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Jul 18, 2024 By Marina Malin Photography by Adam Peter Johnson

Primal Scream have announced their first new album in eight years, Come Ahead, due on November 8 via BMG. Ahead of the release, the Scottish band have shared its lead single, “Love Insurrection.” Listen below. Also, find the tracklist and cover art for Come Ahead, and Primal Scream’s tour dates below.

Frontman, songwriter, and vocalist Bobby Gillespie had this to say on the album in a press release: “I’m very excited about this album in a way that you would be making your first record. If there was an overall theme to Come Ahead it might be one of conflict, whether inner or outer. There is also a thread of compassion running through the album. The title is a Glaswegian term. If someone threatens to fight you, you say, ‘come ahead!’ It’s redolent of the indomitable spirit of the Glaswegian, and the album itself shares that aggressive attitude and confidence. They have a word for this up there, gallus. Come Ahead’s quite a cheeky title too.”

Come Ahead’s cover art was created with a photograph of Gillespie’s late father Robert Gillespie, who committed himself to campaigning for social justice. The themes Gillespie’s father fought for are integrated within Come Ahead. Bobby says: “There is a message of hope in the record, but it’s tempered with an acceptance of the worst side of human nature.”

Come Ahead is the band’s 12th full length record and follows 2016’s Chaosmosis.

Read our 2016 interview with Primal Scream.

Read our 2013 interview with Primal Scream.

Come Ahead Tracklist:

1. Ready To Go Home

2. Love Insurrection

3. Heal Yourself

4. Innocent Money

5. Melancholy Man

6. Love Ain’t Enough

7. Circus Of Life

8. False Flags

9. Deep Dark Waters

10. The Centre Cannot Hold

11. Settler’s Blues

Primal Scream 2024 Tour Dates:

14th October, Glasgow, Ovo Hydro (supporting Alice Cooper)

16th October, Birmingham Utilita Arena (supporting Alice Cooper)

17th October, Manchester AO Arena (supporting Alice Cooper)

18th October, Leeds First Direct Arena (supporting Alice Cooper)

16th November, Corona Capital Festival, Mexico City, MX

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