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Echo & The Bunnymen Release First Album in 12 Years

7/17/2026

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Echo & The Bunnymen will release an LP on 18 September 2026, their first in 12 years.
Ian McCulloch said Covid and lyrical concerns delayed the album, which follows 2014’s Meteorites and is preceded by the single “Brussels Is Haunted”.
Blondie drummer Clem Burke played on all but one track and died during the album’s completion.
The release will be issued on CD, black vinyl, picture disc, signed bundles and splatter-green vinyl.

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Echo & The Bunnymen will release an LP on 18 September 2026, their first in 12 years.
Ian McCulloch said Covid and lyrical concerns delayed the album, which follows 2014’s Meteorites and is preceded by the single “Brussels Is Haunted”.
Blondie drummer Clem Burke played on all but one track and died during the album’s completion.
The release will be issued on CD, black vinyl, picture disc, signed bundles and splatter-green vinyl.