Noise rock band duo Lightning Bolt have announced their seventh studio album, Sonic Citadel. The album will released by Thrill Jockey on October 11th and was recorded with Seth Manchester in the duo’s home state of Rhode Island at the legendary studio, Machines with Magnets. Machines with Magnets has been responsible for some of the most incredible noise rock and noise-influenced records in recent memory, including (but not limited to) Daughters’ You Won’t Get What You Want, and both Lightning Bolt’s fourth and sixth albums, Hypermagic Mountain and Fantasy Empire, .
Lightning Bolt is made up of bassist Brian Gibson and drummer/vocalist Brian Chippendale and has been active since the mid-90s. They have been on the receiving end of much critical adulation since their inception. Just a few of their honors are Wonderful Rainbow‘s #157 position on Pitchfork’s list of the top 200 albums of the 2000s, the same album’s listing in 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die, and a #8 position on Metacritic’s 2000-2009 Artists of the Decade.
Lightning Bolt – Sonic Citadel Tracklist:
1. Blow to the Head
2. USA Is a Psycho
3. Air Conditioning
4. Hüsker Dön’t
5. Big Banger
6. Halloween 3
7. Don Henley in the Park
8. Tom Thump
9. Bouncy House
10. All Insane
11. Van Halen 2049
Photo Credit: Raymond Flotat
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