As previously reported, Mark Lanegan Band returns in February with Blues Funeral, the group’s first LP since 2004’s Bubblegum. Recorded with Alain Johannes in Hollywood, CA, the 12-track effort includes familiar faces like that of Josh Homme, Greg Dulli, and Jack Irons. Our first hymn from the wake is the aptly titled “The Gravedigger’s Song”, which actually sounds more like old school Queens of the Stone Age than the actual band has in years. It chugs along with some sewer-stained guitar lines, and the surrounding instrumentation is straight out of highway rock ‘n’ roll. Check it out below, in addition to the LP’s tracklist and next year’s overseas tour dates. There’s aplenty.
Blues Funeral is out February 7th via 4AD. Pre-order your own copy on CD or vinyl.
Blues Funeral Tracklist:
01. The Gravedigger’s Song
02. Bleeding Muddy Water
03. Gray Goes Black
04. St Louis Elegy
05. Riot In My House
06. Ode To Sad Disco
07. Phantasmagoria Blues
08. Quiver Syndrome
09. Harborview Hospital
10. Leviathan
11. Deep Black Vanishing Train
12. Tiny Grain Of Truth
Mark Lanegan Band 2012 Tour Dates
02/25 – Oslo, NO @ Rockerfeller
02/26 – Helsinki, FI @ Circus
02/28 – Groningen, NL @ Oosterpoort
02/29 – Amsterdam, NL @ Paradiso
03/01 – Eindhoven, NL @ Effenaar
03/02 – Antwerp, BE @ Trix
03/04 – Bristol, UK @ Academy
03/05 – Manchester, UK @ Academy 2
03/07 – Dublin, IE @ Academy
03/08 – Belfast, NI @ Mandela Hall
03/09 – Glasgow, UK @ ABC
03/10 – Leeds, UK @ Cockpit
03/12 – Birmingham, UK @ Library
03/13 – London, UK @ Shepherds Bush Empire
03/14 – Cologne, DE @ Luxor
03/15 – Hamburg, DE @ Gruenspan
03/17 – Copenhagen, DK @ Amager Bio
03/18 – Berlin, DE @ Columbia Club
03/19 – Warsaw, PL @ Proxima
03/20 – Prague, CZ @ Lucerna Music Hall
03/22 – Vienna, AT @ Arena
03/23 – Zurich, CH @ M4 Festival (Schiffbau)
03/24 – Bologna, IT @ Estragon
03/25 – Milan, IT @ Alcatraz
03/27 – Bilbao, ES @ Kafé Antzokia
03/28 – Santiago, ES @ Sala Capitol
03/30 – Porto, PT @ Hard Club
03/31 – Lisbon, PT @ TMN ao Vivo
04/01 – Madrid, ES @ Sala Kapital
04/02 – Barcelona, ES @ Sala Bikini
