New Gnarls Barkley due in April, H’wood Bowl show set for July
February 14th, 2008, 9:42 am · Post a Comment · posted by Ben Wener
Eagles to headline opening night of expanded Stagecoach … Officially Out: Heavy Circles, Thriller reissue … Kanye West to play Nokia, Blige & Jay-Z at the Bowl
Heard the new Gnarls Barkley single, “Run”? Soulfully scrumptious, no? Out of the blue two nights ago I caught the latest retro-futuristic ditty from Cee-Lo Green (pictured) and Danger Mouse on Indie 103.1, without introduction, and though I might’ve mistaken it for a St. Elsewhere outtake if I hadn’t memorized that debut, I was sucked into its brassiness nonetheless. Having been leaked to radio, the new track has been rush-released to iTunes to capitalize on anticipation for Gnarls’ second album, The Odd Couple, which drops on April 8.
The disc, says an Atlantic Records press release, “explores the forbidden underworld of popular music and human psychology, starting at the intersection of pulsating hooks and pure emotion.” Ohhhhh-k. Frankly, I expected nothing less. Also, a video for “Run” is in production, as is a clip for the already-selected second single “Who’s Gonna Save My Soul,” which I kinda hope is a deranged rewrite of Jewel’s soul-saver from the ’90s.
Oh, and dig this: Gnarls headlines July 27 at the Hollywood Bowl, according to the same release. Think maybe they’ll come out dressed like the Philharmonic? Nah, too easy.
In other new-release news: Death Cab for Cutie’s Narrow Stairs, another Atlantic title, will arrive May 13. (Read guitarist-producer Chris Walla’s thoughts on that and his new solo album here.) And Counting Crows have finally announced a drop date for Saturday Nights & Sunday Mornings, its first album in six years, reportedly to be half-up, half-down - hence the title, though given how new works have developed and mutated at the hands of Adam Duritz and pals in the past, everything may have changed by now. The disc’s first single sorta says it all: “You Can’t Count on Me.”
