Garbage have announced their new album, Let All That We Imagine Be the Light, out on May 30th.
Marking their eighth studio album, the LP was recorded at Red Razor Sounds in Los Angeles, drummer Butch Vig’s studio Grunge Is Dead, and the bedroom of vocalist Shirley Manson. The record was co-produced by the band with longtime engineer Billy Bush. Pre-orders are ongoing.
In a statement, Manson said she went into the making of Let All That We Imagine Be the Light “determined to find a more hopeful, uplifting world to immerse myself in” than Garbage’s previous album, 2021’s No Gods No Masters, which the singer said was “born out of frustration and outrage.”
“I had this vision of us coming up out of the underground with searchlights as we moved towards the future. Searching for life, searching for love, searching for all the good things in the world that seem so thin on the ground right now,” she explained. “That was the over-riding idea during the making of this record for me — that when things feel dark, it’s best to try to seek out that which is light, that which feels loving and good. When I was young, I tended towards the destruction of things. Now that I’m older I believe it’s vitally important to build and to create things instead.”
Meanwhile, Vig provided some insight into the making of the record. “We used a lot of analogue synths and sound design on the album, as they seemed to fit the dystopian vibes we were all experiencing,” he said. “We started recording the album with a clean slate, although given what’s happening in the US and the rest of the world, it’s inevitable that the madness starts to infiltrate the songs. But we definitely wanted the record to have some hope, some light to convey the feeling that people have the power.”
Revisit our review of No Gods No Masters, and pick up a physical copy, if you’d like. In March, Garbage will head out on a string of international tour dates, including an appearance at Cruel World 2025 and a date opening for My Chemical Romance. Tickets can be purchased here.
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Let All That We Imagine Be the Light Tracklist:
01. There’s No Future in Optimism
02. Chinese Fire Horse
03. Hold
04. Have We Met (The Void)
05. Sisyphus
06. Radical
07. Love to Give
08. Get Out My Face AKA Bad Kitty
09. R U Happy Now
10. The Day That I Met God
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