Lightning Bolt announce first album in over five years Fantasy Empire
16 January 2015, 14:46
| Written by
Luke Morgan Britton
Noise-rock duo Lightning Bolt have confirmed a new album.
Entitled Fantasy Empire, the record is the follow-up to 2009's Earthly Delights and 2012 EP Oblivion Hunter. It will be released on 23/24 March via Thrill Jockey.
No songs have yet been revealed off the LP but here's the artwork and tracklist below:
1 The Metal East
2 Over the River and Through the Woods
3 Horsepower
4 King of My World
5 Mythmaster
6 Runaway Train
7 Leave the Lantern Lit
8 Dream Genie
9 Snow White (& The 7 Dwarves Fans)
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