First Light' last month, and drummer Dave Maclean has revealed that the new record will offer the band a new start following their much-loved debut. Maclean, who acted as producer on Born Under Saturn, said: “When we were writing the lyrics there were lots of references to rebirth, turning a new page and starting something again. I guess that’s something we all felt.”
The band have also announced a UK tour for May, including a show at Manchester Cathedral, and their previously-confirmed headline set at the first Live at Glasgow festival alongside the Thurston Moore Band and Honeyblood – find the full list of tour dates, and the tracklist for Born Under Saturn, below.
Django Django's self-titled debut was our music writers' second-favourite album of 2012, and the record also received a nomination for that year's Mercury Prize. Born Under Saturn is out on 4 May via Because Music.
Born Under Saturn tracklist:
Giant
Shake and Tremble
Found You
First Light
Pause Repeat
Reflections
Vibrations
Shot Down
High Moon
Beginning to Fade
4000 Years
Break the Glass
Life We Know
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Django Django UK tour dates:
2 May – Lemon Tree, Aberdeen
3 May – Live at Glasgow
13 May – Pyramids Centre, Portsmouth
14 May – The Plug, Sheffield
15 May – The Great Escape, Brighton
18 May – Waterfront / UAE, Norwich
19 May – KOKO, London
21 May – 02 Academy, Bristol
22 May – Warwick Arts Centre, Warwick
23 May – Cathedral, Manchester