UNKLE Announce New Album “The Road: Part II / Lost Highway” Set for March 29th Release

James Lavelle of UNKLE

Announce New Album
The Road: Part II / Lost Highway

Set for March 29th Release on Songs For The Def

Watch Video for Ar.Mour HERE

UNKLE have announced their new album THE ROAD: PART II / LOST HIGHWAY which is set for release through frontman James Lavelle’s label Songs For The Def on March 29, 2019. The album, which is split into two acts, is the follow-up to the highly acclaimed The Road: Part 1.

“I started doing a show on Soho Radio in 2018, which made me think about playing records in a different way. It wasn’t about trying to make people dance in a nightclub. It was a breath of fresh air, and about playing a more eclectic mix. The Road: Part II was made in the same way – it’s a mixtape and a journey. You’re in your car, starting in the day and driving into the night. The language of it was to be the ultimate road trip.

It’s the mid-part of a trilogy. The first record is like you’re leaving home; you’re naive and on a journey of discovery. There are elements of my early days in there, as well as a bit of everything since. There’s an optimism and excitement to the record, as there was with me having to direct this project alone for the first time.

This record is the journey. You’re on the road, out there in the world. There are let downs, highs, lows, love, loss and experiences. The third record to come is basically about coming home; wherever that may be.”

– Creative force behind UNKLE, James Lavelle.

As with every UNKLE release, there is an incredible array of guests on the record. Artwork for the album is by heralded artist, John Stark. Full tracklisting and guest artists are as follows:

THE ROAD: PART II / LOST HIGHWAY
cover art

Act I

Iter VI: Prologue
Elliott Power

Requiem (When You Talk of Love)
Mark Lanegan, Michèle Lamy, John Isaacs, Brian Cox

Ar.Mour
Miink, Elliott Power

Iter VII: Lost

The Other Side
Tom Smith (Editors) , Philip Sheppard

Feel More / With Less
Liela Moss, Miink, Philip Sheppard

Nothing to Give
Miink, Elliott Power, Jon Theodore (Queens Of The Stone Age)

Iter VIII: However Vast the Darkness
Brian Cox

Long Gone
Tessa Angus, Ysée, Philip Sheppard

Only You
Miink, Wil Malone

The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face
Keaton Henson, Philip S

Act II

Iter IX: Epilogue / Tales of the City
Elliott Power

Crucifixion / A Prophet
Tom Smith (Editors), Ian Astbury (The Cult) , Chris Goss, Eska, Miink , BOC, Troy Van Leeuwen, Justin Stanley

Powder Man
Chris Goss

Kubrick
Mick Jones (The Clash)

Sun (The)
Leila Moss

Find an Outsider
The Big Pink

Iter X: Found
Christiane Kubrick

Days and Nights
Dhani Harrison, Philip Sheppard, Andrew Innes (Primal Scream)

Reprise
Dhani Harrison

Iter XI: In Your Arms
Brian Cox

Touch Me
Leila Mosste

UNKLE “Ar.Mour” video
Watch: https://youtu.be/ABJgYXuC8Bc

You can pre-order The Road: Part II / Lost Highway here.UNKLE have released two tracks from the album, “Ar.Mour (Featuring Miink and Elliott Power)” and “The Other Side“ which features a guest vocal from Tom Smith of Editors. Both tracks have already seen playlist action from Spotify and Apple Music and spins on BBC 6 Music gathering over 100,000 streams in a couple of weeks.

UNKLE return to the live arena next year with a special performance at London’s Royal Festival Hall on April 19th. Tickets are available now

More news on The Road: Part II/Lost Highway to follow very soon…