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Apr 27, 2017 By Christopher Roberts Photography by Emma Le Doyen Phoenix

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France’s Phoenix recently announced their new album, Ti Amo, via a New York Times interview. It’s due out June 9 via Glassnote. Now they have officially announced the album and shared its first single, shiny album opener “J-Boy.” They have also revealed the album’s tracklist and cover art. Check it all out below.

Phoenix issued a statement about Ti Amo, saying it’s “an album about simple pure emotions: love, desire, lust and innocence, it’s also a record about our European, Latin roots, a fantasized version of Italy: a lost paradise made of eternal Roman summers (hyper-light, hyper-clarity, pistachio gelato), juke-boxes on the beach, Monica Vitti and Marcello Mastroiani, fearless desire and Antique marble statues.”

Phoenix last released an album in 2013 with Bankrupt! but they have recently been teasing their new album. In the New York Times article guitarist Laurent Brancowitz said the new album recalls “summer and Italian discos.” Ti Amo was recorded in an old Paris opera house near the Pompidou Center. Starting in 2014 the band took over the top floor of the building that is now a museum, concert hall, and tech incubator. The article describes it as a sunny album. “J-Boy” is said to be inspired by science fiction films, including Close Encounter of the Third Kind. Singer Thomas Mars had this to say about the song and its lyrics: “It’s a sort of romantic sci-fi feeling I like. That direction came in part from being bored with my own voice; I tried to find a sci-fi voice that’s kind of a character.”

Phoenix have previously announced a bunch of tour dates for this summer, shared a teaser video that included a snippet of new music, posted a Twitter video that hinted at a new song, and had a new song featured in a Calvin Kline underwear commercial directed by Sofia Coppola, the wife of Phoenix frontman Mars, that featured actresses Kirsten Dunst and Rashida Jones, among others.

Ti Amo Tracklist:

1. J-Boy
2. Ti Amo
3. Tuttifrutti
4. Fior Di Latte
5. Lovelife
6. Goodbye Soleil
7. Fleur De Lys
8. Role Model
9. Via Veneto
10. Telefono

Phoenix Tour Dates:

5/12/17 Miami, FL @ Fillmore *
5/13/17 Orlando, FL @ House of Blues *
5/14/17 Atlanta, GA @ Shaky Knees Festival
5/15/17 Nashville, TN @ Ryman Auditorium *
6/2/17 Philadelphia, PA @ The Fillmore +
6/3/17 New York, NY @ Governor’s Ball
6/4/17 Toronto, ON @ Field Trip Festival
6/5/17 Chicago, IL @ Aragon Ballroom +
6/7/17 Morrison, CO @ Red Rocks + %
6/11/17 San Diego, CA @ 91x Valley View Casino Center
6/13/17 Phoenix, AZ @ Marquee Theater +
6/14/17 Las Vegas, NV @ Brooklyn Bowl +
6/15/17 Los Angeles, CA @ Hollywood Bowl +
6/29/17 Vilanova i la Geltru, Spain @ Vida Festival
6/30/17 Marmande, France @ Garorock Festival
7/6/17 Lisbon, Portugal @ NOS Alive
7/7/17 Bilbao, Spain @ Bilbao BBK Live
7/8/17 Herouville-St-Clair, France @ Beauregard Festival
7/9/17 Belfort, France @ Les Eurockeenes Festival
7/13/17 Aix-les-Bains, France @ Musilac Festival
7/14/17 Carhaix, France @ Les Vieilles Charrues
7/12-16/17 Dour, Belgium @ Dour Festival
7/14-16/17 Berlin, Germany @ Melt! Festival
7/20-22/17 Wiesen, Austria @ Out of the Woods
7/22/17 Roma, Italy @ Postepay Rock in Roma
8/11-12/17 Bali, Indonesia @ Sunny Side Up Festival
8/11-13/17 Jakarta, Indonesia @ We The Fest
8/15/17 Manila, Philippines @ Araneta Coliseum
8/18-20/17 Osaka, Japan @ Summersonic Festival
8/18-20/17 Tokyo, Japan @ Summersonic Festival
9/2/17 Dublin, Ireland @ Electric Picnic
9/29/17 Paris, France @ AccorHotels Area
9/30/17 London, UK @ Alexandra Palace

* -With Whitney
+ -With The Lemon Twigs
% -With Miike Snow

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