British band Kitchens of Distinction have revealed via twitter that their upcoming fifth studio album (and their first in 19 years) has been mastered and is pretty much finished.
The 10 track new album — which will be KOD's first release since 1994's Cowboys and Aliens — will be released later this year through 3 Loop music and it's hoped to be available on different formats (digital/CD/vinyl).
The band have also confirmed the album has already a title and cover, but all will be revealed soon.
Listening to the mastered new album. One track needs a tweak, otherwise it's done. Happiness.
— KitchensOfD (@KitchensOfD) June 20, 2013
@viewfromtheloo3 hi yes it has a name. It has a cover. It has 10 new songs. But all this will be revealed.
— KitchensOfD (@KitchensOfD) June 20, 2013
About the sound of the new recording, vocalist Patrick Fitzgerald revealed:
"Jules thinks it sounds nothing like old Kitchens, but like a new version sucked through time and space. Dan said he thought it would fit neatly between Death of Cool and Cowboys. Me? Well it certainly sounds like nothing I’ve recorded these past stephenhero years, so I’m glad as I wanted a change. It’s definitely a hark back to the sonic noise of KOD, but the lyrics are wiser, and the songs less fraught. But don’t get me wrong, they are no less intense."
Fitzgerald, Swales and drummer Dan Goodwin formed KOD in South London in 1985 and released their first single, “The Last Gasp Death Shuffle,” in 1987. Between 1989 and 1994, the trio released four studio albums before disbanding in 1996 following the release of final single "Feel My Genie."
