The Treatment will launch the reside present they performed on the evening of the discharge of ‘Songs Of A Misplaced World’ as a reside album this month.
Titled ‘Songs Of A Stay World Troxy London MMXXIV’, the album can be launched in a number of bodily codecs on December 13 through Fiction/Polydor, with the entire band’s royalties being donated to the charity Battle Little one.
In addition to a single CD and a single clear vinyl LP, there’ll a double CD model, single and double LP blood crimson vinyl editions and a double LP together with an instrumental model of the album to comply with on February 14. You’ll be able to pre-order your copy right here.
The present befell on November 1 at London’s Troxy in entrance of 3000 followers, and was livestreamed totally free on YouTube to greater than one million folks (you’ll be able to nonetheless watch it right here). The Treatment have been on the evening: Robert Smith (vocals, guitar, six string bass, keyboards), Simon Gallup (bass), Jason Cooper (drums, percussion), Roger O’Donnell (keyboards), Reeves Gabrels (guitar) and Perry Bamonte (guitar, six string bass, keyboards).
The ‘Songs Of A Stay World Troxy London MMXXIV’ tracklist is:
‘Alone’
‘And Nothing Is Ceaselessly’
‘A Fragile Factor’
‘Warsong’
‘Drone:Nodrone’
‘I Can By no means Say Goodbye’
‘All I Ever Am’
‘Endsong’
Amongst these in attendance on the present have been Inexperienced Day‘s Billie Joe Armstrong, Radiohead‘s Ed O’Brien, Boy George, Mogwai‘s Stuart Braithwaite, members of Duran Duran, actor Mathew Horne and comic Stewart Lee, Pale Waves, Simply Mustard, Dr Brian Cox, Chris Packham, My Bloody Valentine icon Kevin Shields and Pedro Pascal.
NME was additionally there, and famous: “The texture of ‘Songs Of A Misplaced World’ with its lengthy introductions and heavy tapestry of sound felt so full and pure for the band – touchdown reside like an addition to the ‘darkish trilogy’ of ‘Disintegration’, ‘Pornography’ and ‘Bloodflowers’. As Cooper’s shuddering and monolithic drums introduced in ‘Endsong’ earlier than Gabrels’ howling and epic guitar solo, the primary set closed as one that can go down in historical past for followers of The Treatment.”
They performed ‘Songs Of A Misplaced World’ in full on the present, their first new album in 16 years, and handled these in attendance to a run of hits and favourites from throughout their profession, though the reside album can be restricted to only the tracks from the brand new album.
The Troxy present seems prone to be The Treatment’s last live performance earlier than they tour in autumn 2025. Smith has additionally revealed that the band have one other new album that’s “nearly completed” – with a 3rd new file additionally on the best way. He has said he goals to finish one of many LPs earlier than hitting the highway once more in 2025.
“We’ll begin up once more subsequent 12 months,” mentioned Smith. “Critically, I’ve to complete the second album. We have been going to play festivals subsequent 12 months, however then I made a decision that we weren’t going to play something subsequent summer season. The following time we exit on stage can be autumn subsequent 12 months.
“However then we’ll in all probability be taking part in fairly usually by means of till the following anniversary – the 2028 anniversary! It’s looming on the horizon. The 2018 one, I began to consider in late 2016, considering, ‘I’ve received a 12 months and a half, it’s simple!’ And but I nonetheless didn’t handle to get there in time. Now, I’m beginning to assume, ‘2028, I have to get issues so as’; so [that’s] the documentary movie and issues like that.”
In a five-star evaluate of ‘Songs Of A Misplaced World’, NME concluded: “Cruel? Sure, however there’s at all times sufficient coronary heart within the darkness and opulence within the sound to carry you and place these songs alongside The Treatment’s most interesting. The frontman advised that one other two data could also be arriving sooner or later, however ‘Songs Of A Misplaced World’ feels ample sufficient for the wait we’ve endured, only for being arguably essentially the most private album of Smith’s profession. Mortality might loom, however there’s color within the black and flowers on the grave.”
This weekend, The Treatment launched a brand new EP, ‘A Fragile Factor’, which contained the Troxy efficiency of the monitor, in addition to an official re-working by Smith and a shortened radio edit.
The Treatment just lately shared a deluxe version of ‘Songs Of A Misplaced World’ forward of the unique file incomes the band their first UK Quantity One album in 32 years. Their solely different full-length undertaking to hit the highest spot is 1992’s ‘Want’.
