The group was formed in 1999 as a bedroom project for Joseph Mount, and since then has evolved through various iterations and several line-ups. The English Riviera was released after the departure of Gabriel Stebbing and the formation of what has become known as Metronomy 2.0. The new band features former Lightspeed Champion drummer Anna Prior and bassist Olugbenga Adelekan.

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Their gold-certified third album continues to define the group’s sound. The English Riviera is being reissued in celebration of its anniversary. The band released their sixth LP, Metronomy Forever, in 2019 to high ratings and generally favourable reviews. Speaking to NME to discuss the 10^th anniversary of The English Riviera, Mount had this to say: “When we perform ‘The Look’ live and I hear thousands of people chanting the bit that gets stuck in your head back at me, der-de-der-der, it often brings a tear to my eye. It really is amazing what that seaside song and this whole album has done for Metronomy.”

The group took to Twitter to announce the tour. “Here we go again! Bad news/good news etc etc etc. Even though things are beginning to look MUCH more positive than they have done for the past year, we’re rescheduling our tour…for the last time… Smiling face with open mouth and cold sweat” The newly announced dates roll off the back of previously announced European tour dates that were rescheduled due to the coronavirus pandemic.

All tickets remain valid. https://t.co/Nly7vlRvbO pic.twitter.com/n60rJqg6Xb — Metronomy (@metronomy) March 22, 2021

Tickets go on general sale at 10am on March 26 here.

Metronomy 2022 Tour:

22/04/22 –  Barrowland – Glasgow

23/04 –  O2 Academy – Leeds
24/04 – Boiler Shop – Newcastle
27/04 – O2 Academy – Liverpool
28/04–  Academy – Manchester
30/04 – O2 Institute – Birmingham

01/05 – Tramshed – Cardiff
03/05 – Tramshed – Torquay
04/05 –  O2 Academy – Bristol
05/05 –  O2 Academy – Oxford
07/05 – Alexandra Palace – London

Discussing the new album, in a statement, frontman Joseph Mount said: “What happens is when you’re making music and you enter a world where you have achieved some sort of celebrity no matter how large or small you start to think about yourself in terms of legacy and what you’re going to leave behind and then you realise that’s limited to the interest people have in you. In the end I feel completely comfortable with it. The less importance you place in any art the more interesting it can become in a way…I’m making music, I’m going to do some concerts, I need to feed my children.”

Accompanying the news of their forthcoming album, which is the follow-up to 2016’s ‘Summer 08′, was the band’s latest track, ‘Salted Caramel Ice Cream’, which is the second to be taken from the upcoming album, ‘Metronomy Forever’. The follow-up to 2016’s ‘Summer 08′, ‘Metronomy Forever, will also feature the previously shared single, ‘Lately’, which was released, last month, and was their first track in three years.

Arriving with the new track was a video, which was directed by Mount. Speaking about his idea for the video, Mount said: “Years ago a friend of mine gave me a VHS tape of the MTV show ‘120 Minutes’. It’s something I’d get him to do every so often as I was a bit obsessed with music TV at the time. On one particular tape was the video for ‘Sonne’ by Rammstein, I’d never seen them before and it blew my mind. This video is a sort of homage to that, but with an added story about the gentrification of ice cream parlours.”

The album will feature the previously releases single, ‘Lately’, as well as the brand new single, ‘Salted Caramel Ice Cream’. The upcoming album, which will be released, on the 13th of September 2019, will feature 17 tracks in total.

The announcement comes as the band, consisting of frontman Joseph Mount; Oscar Cash; Anna Prior; Olugbenga Adelekan; and Michael Lovett, are getting ready to hit the road on their European tour, which will see them arrive in the UK, in November 2019. Tickets for the tour will go on general sale, on the 28th of June 2019, at 9am, and be purchased here.

Metronomy UK Tour Dates 2019:

06/11/2019 – Guildhall – Southampton
08/11 – The Roundhouse – London
09/11 – Academy – Manchester
11/11 – 02 Academy – Leeds
13/11 – SWG3 – Glasgow
14/11 – O2 Academy – Bristol
15/11 – Rock City – Nottingham
16/11 – The O2 Institute – Birmingham

‘Metronomy Forever’ Album Tracklisting:

1. ‘Wedding’
2. ‘Whitsand Bay’
3. ‘Insecurity’
4. ‘Salted Caramel Ice Cream’
5. ‘Driving’
6. ‘Lately (Going Spare)’
7. ‘Lying Low’
8. ‘Forever Is A Long Time’
9. ‘The Light’
10. ‘Sex Emoji’
11. ‘Walking In The Dark’
12. ‘Insecure’
13. ‘Miracle Rooftop’
14. ‘Upset My Girlfriend’
15. ‘Wedding Bells’
16. ‘Lately Going Spare’
17. ‘Ur Mixtape’