Morcheeba announce new album ‘Escape The Chaos’

Trip-hop pioneers Morcheeba – Skye Edwards and Ross Godfrey – have announced details of their upcoming eleventh album.

The group will release Escape The Chaos on May 23rd via 100% Records. They have teased the record with the Bond-theme esque ‘We Live And Die’, which looks back on the duo’s long and celebrated career. The track will be released physically as their first ever 7” on Record Store Day on April 12th, marking their thirty year anniversary.

Skye said: “For me, ‘We Live and Die’ is about my duration in the band and the music world and life in general. The lines become blurred after all this time. In a way, it’s a homage to the thirty years of being in Morcheeba which is 60% of my existence.”

The album is their first since 2021’s Blackest Blue and was recorded partly in Dublin, where the duo were joined by her son Jaega on drums and her husband Steve Gordon on bass.

Adding to the family affair was Ross’ wife, French singer Amanda Zamolo, who contributed lyrics and vocals on the track ‘Pareidolia’, having previously worked with the band on the albums ‘Deep Dive’ and Blaze Away’.

“It felt more like the old days of recording when we laid down those tracks,” says Ross. “We were actually in a room playing the songs together.”

Of the title track, Ross adds: “This whole record is a process of trying to reconnect with what really matters. whether it’s what in your heart or with the world, putting your feet on grass and feeling the earth beneath you.”

Check out the track-list in full below.

1. ‘Call For Love’
2. ‘Elephant Clouds’
3. ‘Peace Of Mind (ft. Oscar #Worldpeace)’
4. ‘We Live and Die’
5. ‘Far We Come’
6. ‘Molten’
7. ‘Bleeding Out’
8. ‘Cooler Heads Prevail’
9. ‘Hold It Down’
10. ‘Dead To Me’
11. ‘Pareidolia’
12. ‘Escape The Chaos’