Prepare for a double album from stoner desert rock band Fu Manchu, The Return of Tomorrow, out June 14 via the band's At The Dojo Records. It's their first new record since Clone of the Universe in 2018 and their first double album.
Scott Hill, guitar/vocals, gives us his perspective:
When I listen to music, it’s either all heavy stuff with no mellow stuff mixed in or just softer stuff with no heavy stuff. I know a lot of bands like to mix it up and we have done that before, but I always tend to listen to all of one type of thing or the other. So, I figured we should do a double record with 7 heavy fuzzy songs on one record and the other record 6 mellow(er) songs fully realizing that maybe I’m the only person that likes to listen to stuff that way. We kept both the records to around 25-30 minutes each as to make it a full length release, but not have each record be too long. We don’t write a lot of mellow(er) stuff in Fu Manchu, but a lot of the riffs worked minus the fuzz. If you’re a vinyl person, both records are pressed at 45rpm to give it the best sound quality. If you’re a digital person, can make your own playlist and mix both the records together.
The lead single is shared below. The band will be touring Europe later this year.
FU MANCHU Tour Dates:
May 18 - Vancouver, BC - Modified Ghost 2024
June 15 - Tampere, FI - Tavara-asema
June 17 - Stockholm, SE - Slaktkyrkan
June 18 - Oslo, NO - Vulkan Arena
June 19 - Malmo, SE - Plan B
June 21 - Dessel, BE - Graspop Metal Meeting
June 22 - Copenhagen, DK - Copenhell
June 24 - Osnabruck, DE - Lagerhalle
June 25 - Cologne, DE - Stollwerck
June 26 - Frankfurt, DE - Batschkapp
June 28 - Clisson, FR - Hellfest (Valley Stage)
Oct 12 - Munich, DE - Keep It Low Festival @ Backstage
Oct 13 - Berlin, DE - Heavy Psych Sounds Fest @ Huxleys
Oct 15 - Vienna, AT - Arena
Oct 16 - Aarau, CH - KIFF
Oct 18 - Luxembourg City, LU - Atelier
Oct 19 - Antwerp, BE - Desertfest Belgium
Oct 21 - Manchester, UK - O2 Ritz
Oct 22 - Bristol, UK - Marble Factory
Oct 23 - London, UK - Electric Ballroom
Oct 25 - Masstricht, NL - Musiekgeiterj
Oct 26 - Hamburg, DE - Lazy Bones Festival @ Markthalle
Oct 27 - Dresden, DE - Heavy Psych Sounds Fest @ Chemiefabrik
The Return of Tomorrow Track List:
1. “Dehumanize”
2. “Loch Ness Wrecking Machine”
3. “Hands Of The Zodiac”
4. “Haze The Hides”
5. “Roads Of The Lowly”
6. (Time Is) Pulling You Under”
7. “Destroyin’ Light”
8. “Lifetime Waiting”
9. “Solar Baptized”
10. “What I Need”
11. “The Return Of Tomorrow”
12. “Liquify”
13. “High Tide”
