UK Subs - anunciado novo álbum, o último da banda inglesa

Depois de na sua já longa carreira terem finalizado a edição de álbuns com "Ziezo" e de pretenderem editar só singles ou EP´s (com o vocalista Charlie Harper actualmente com 76 anos), eis que surge a notícia de um novo álbum já finalizado, com a devida correcção do baixista dos UK Subs...

 

It seems this month’s edition of Vive Le Rock magazine has revealed that the UK Subs have recorded a new album; and in light of that, we now realise it has become important to explain exactly what’s going on so that rumour mill doesn’t take over and any further speculation starts to be considered fact. 

 

Firstly, it’s untrue that we’ve already recorded a new LP. 

 

What is factual though is that we are in the process of doing so. 

 

Here’s the background to that decision: it has been four years since the release of our purported final album Ziezo, and during that period we’ve been writing new material both collectively whilst on the road and individually at home. 

 

Some of those songs appeared on our two subsequent releases – the Predator and The Beast twinned singles of 2017 and the Screaming Senile EP of 2018 – but many remained unrecorded, plus a number of very good songs have come to fruition since. 

 

We thought this material deserved an outlet and after chatting to Los Angeles based Cleopatra Records, they offered us that opportunity via one last ‘encore’ album which we’ve entitled Reverse Engineering and are presently working on utilising a mixture of remote recording sessions and old-school studio time. 

 

The present lockdown situation has obviously slowed down the process; but as it stands we have already recorded seven backing tracks and are on course – eventual lifting of restrictions allowing – to complete the record by early spring. 

 

We could of released this material via a number of EPs and singles over a period of time, but it costs almost as much to make and manufacture a vinyl 12 inch EP or a 7 inch single as an LP, and those costs would have to be reflected in the pricing of each release; therefore, by having all these song on just one album, we can save the Subs’ record collector a substantially greater amount of money than if we’d released them in batches in different formats at differing times. 

 

This will categorically be the last ever UK Subs album – in fact that’s an important part of our deal with Cleopatra – and although there may still be a few that feel a bit uneasy that we’ve reneged on Ziezo being the final LP, I’m sure there are many, many more who would welcome another album from the UK Subs to enjoy during these difficult pandemic times.

 

Alvin Gibbs, on behalf of the UK Subs.