British indie rock legends, The Libertines, have announced their upcoming brand-new album, All Quiet On The Eastern Esplanade, arriving March 8^th of next year. The band have also released the lead single from the album, ‘Run, Run, Run’.

All Quiet On The Eastern Esplanade is a follow up to 2015’s Anthems For A Doomed Youth, representing a long 8 year wait for the band to release a new full length album. The lead single ‘Run, Run, Run’ is sonically a throwback to classic Libertines tracks from their breakout albums in the noughties, however lyrically speaks of the dangers of grabbing towards that past. Frontman Carl Barat spoke about the track, as he said: “It’s about being trapped, and trying to escape your dismal life, a bit like the man in Bukowski’s Post Office, the worst thing for The Libertines would be to get stuck in a ‘Run-run-run’ rut – constantly trying to relive our past.”

The new album consists of 11 tracks and was produced by Dimitri Tikovoï, who has previously worked with the likes of Charli XCX. The band recorded the album at The Albion Rooms in Margate in only four weeks across February and March earlier this year. The band then finished up the album at La Ferme de Gestein Studios in Normandy, France. The new album was mixed by Dan Grech-Marguerat, who has worked with likes of Paul McCartney and Liam Gallagher.

As previously reported, the band had begun working on the album in Jamaica before heading back to Margate to create and bring the album to it complete form. Co-frontman Pete Doherty spoke of the sessions, as he said: “We really came together as a band for a moment of rare peace and unity, with all the members contributing.”

Talking further about the new album, Pete Doherty said: “I feel like we’ve completed a cycle of some kind as a band, and finally now we can add these songs to the setlist, because we’ve got some bangers in there. Now we’ve opened the hotel and used the studio ourselves and it’s all worked out – more Libertines records? I should hope so!”

Carl Barat also added: “Our first record was born out of panic, and disbelief that we were actually allowed to be in a studio; the second was born of total strife and misery; the third was born of complexity; this one feels like we were all actually in the same place, at the same speed, and we really connected.”

The album shares a name with an anti-war novel from Erich Maria Remarque and the album artwork is a tribute to Margate, representing the location of which the album was recorded. All Quiet On The Eastern Esplanade will be available on CD, Deluxe, 12” Vinyl, Deluxe Double Vinyl and Cassette on March 8^th, and will also be available for digital download and on streaming services.

Tracklist:

1. ‘Run Run Run’
2. ‘Mustang’
3. ‘Have A Friend’
4. ‘Merry Old England’
5. ‘Man With The Melody’
6. ‘Oh Shit’
7. ‘Night Of The Hunter’
8. ‘Baron’s Claw’
9. ‘Shiver’
10. ‘Be Young’
11. ‘Songs They Never Play On The Radio’