Scottish band Garbage have just announced the release of their eighth studio album ‘Let All That We Imagine Be The Light’ on May 30. Singer Shirley Manson, along with American bandmate Duke Erickson, Steve Marker and Butch Vig shared the news via social media, writing: “We are both excited and grateful to be able to announce that our eighth studio record Let All That We Imagine Be The Light will be released on May 30th.”
The band rose to fame in the 90s when Scottish singer Shirley Manson met guitarists Duke Erickson and Butch Vig. The trio quickly started making music, drawn by the alternative rock sounds. Their name stemmed from one of their friends who told them they “sounded like garbage” after hearing them live for the first time. The band went on to release famous tracks like ‘Stupid Girl’ and ‘#1 Crush’ later featured in Baz Lurhman’s famous movie Romeo + Juliet.
Teasing the release, the front woman shared with Daily Mail: “Our last album was extremely forthright. Born out of frustration and outrage – it had a kind of scorched earth, p**sed off quality to it. With this new record however, I felt a compulsion to reach for a different kind of energy. A more constructive one. I had this vision of us coming up out of the underground with searchlights as we moved towards the future. Searching for life, searching for love, searching for all the good things in the world that seem so thin on the ground right now. That was the over-riding idea during the making of this record for me – that when things feel dark, its best to try to seek out that which is light, that which feels loving and good. When I was young, I tended towards the destruction of things. Now that I’m older I believe it’s vitally important to build and to create things instead.”
The track listing for ‘Let All That We Imagine Be The Light’ promises a dynamic experience, with titles such as ‘There’s No Future In Optimism’, ‘Chinese Fire Horse’, and ‘The Day That I Met God.’ The album will be ten tracks long, each contributing to the theme of searching for light and goodness amidst challenging times. Notably, the opening track, ‘There’s No Future In Optimism’ which sets a tone of collective empowerment. Manson describes it as a rallying cry inviting listeners who believe in meeting the world with love to join together in hope and empathy.
The singer, 58, worried fans last year when she shared photographs from hospital as she recovered from surgery – with her sudden health issue causing the band to cancel tour plans.
