Pet Shop Boys confirm new music is coming soon
It will accompany their book 'Annually'
Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe, better known as the Pet Shop Boys, have confirmed they will be releasing some new music in April. The pair, who are best-known for their hits 'Go West', 'West End Girls', 'It's a Sin' and 'Always On My Mind', will release four songs as part of their upcoming book release.
Revealing details of the new music, the band's official social media accounts shared the artwork, captioning it: 'Pet Shop Boys will be releasing their first new music for two years with the four-track CD EP, “Lost”, which accompanies the 2023 edition of Pet Shop Boys “Annually" book, available in April.
'The four songs, “The lost room”, “I will fall”, “Skeletons in the closet” and “Kaputnik” were written and recorded as demos in London and Berlin in 2015 for potential inclusion on the album “Super” but weren’t included “not because we didn't like them,” according to Neil Tennant, “but because they didn't fit the album.”
'The decision to release them now as an EP was made because “they all sit together quite well, production-wise, they're all super-electronic,” and also because “some of them are sort of relevant to the world at the moment.”'
It continued: 'The EP takes its title “Lost” from the first song, “The lost room”, but “it also seems to represent a sort of larger, philosophical or political point, where there've been times recently where the world feels a bit lost in terms of the direction it's going in.”
'The “Lost” CD EP and the 2023 edition of “Annually” will be released on April 15th and can be pre-ordered at the link in bio.' (sic)
Although the songs were recorded back in 2015, this is the first time they have been officially released, and fans have been commenting on how excited they are for them.
One wrote: 'I've ordered mine, looking forward to listening to it', with another saying: 'Can't wait for new songs of you guys, love you so much ❤️❤️'.
Another wrote: 'Ordered my copy. Counting down the days. 🔥👏❤️'.
The new comes as Pet Shop Boys are set to restart their 'Dreamworld' tour which started last year. 2023 dates of the tour will see them performing at several locations around Europe, including one date in the UK, in Brighton on 26th June.
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