The Liverpool indie veterans Echo & The Bunnymen will release what will be their thirteenth studio album via BMG Records on September 18th.
The album, will be the follow-up to 2014’s “Meteorites”, features the late Blondie drummer Clem Burke – who passed away, aged 70, in April 2025 – on 10 of its 11 tracks.
In a statement accompanying the album news, the band say, “The mighty, legendary Clem Burke – longtime friend of Mac [frontman Ian McCulloch] – was integral to the making of the album, and heartbreakingly passed away during its completion… love you Clem X”
As a preview, the release of the record is preceded today, July 16th, by the release of its first single, “Brussels Is Haunted”.
The lyrics to the first verse of the single run:
“Here comes Plastique and Bert Bertrand
We danced at The Classic all night long
Enchanté Belgique et Le Place Grande
We drank Rum and cassis and beer blonde”
Echo & The Bunnymen’s 13th album, “Apples For Isaac”, is set for release in September
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